How to Anticipate Flight Delays and Cancellations Like a Flight Attendant Every Friday I co-host the popular #TravelSkills Twitter chat with Chris McGinnis. I love participating for a number of reasons, among them the fact that I always pick up new… Johnny Jet , December 11, 2018
Uplift: A Jetlag Solution That Takes “Less Than 5 Minutes” Tired of losing time, sleep and energy to jetlag? Uplift, an app-based jetlag solution developed by Dr. Charles Krebs, claims that it “neutralizes jet lag reducing the time it takes for… Johnny Jet , December 5, 2018
How to Save Money in Las Vegas I think it’s safe to say that no matter how much money you have in your bank account, you still want to save money when you travel. Since Las Vegas… Johnny Jet , November 28, 2018
How to Fight Back Against Robocalls and Calls From Scammers One of my biggest pet peeves is unsolicited phone calls and robocalls. They drive me batty, and at one point they were so bad that they drove me and Natalie… Johnny Jet , November 14, 2018
How to Easily Turn Photos on Your Phone Into Prints Do you remember the days when on vacation you had to take photos with actual film? And when you got back, you had to wait about a week to get… Johnny Jet , October 30, 2018
Download This London Tube App Before Your Trip I just returned from London, so I thought it would be the perfect time to feature Tube Map London Underground, a free and popular app (available on both iOS and… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2018
How to Send Custom Postcards From Your iPhone My buddy and tech guru Leo Laporte (here’s his Travel Style) recently recommended PhotoCard, a free iOS-only app that lets you send digital and real U.S. mail postcards to your friends… Johnny Jet , October 16, 2018
The Windsurfing App That Pilots Use to Track Wind When I was in Barbados a couple weeks ago, everyone was monitoring Tropical Storm Kirk. In the process I learned about Max Tracker (the hurricane app) and Windfinder, which one commercial airline… Johnny Jet , October 9, 2018
The App That Helps You Find the Northern Lights We’re heading into the Northern Lights season (November-February) and my friends are already posting incredible photos from Alaska and Canada. I was told recently by a tourism official that if… Johnny Jet , October 2, 2018
Windy: The Best Free Weather App on the Market? Windy (formerly known as Windyty) is an extraordinary tool for weather forecast visualization. It’s fast, intuitive and detailed, and it’s considered one of the most accurate weather apps out there…. Johnny Jet , September 18, 2018
How to Make Sure You Eat Gluten- or Peanut-Free While Traveling I’m not sure how I’m just learning about Nima now, since it’s been around for a few years. In 2015, it was even named one of Travel + Leisure’s best travel… Johnny Jet , September 11, 2018
How to Pay Tolls Using an App PayTollo is a brilliant new app that allows users who don’t have an E-ZPass to bypass cash toll lanes and cruise through express toll lanes. The app is available for… Johnny Jet , August 15, 2018
An Android Alarm App That Wakes You Up Gently I’m very fortunate to own my own business, which means I rarely have to wake up to a dreaded alarm clock. Don’t misunderstand me: I still wake up early, and… Johnny Jet , July 24, 2018
How to Take Long Exposure Photos With an iPhone The New York Times recently ran a story titled “How to Photograph Fireworks Like a Pro.” Writing about the proliferation of phones as cameras, the author notes that “smartphone cameras,… Johnny Jet , July 18, 2018
The App That Promises to Eliminate Jetlag A few of my friends call me “Johnny Jetlag.” So when I heard that there’s an app that promises to eliminate jetlag, I was all ears. The promising part of Timeshifter is… Johnny Jet , June 26, 2018
