A Great App to Have With You in an Emergency Rescuer is a revolutionary and hands-free safety alert app that allows smartphone users to text their location plus pictures and audio of the scene in front of them to emergency… Johnny Jet , June 19, 2018
A Great, Free, Offline-Ready Navigation App I received a great app recommendation (iOS and Android) from a listener of Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy show: “Hi Johnny, I enjoy listening to you on The Tech Guy. I travel… Johnny Jet , June 12, 2018
The App That Automatically Checks You in for Your Flight I wrote about AirlineCheckins.com when the site first launched. Well, this week the team is releasing an iOS and Android app! Reservations with more than 200 airlines worldwide (including Southwest)… Johnny Jet , June 6, 2018
A Great Free App for Travelers With Food Allergies Living with a food allergy, even a minor one, can be difficult. Traveling with a food allergy can feel nearly impossible. Luckily, there are a number of apps available that… Johnny Jet , May 29, 2018
How to Add a Watermark to Protect Your Photos One of my favorite things about traveling professionally is that I get to share my experiences with others. It’s a real passion of mine, particularly because I used to be… Johnny Jet , May 22, 2018
This MTA App Lets You Skip Metro-North and LIRR Ticketing Lines If you’ve spent any time in New York City, you probably know that Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains connect the city to the area surrounding it. You may… Johnny Jet , May 15, 2018
A Great, Free App to Help You Get Around on the NYC Subway I just returned from New York City, where I took the subway a couple of times from Manhattan to Brooklyn. One of my local friends suggested I download NextStop to… Johnny Jet , May 8, 2018
Download This App in Honor of Cinco de Mayo Growing up in Connecticut, I didn’t know what Cinco De Mayo was or meant for many years. But when I moved to California to go to college I quickly learned… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2018
A Guidebook Created by Locals For some reason when I hear it’s going to cost me $3.99 to download a guidebook on my phone, I think “pass.” But that’s silly, especially since I used to… Johnny Jet , April 24, 2018
The Impressive Translation App to Take on Your Next Trip Thanks to technology, you don’t have to worry much about not being able to communicate anymore. That wasn’t the case just a few years ago. I used to have to… Johnny Jet , April 17, 2018
QuakeFeed: The Earthquake App That Tells You What You Need to Know As I wrote in this week’s Travel Website of the Week post, I was at lunch in Manhattan Beach when last week’s 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern… Johnny Jet , April 10, 2018
Turbcast: The App That Helps You Deal With Turbulence Turbcast is an iOS-only app ($1.99) designed for people with mild cases of fear of flying as well as anyone looking for a better understanding of turbulence. The app looks… Johnny Jet , April 3, 2018
How to Get Around Southeast Asia Using a Ride-Sharing App I was almost in Southeast Asia this week to take a ride on Singapore Airlines’s new 787-10 (here’s my review of the plane). You can bet that if I was… Johnny Jet , March 28, 2018
A Great App for Travelers to Japan JohnnyJet.com has been in Japan several times in the past few months (see our stories at the bottom). Japan is an incredible travel destination, with amazing food, beautiful nature and… Johnny Jet , March 20, 2018
The Service That Gets You Money Back for Hotel Room Price Changes At the end of last year, I wrote about Service, an app that monitors your upcoming flight reservations to get you compensation for delays and cancellations. Well, Service also offers… Johnny Jet , March 14, 2018