QuakeFeed: The Earthquake App That Tells You What You Need to Know As I wrote in this week’s Travel Website of the Week post, I was at lunch in Manhattan Beach when last week’s 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern… Johnny Jet , April 10, 2018
Turbcast: The App That Helps You Deal With Turbulence Turbcast is an iOS-only app ($1.99) designed for people with mild cases of fear of flying as well as anyone looking for a better understanding of turbulence. The app looks… Johnny Jet , April 3, 2018
How to Get Around Southeast Asia Using a Ride-Sharing App I was almost in Southeast Asia this week to take a ride on Singapore Airlines’s new 787-10 (here’s my review of the plane). You can bet that if I was… Johnny Jet , March 28, 2018
A Great App for Travelers to Japan JohnnyJet.com has been in Japan several times in the past few months (see our stories at the bottom). Japan is an incredible travel destination, with amazing food, beautiful nature and… Johnny Jet , March 20, 2018
How to Book Tee Times for Less I like to play golf but I don’t play often, and when I do it’s only for nine holes because I don’t have the attention span to play 18. However,… Johnny Jet , March 6, 2018
How to Learn to Talk About Sushi Do you love sushi? Are you heading to Japan (like our editor is this weekend)? If so, you might want to check out Sushi University’s Sushi Visual Dictionary. It’s a… Johnny Jet , February 28, 2018
Meet Instagram’s New Rival I was happy to learn that Instagram finally has a bona fide rival in Vero (for iOS and Android), a photo-sharing app created in 2015 by Lebanese billionaire Ayman Hariri (the son of… Johnny Jet , February 28, 2018
How to Stop Forgetting to Water Your Plants Before and After a Trip I use FollowUpThen often to remind me of appointments, of tasks and to water my plant. I’ve had the same plant for over 25 years! For those that don’t use… Johnny Jet , February 13, 2018
How to Find a Good Restaurant When You Have Food Allergies AllergyEats is one of the most popular apps around in the world of food allergies. Users can search for restaurants in their areas based on allergy needs and look at… Johnny Jet , February 6, 2018
How to Translate Signs and Objects in Dozens of Languages In the old days (by which I mean 15 years ago), when I traveled internationally it was challenging. There wasn’t any Wi-Fi and there weren’t any apps to translate signs,… Johnny Jet , January 30, 2018
Find Your Face in a Famous Painting With Google’s Hit App If you spend a lot of time on social media, you’ve probably heard about Google’s Arts & Culture app that all of a sudden became the most-downloaded app in the… Johnny Jet , January 23, 2018
This Mindfulness App Is One of Apple’s 2017 Apps of the Year One of my New Year’s resolutions is to slow down and be more calm. It seems the Calm app (iOS and Android)—one of Apple’s apps of the year for 2017—is… Johnny Jet , January 16, 2018
The App That Helps Blind Travelers Get Around the Airport I recently read an article in the Miami Herald titled “Blind travelers can get around an airport more easily with new app.” It’s an interesting read, and it makes the… Johnny Jet , January 10, 2018
How to Get Paid for Flight Delays and Cancellations If your flight to or from Europe has been delayed by two hours or more, an app called Service may be a big help to you. Service scans your inbox… Johnny Jet , December 20, 2017
How to Find Places You’ll Love in Cities Around the World Don’t you wish you had a cool cousin in every city you visited who had the 411 on places to go and eat? Well, thanks to this free iOS app… Johnny Jet , December 6, 2017
