An Important Reminder for Anyone Flying Over the Holidays Today’s tip, in the theme of our usual Friday reader tips, comes from a friend of the site: Heather Poole, a flight attendant for a major airline who inspired this week’s… Johnny Jet , December 21, 2018
You Can No Longer Buy Day Passes at Delta Lounges In November, Delta became the first major airline to eliminate the day pass option at its airport lounges. As my colleague and #TravelSkills chat co-host Chris McGinnis wrote: “Delta said… Johnny Jet , December 20, 2018
Keep a Digital Copy of Your Insurance Card on Your Phone In an interesting story about the future of driver’s licenses in America (following Louisiana making electronic driver’s licenses available), author Jenni Bergal writes that “Only one state – New Mexico –… Johnny Jet , December 19, 2018
Look Out for the Bag Watching Scam There are tons of travel scams out there to be mindful of (like this one and this one), and today, we bring you another one, this time straight from the… Johnny Jet , December 18, 2018
7 Editing Tips to Improve Your Travel Photographs As today’s tip, I thought I’d bring attention to the work of Laurence Norah, a travel photographer we’ve featured in the past. Laurence has been running a five-part series on Nomadic… Johnny Jet , December 17, 2018
Remember That the 24-Hour Rule Only Applies to Flights to/from the U.S. Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Carlos, who says: “I recently purchased a return flight from… Johnny Jet , December 14, 2018
A Tip From the CDC Concerning Malaria Medication Today’s tip is inspired by a tweet from the CDC, and it concerns malaria medication: Travelers visiting friends and family in countries with #malaria: start taking malaria pills before you… Johnny Jet , December 13, 2018
Why I Always Keep Cash With Me When I Drive These days I pay for pretty much everything with one of my credit cards (which charge no foreign transaction fees). That means I carry very little cash, even when I… Johnny Jet , December 12, 2018
Another Reason to Switch Your Phone to Airplane Mode You probably know to switch your smartphone to airplane mode when you fly. Per a 2013 law, as long your phone is in airplane mode, you can leave it powered… Johnny Jet , December 11, 2018
Know Your Environment Before Flying a Drone Last May, we ran a post with tips on how to travel with a drone curated by a tech-savvy reader named Christian. Among Christian’s tips was a note to always be… Johnny Jet , December 10, 2018
Tell Your Doctor Where You’ve Walked With Bare Feet Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Daniel K., who built on last week’s tip about what… Johnny Jet , December 7, 2018
Keep a Few Tissues on You Anytime You Fly Today’s tip is a simple one: Always keep a few tissues (or napkins, etc.) in your pockets when you’re traveling—in addition to putting a few in your carry-on bag—so you… Johnny Jet , December 6, 2018
Why You Shouldn’t Send Money to Strangers With a Money Transfer App Chris Elliott had a great post recently on why you should never send money to strangers with a money transfer app tied to your bank account. Read the whole story… Johnny Jet , December 5, 2018
You Can Now Text for Free on Southwest Airlines Flights Southwest Airlines is now offering free text messaging aboard its flights. It’s the third U.S. airline to do so, joining Alaska Airlines and Delta. To take advantage, Apple users can… Johnny Jet , December 4, 2018
What to Do If You Were Affected by the Marriott Data Breach As you’ve probably already heard, Marriott International has confirmed a breach of its Starwood reservation system that exposed the personal data of some 500 million individuals. It’s the second-largest corporate… Johnny Jet , December 3, 2018
