Every Traveler Who Watches Movies on Their Phone or Tablet Needs This 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 , November 20, 2023
How to Take Better Photos With Your iPhone 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 , December 7, 2020
An Important Reminder for Anyone Seeking a Refund for a Canceled Flight Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s reader tip comes from Michael G., who says: “Suggestion. If any of your readers… Johnny Jet , May 1, 2020
Use This Cool Device to Disinfect Your Phone With UV Light Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from Mari-Elain E. of Florida, who builds on last Friday’s tip by… Johnny Jet , April 3, 2020
How to Effectively Disinfect Your Phone and Devices Each Friday, we feature a reader-inspired tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from Andrew R., who wrote in to share this Wirecutter article about… Johnny Jet , March 27, 2020
Consider Getting a Local SIM Card If your carrier doesn’t support international calling (I have T-Mobile, which does), the cheapest way to maintain a functioning phone is usually to purchase a local SIM card, especially if… Johnny Jet , April 30, 2019
This Website Helps You Make International Calls Anywhere in the World Have you ever had trouble calling between countries? Country Code—this week’s featured website—is “your complete guide to call anywhere in the world.” It’s simple and effective. In addition to listing… Johnny Jet , April 23, 2019
This Transportation Service Guarantees Secure Carseats for Young Kids I’m quickly learning that traveling with kids isn’t easy, especially when we’re traveling by car and need a carseat. You’d think that the big ridesharing companies would offer cars with… Johnny Jet , April 17, 2019
This New Screen-Sharing App Will Help You Stay Connected A startup based in New York called Mimicr has launched a screen-sharing app for mobile phone (currently Android only) with voice calling capability. A lot of screen-sharing apps facilitate screen-sharing… Johnny Jet , February 5, 2019
What to Do If You Leave Your Charger at Home Today’s tip builds on one of our most popular reader tips ever. As the SF Chronicle writes, people forget chargers for their devices all the time when they travel,… Johnny Jet , February 4, 2019
How to Anticipate Flight Delays and Cancellations Like a Flight Attendant Every Friday I co-host the popular #TravelSkills Twitter chat with Chris McGinnis. I love participating for a number of reasons, among them the fact that I always pick up new… Johnny Jet , December 11, 2018
Another Reason to Switch Your Phone to Airplane Mode You probably know to switch your smartphone to airplane mode when you fly. Per a 2013 law, as long your phone is in airplane mode, you can leave it powered… Johnny Jet , December 11, 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
The Windsurfing App That Pilots Use to Track Wind When I was in Barbados a couple weeks ago, everyone was monitoring Tropical Storm Kirk. In the process I learned about Max Tracker (the hurricane app) and Windfinder, which one commercial airline… Johnny Jet , October 9, 2018
The App That Helps You Find the Northern Lights We’re heading into the Northern Lights season (November-February) and my friends are already posting incredible photos from Alaska and Canada. I was told recently by a tourism official that if… Johnny Jet , October 2, 2018