How Many Countries Have You Been To? This Free App Will Show You and Help You Keep Track of How Much of the World You’ve Seen My wife, who I met on a work trip (she used to be the digital editor for a major Canadian magazine and is now JohnnyJet.com’s editor), was recently updating my… Johnny Jet , March 27, 2024
This is the Hurricane App That Floridians Use and Travelers Should Too Hurricane season started on June 1st and so far, it hasn’t been too crazy. However, with water temperatures at record high levels, this could be a rough couple of months,… Johnny Jet , August 29, 2023
The App All Travelers Need to Download If you read yesterday’s tip on how to avoid the chaos at Maui ‘s airport, then you already know to download this all-important app. The MyTSA app is one resource… Johnny Jet , August 3, 2022
This Essential Flight Tracking App Makes Travelers Better Informed, Especially For Dealing With Summer Travel Chaos I have a new favorite flight tracking app (only available on iPhone). You might have heard me mention the relatively new flight tracking app Flighty in the past but it… Johnny Jet , July 7, 2022
The App For Getting Around Town All Around The World Now that people are starting to travel again and are looking for ways to save time and money, one way to do that is to take public transportation. One of… Johnny Jet , July 16, 2021
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
How to Take Better Long-Exposure Photos With Your Phone Long-exposure photography, in which a camera’s shutter is left open for a longer time to capture extra light and/or movement, can lead to amazing photos. Starry skies, ships in a… Johnny Jet , January 10, 2020
This App Lets You See the World While Helping Others Are you looking for a way to see the world while giving back to the local community? Tourism can provide many benefits to a local economy. However, “overtourism” can have… Josh Patoka , December 16, 2019
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
How to Wake Up to Birdsong Every Morning My sister Carol told me that she wakes up every morning to nature’s chorus (birds singing) via a free app for iOS and Android called Dawn Chorus. I decided to… Johnny Jet , May 15, 2019
This New App Lets You Post Messages on Screens Across NYC On Monday, a new app called Shoutable was launched to give people the power to post personalized messages to LinkNYC’s 3,600 screens across all five boroughs! It seems to me… Johnny Jet , May 8, 2019
This App Tells You the Best Times to Take a Bathroom Break During a Movie RunPee isn’t a travel app per se, but it is a movie-related app, and I know a lot of people who like to go to the movies when they travel…. Johnny Jet , April 27, 2019
This App Shows You the Weather Along Your Entire Drive My wife says I’m a weather addict, and it’s true. I can watch the weather forecast over and over and not get tired of it. I find that I’m always… Johnny Jet , April 2, 2019
The Free Citizen App Shows You What Risks and Dangers Are Nearby On Sunday, the New York Times published an interesting piece on a free app called Citizen (for iOS and Android) that’s been growing its user base quickly. The app uses… Johnny Jet , March 20, 2019