Travel Tech Tip: How to Let Important Calls Bypass the Do Not Disturb Function on Your Phone If you’re a frequent traveler, especially one who crosses multiple time zones, you already know the golden rule: turn your phone to Do Not Disturb before going to sleep. Heck,… Johnny Jet , March 4, 2026
Don’t leave home without summer 2024’s hottest travel gadget This post contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products. For an explanation of our… Natalie DiScala , June 2, 2024
How to Identify Plants Using Your Phone One of my favorite things about traveling is taking a hike or a walk around a new area. It’s the best way to get to know a destination, IMHO. My… Johnny Jet , April 12, 2023
Driving Tour Apps That Are Essentially a Private Guide at a Fraction of the Cost A travel writer I follow on Twitter once tweeted a tip about Hawaii that got my attention: Using Shaka App today to guide us around @OahuVB. Playing it through the… Johnny Jet , April 28, 2022
How to Digitize Old Photos and Keep Track of New Ones If you’re like me, you have either a bookcase or a box filled with old photos and albums. Most of them are probably from family vacations that you took decades… Johnny Jet , April 8, 2021
The Best TravelSmart App Yet (Version 5.4) Is Now Available Good news, travelers: Allianz has refreshed its TravelSmart app once again. Version 5.4 (the latest version as of August 12, 2020) of the app is still free for both iOS and Android,… Johnny Jet , August 11, 2020
How to Find a Doctor While Traveling in 39+ Countries It always sucks being sick, but it really sucks when you’re sick and away from home. What do you do if you need a doctor or medical help away from… Johnny Jet , February 26, 2020
The My Disney Experience App Can Seriously Improve Your Next Disney Trip When Natalie and I took our kids to Disneyland recently (read more about the trip and the help we got from Undercover Tourist here), we wanted to do everything possible… Johnny Jet , February 12, 2020
This App Makes Street Parking Easier in 29 Cities A while back—almost six years ago, in one of my earlier travel tips—I shared a tip about using an alarm on your phone to remind yourself to move your car… Johnny Jet , February 4, 2020
The Free Foodie App Will Improve Your Food Photos I was recently in Germany for the opening of the Courtyard Hamburg City. I had dinner with a few travel journalists, and as is always the case these days, when… Johnny Jet , December 5, 2019
How to See What the Weather Was Like on the Day You Were Born Dark Sky, which I first wrote about in 2014, is one of my favorite weather apps. It’s crazy accurate, and I love the fact that it warns me when rain… Johnny Jet , November 19, 2019
This Navigation App Is Great for Long Road Trips Most of the major navigation apps are free, so when you see one that costs money you expect it to be good. Well, inRoute Route Planner, which is $3.99/month or… Johnny Jet , November 12, 2019
This App Helps Traveling Women Connect With Other Female Travelers Earlier this month, we wrote about a HuffPost story full of travel tips for solo travelers. One of the tips, from Alice Teacake of Teacake Travels, was for solo women… Johnny Jet , November 7, 2019
This Great Photo-Editing App Just Partnered With a Famous Instagrammer This week’s featured Instagrammer, Tupi Saravia, is in the news for partnering with Enlight Quickshot, a really cool photo-editing app. Here’s the story via BuzzFee News: “Tupi Saravia, the travel… Johnny Jet , October 3, 2019
How to Track, Map & Share Your Travels With Only a Phone Do you like to map or track your travels for yourself or for your friends and family? Polarsteps automatically tracks your routes and places you’ve visited while you’re traveling and… Johnny Jet , September 25, 2019
