How to Avoid Hotel Cancellation Fees I recently wrote a post for Forbes titled “How to Avoid Hotel Cancellation Fees.” It’s about what you’d think it’s about, with advice tailored to the specific cancellation policies of many… Johnny Jet , March 29, 2018
How to Find a Place to Store Your Luggage When You’re Traveling The New York Times had an excellent article this week titled “How to Ditch Those Annoying Bags.” Of course, I clicked it because finding a place to store your luggage… Johnny Jet , March 28, 2018
What You Should Know Before Driving in Thailand Heading to Thailand? If so—and if you ever go—make sure you’re aware of the laws around driving there. As the U.K.’s travel advisory service alerted me this month, “You must… Johnny Jet , March 28, 2018
Samantha Brown’s Clever Hotel Ironing Board Tip My friend—and travel TV star—Samantha Brown recently shared an excellent travel tip for traveling with kids on Instagram. Get this…she uses the hotel ironing board as a TV dinner table!… Johnny Jet , March 27, 2018
How to Take a “Phoneless Vacation” If you’ve ever felt you’re too tied to your phone/devices, listen up: Several companies are now selling “phoneless vacations” and the response has been very positive. As the New York… Johnny Jet , March 26, 2018
A Passport Card Can Be a Great Form of Off-Ship ID Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Leslie, who commented on last week’s reader tip about passport… Johnny Jet , March 23, 2018
How to Get SiriusXM Satellite Radio for Cheap When I leased our new car, it came with six months of free SiriusXM satellite radio. It’s a great promotion, since I would never have tried SiriusXM if it hadn’t… Johnny Jet , March 22, 2018
Get Hot on Planes, Trains or Buses? This $9 Mobile Fan Will Cool You Down A reader left an interesting comment on a travel blog I was reading recently saying the only way he survives long flights to Asia is by using this $9 ARCTIC… Johnny Jet , March 20, 2018
How Close Is Too Close to a Sick Passenger on a Plane? If you’ve ever worried about getting sick on a plane, you’re not the only one. But how close do you need to be seated to a sick passenger to get… Johnny Jet , March 20, 2018
The Lost Passport Miracle and Its Takeaways Today’s tip is inspired by a story sent in by a reader and friend—a story that doesn’t always have such a happy ending. From Laurie Armstrong G.: “When my husband first… Johnny Jet , March 19, 2018
Consider Getting a Passport Card to Use as ID Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Karol, who says: “If you are renewing your passport, I… Johnny Jet , March 16, 2018
You Can Now Reward Exceptional Airport Employees at LAX Surely you’ve had a negative experience at an airport—but have you ever had an experience in which an airport employee went above and beyond for you? I know I have…. Johnny Jet , March 15, 2018
Never, Ever Place a Live Animal in the Overhead Bin On Monday, a United passenger on a Houston-to-New York LGA flight named Maggie Gremminger (who goes by @MaggieGrem on Twitter) sent five tweets upon landing that went like this… I… Johnny Jet , March 14, 2018
Peak Cherry Blossom Bloom Is Coming Early to D.C. UPDATE: As reported by CNN, the NPS has updated its projection. Peak cherry blossom bloom in D.C. is now estimated to run from March 27 to March 31. Each spring, Washington,… Johnny Jet , March 13, 2018
Don’t Do This With Your Hotel Room Key Often when you check into a hotel, the front desk clerk hands you your key in a sleeve that has your room number written on it. While that’s helpful when… Johnny Jet , March 12, 2018
