The Finger Lakes: A Tale of Two Counties The Finger Lakes’ magical Inns of Aurora Sometimes your home state takes you by surprise. The Finger Lakes region is made up of 11 long, narrow, north-south lakes in Central… Bruce Northam , September 21, 2022
Trip Report: Toronto to Niagara Falls, NY for NEXUS/Global Entry Appointment If you subscribe to my free daily travel tip newsletter or listen to my travel segment on Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy every Saturday, then you know I’m always touting… Johnny Jet , June 26, 2022
10 Ways the New LGA Terminal B is Knocking it Out of the Park For our flight to Toronto, I took my own advice and set a fare alert from New York on June 1st. When the fares dropped down to $72 on American… Johnny Jet , June 3, 2022
Move Over Singapore Airlines – Qantas Just Announced Plans for the New Longest Flights in the World Singapore Airlines currently operates the longest flight in the world – New York to Singapore, which comes in at 9,527-miles and takes 18.5 hours. Well, that’s going to change come… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2022
5 Things I Learned from Canceling my Trip to the East Coast Today Including How to Save $460 on American Airlines Upgrade Greetings! I was supposed to be on a plane right now to Connecticut to see family but I postponed since COVID is surging there. However, I did learn a few… Johnny Jet , April 30, 2022
How to Get Authentic New York Pizza Delivered To Your House 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… Johnny Jet , June 10, 2021
A Double Dose of Adirondack Lore—Lake Placid & Saranac Lake Hotel Saranac—Saranac Lake’s hilltop hospitality palace The evergreen Adirondack Park Region is comprised of 12 counties encompassing 92 towns. Three neighboring communities—the Tri-Lakes—in the High Peaks region have worldly reputations… Bruce Northam , February 23, 2021
United Airlines’ Free Transatlantic COVID-19 Testing Pilot Program Put on Hold? COVID-19 is out of control and not just in the USA. On Saturday, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, implemented a four-week lockdown, which is supposed to end… Johnny Jet , November 2, 2020
New York Is Now Issuing $2,000 Fines to Travelers That Don’t Fill Out This Form As I wrote in this story, the three states of the tri-state area—New York, Connecticut and New Jersey—recently introduced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for arriving visitors from states suffering from… Johnny Jet , July 14, 2020
New York Residents Are No Longer Eligible to Sign Up for Global Entry If you’re a New York resident and you like international travel, last week held bad news for you. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday that New York… Johnny Jet , February 10, 2020
You Can Go Ice Skating at These 3 Airports This Holiday Season With the holiday season upon us, even airports are getting into the spirit. In fact, writes Harriet Baskas of Stuck at the Airport, travelers can go ice skating at temporary… Johnny Jet , November 20, 2019
An Evening Sail on the Hudson With North Cove Sailing As everyone knows, it’s been a long, hot summer. Finding a way to cool off is not always an easy task, but a recent sail on the Hudson provided me… Michele Kropf , August 28, 2019
Oheka Castle: A Long Island Escape Fit for a Queen (or Two) As opposed to venturing afar on Presidents Day (week) to ski or tan, I skipped the inescapable crowds and took two eighth-graders—my daughter Bella and her pal—on what we coined… Bruce Northam , April 25, 2019
Garnet Hill Lodge: An Adirondack Gem When I was eight-years old I was climbing the stairs inside New York state’s Gore Mountain ski lodge when the hooks of my opposing lace-up ski boots hitched and sent… Bruce Northam , July 25, 2018
This MTA App Lets You Skip Metro-North and LIRR Ticketing Lines If you’ve spent any time in New York City, you probably know that Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains connect the city to the area surrounding it. You may… Johnny Jet , May 15, 2018
