Santa Barbara Hotel Sale We are on our first real road trip in over a year. We were just about to check out of our plush hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara (full disclosure:… Johnny Jet , March 16, 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
Everything You Need To Know About Canada Banning Cruise Ships For Another Year In one tweet, Omar Alghabra, Canadian Member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre and Minister of Transport, put a kibosh on cruising in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska this summer. “Today,… Johnny Jet , February 5, 2021
LAX Launches Innovative On-Site COVID-19 Rapid Test Lab I highly recommend not traveling until the vaccine rolls out and COVID-19 cases go significantly down but for those who have to travel and are being extremely careful, it’s good… Johnny Jet , January 9, 2021
JetBlue Is Launching First-Ever Flights From Miami Great news for JetBlue lovers, as well as residents of and visitors to Miami. Low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways fully committed today to one of its New Year’s resolutions: Launch first-ever… Johnny Jet , December 17, 2020
How To Bypass the Long Lines on Arrival into Hawaii I was just reading the travel headlines as I do every day and read a post from Travel Weekly entitled Alaska Airlines offering Covid preclearance on Hawaii flights. According to… Johnny Jet , December 11, 2020
How to Get a Free Round-Trip Ticket to Hawaii Who doesn’t want to go to Hawaii for free? Well, the old adage that nothing in the world is truly free is, in this case, true. Before the COVID-19 pandemic,… Johnny Jet , December 7, 2020
Why You Should Postpone Your Travel Plans Especially To California and Mexico UPDATE: I woke up this morning to see this bad news, as reported by CBS2: “Eleven Southern California counties are set to put a regional stay-at-home order into effect as… Johnny Jet , December 4, 2020
Kauai COVID-19 Cases Jump. Travelers Must Quarantine For 14 Days Yesterday, Hawaii Governor David Ige granted Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami’s request to temporarily opt out of the state’s pre-arrivals testing program. That’s because, according to the Star Advertiser, Kauai has… Johnny Jet , November 28, 2020
Which U.S. Airlines Are Blocking Middle Seats During COVID-19 Updated: December 9, 2020 Although I haven’t flown since late February, everyone I’ve spoken to and all the stories I’ve read claim that Delta Air Lines, followed by Southwest Airlines,… Johnny Jet , November 14, 2020
Why Hawaii’s COVID-19 Testing to Avoid Quarantine Isn’t Going to Last Long Thank God the number of COVID deaths in the United States is lower than it was in the spring, but because the number of cases is so out of control,… Johnny Jet , October 22, 2020
6-Day Sailing Trip in Maine on the Schooner Stephen Taber The Schooner Stephen Taber is a two-masted, gaff-rigged sailing vessel that is part of an 8-vessel fleet of Maine Windjammers. It was my first trip since January, and I have… Georgie Jet , October 6, 2020
My First Hotel Stay Since Early March Greetings! For the first time since early March, I finally spent the night somewhere other than my house! Our last family hotel stay was at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and… Johnny Jet , October 1, 2020
How To Get A Global Entry Appointment Faster Without a doubt, Global Entry has been the best thing to happen to international travelers since, I don’t know … sliced bread? “Global Entry is a U.S. Customs and Border… Johnny Jet , September 29, 2020
Hawaii Sets Re-Opening Date For many people, Hawaii is their ultimate dream destination. I’ve been fortunate to have gone dozens of times to Oahu and made multiple visits to the other major islands like… Johnny Jet , September 17, 2020