Lessons on Avoiding Travel Scams From James McAvoy Actor James McAvoy made the news last week when he turned to Instagram to share how he almost got scammed out of $12,000+ while planning a family vacation to Spain…. Johnny Jet , November 5, 2018
Eat Before You Get to the Airport Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Frederick, who says: “I’m sure somebody has covered this topic… Johnny Jet , November 2, 2018
Bring Home Foreign Candy to Give to Trick-or-Treaters Happy Halloween! Today’s tip—inspired by the holiday—is one for travelers that want to provide for their local trick-or-treaters (next year)… If you travel internationally before and especially right before Halloween,… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2018
How to Find Out How Safe a Country’s Airlines Are After the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 near Jakarta on Monday, the New York Times ran an interesting story titled “How Safe Is Your Airline?” It turns out that… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2018
How to Troubleshoot Your T-Mobile International Data Plan Abroad One of the things I love about my T-Mobile data plan is that I get free texting and data abroad in 140 countries around the world. Since I go to… Johnny Jet , October 30, 2018
Confirm Your Hotel Booking With the Hotel Before You Leave Travel blogger Ric Garrido recently wrote an interesting post about a trip he took to Romania, which began as a nightmare. Essentially, Ric arrived at his hotel—booked through Booking.com—to find… Johnny Jet , October 29, 2018
Bring a Carabiner to Help Keep Your Luggage Secure Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader James M., who says: “I keep a carabiner of the… Johnny Jet , October 26, 2018
What Airline Should You Fly When Traveling with a Surfboard? Surf’s up! If you hadn’t seen, on August 20, surfing became California’s official state sport. Since we have a lot of subscribers from California, I thought it would appropriate to… Johnny Jet , October 25, 2018
Look Out for Two-in-One Crosswalks Following yesterday’s tip on looking both ways before crossing the street… What always throws me for a loop in Europe—and specifically London and Paris—is that on wider streets there are… Johnny Jet , October 23, 2018
Always Look Both Ways When I was growing up, my parents instilled in me the instinct to always look left, right and then left again before crossing any street. Well, I just returned from… Johnny Jet , October 22, 2018
Get to Know the Hotel Shower Before You Hop in Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Benita, who left the following comment on last week’s airplane… Johnny Jet , October 19, 2018
A Message From the TSA Regarding Duty Free Liquids I received an email from the TSA this week (they have a newsletter; you can sign up in the bottom-right here) reminding travelers that all oversized liquids—including Duty Free liquors… Johnny Jet , October 18, 2018
What Legal Marijuana in Canada Means for Border Crossings This morning, Canada became the first major world economy to legalize marijuana. The “national experiment,” as the New York Times called it, will be interesting to follow. Here are the specifics… Johnny Jet , October 17, 2018
How I Handle a Loud A/C Unit in a Hotel Room If you’re a light sleeper like I am, you’ve probably been annoyed once or twice (or more) by a hotel air conditioning unit going on and off throughout the night…. Johnny Jet , October 16, 2018
Travel Book of the Week: “3 Feet to the Left: A New Captain’s Journey from Pursuit to Perspective” My buddy Brett Snyder from Cranky Flier just recommended a new aviation book titled “3 Feet to the Left: A New Captain’s Journey from Pursuit to Perspective” by Korry Franke. The… Johnny Jet , October 15, 2018
