How to Find a Babysitter to Help You on Your Next Flight I wish this service were offered on more flights! AirPair—which is currently only available on flights between North American and Israel—connects families flying with small children with fellow passengers interested… Johnny Jet , November 6, 2019
This Interactive Map Shows You What Dinosaurs Lived in Your Area Like many toddlers, my son is fascinated with dinosaurs. So when my wife read an article titled “This Map Lets You Plug in Your Address to See How It’s Changed… Johnny Jet , October 29, 2019
This Medical Tourism Booking Tool Makes It Easier to Travel for Medical Treatment Did you know that medical/dental tourism is a $439 billion global industry? And that it’s growing at a rate of 25% per year? Medical tourism, if you don’t know, involves… Johnny Jet , October 3, 2019
How to Offset Your Carbon Emissions When You Fly Today is the second day of the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit, a two-day portion of the 74th U.N. General Assembly. In Manhattan, the world’s leaders are discussing how… Ian Livingston , September 25, 2019
How to Find Out Who Has Fake Followers on Instagram Wired ran an interesting story this week on the issue of fake followers on Instagram, which is becoming a headache for the company. In sum, the story is about how… Johnny Jet , September 18, 2019
This Google Earth Tool Connects You With 50+ of the World’s At-Risk Indigenous Languages I’m pretty sure that all world travelers, and all people interested in knowing the world, will love Celebrating Indigenous Languages, a new project from Google Earth. Users can scroll the… Johnny Jet , September 11, 2019
How to Travel With a Personal Trainer for Under $100/Week I don’t know anyone, besides a movie star or two, that travels with a personal trainer. I can only imagine how in shape I would be if I did travel… Johnny Jet , September 11, 2019
How You Can Help the Bahamas Recover After Hurricane Dorian Hurricane Dorian (see our travel resource page here) has left death and destruction in its wake, most of all in the Bahamas. At least 23 people are dead after the… Johnny Jet , September 5, 2019
This Website Is Helping Travelers Fight Back Against Resort Fees Do you hate resort fees like most people do? I know I do, and that’s why I was happy to learn about Kill Resort Fees. Basically, Kill Resort Fees is… Johnny Jet , August 6, 2019
This Tool Maps Great White Shark Sightings in Massachusetts Great white sharks are spotted in the northern Atlantic fairly often in the summer. In Massachusetts, and especially the Cape Cod area, there are sightings every year. To keep an… Johnny Jet , July 17, 2019
How to Find a Hotel With a Peloton Bike My wife is obsessed with Peloton bikes. If you’re unfamiliar with Peloton, here’s a quick background from the press release I got: Founded in 2012, Peloton is an “interactive fitness… Johnny Jet , June 25, 2019
The Map That Shows Johnny Cash Has Been Everywhere, Man I call into Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy show to do a 10-minute travel segment every Saturday at 12:30pm PT. Sometimes when I’m traveling we move it to Sunday (not… Johnny Jet , June 18, 2019
This Non-Profit Is Committed to Preventing Hot Car Deaths KidsAndCars.org is probably the most depressing website I’ve ever featured, but it’s an important one since it helps saves lives and lifetimes’ worth of misery. I was inspired by a… Johnny Jet , June 11, 2019
How to Skip Museum Lines and Find Things to Do in a New City I’ve been in New York City this week, and the weather was cold and rainy on Monday and Tuesday (yes, that’s unusual for May). So what do you do when… Johnny Jet , May 15, 2019
This Is the Best Place to Find a Rental Car That I Know of I’m not 100% positive what the best place to find a rental car is (like with airfares, it’s smart to check multiple sites and tools), but at this point I’m… Johnny Jet , May 6, 2019