How to Survive a Hurricane in a Hotel Room As Hurricane Dorian rages on (more: Hurricane Dorian travel resource page), today’s tip concerns hurricane preparedness. Specifically, if you’re staying at a hotel in a destination that’s in a hurricane’s… Johnny Jet , September 4, 2019
Why You Shouldn’t Stand Up If You’re in a Hotel Room During a Fire First: We’re thinking of everyone in Hurricane Dorian’s path. For updated forecasts, news stories and ways to help, see our Hurricane Dorian travel resource page. I recently listened to an… Johnny Jet , September 3, 2019
Some 15″ MacBook Pros Have Been Banned From Flights In case you missed it, earlier this summer Apple warned that the batteries contained in 15″ MacBook Pros sold “primarily between September 2015 and February 2017” pose an elevated safety… Johnny Jet , September 2, 2019
A Closed Runway at SFO Will Delay Flights in September Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader John D., who shared this San Francisco Chronicle story on… Johnny Jet , August 30, 2019
Rick Steves Got Pickpocketed: Here’s What He Wants You to Know After “probably about a total of 4,000 days of travel” without being hit by a thief, Rick Steves got pickpocketed in Paris this summer. And because he’s Rick Steves, he’s… Johnny Jet , August 27, 2019
How I Feel About Flying on the 737 MAX Back in June, after we published this post, a reader tweeted at me asking how I felt about flying on the 737 MAX. With the plane still grounded (the certification… Johnny Jet , August 27, 2019
What You Need to Know About Strollers at Disney World Planning to take a young child to Disney World? Then you should know that Disney has updated its stroller guidelines, most notably changing the size restrictions on strollers at Disney… Johnny Jet , August 26, 2019
Use This Reader’s Travel Tips to Replicate Her “Trip of a Lifetime” Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Christine, who left a slew of Egypt tips in a… Johnny Jet , August 23, 2019
What to Do if TSA PreCheck Isn’t Printed on Your Boarding Pass I consider myself a seasoned traveler, having averaged more than 100,000 miles/year over the last 25 years. So when something isn’t right, I usually pick up on it. That’s what… Johnny Jet , August 22, 2019
The DOT Has Clarified Its Guidelines Regarding Airline Support Animal Policies It’s no secret that airline support animal policies have been the subject of controversy in recent years. So this month, the Department of Transportation has stepped in to clarify some… Johnny Jet , August 21, 2019
You Can Walk Rescue Dogs and Help Pay Veterinary Bills With Free Animal Doctor If you love animals, you’ll love what Free Animal Doctor is doing. In short, Free Animal Doctor crowd-funds veterinary bills to help families pay for their pets to receive medical… Johnny Jet , August 20, 2019
Google Flights Will Now Reimburse You If Your Flight Drops in Price After Booking If you like to travel, you should already be using Google Flights (among other tools) as part of any search for flights. And now, if you book a flight using… Johnny Jet , August 19, 2019
This Is Another Great Resource for Potential Cruisers Each Friday, we feature a reader-submitted tip as our Travel Tip of the Day. This week’s tip comes from reader Stuart F., who added to this tip about cruise resources… Johnny Jet , August 16, 2019
Know the Risk of Electric Shock Drowning Before Swimming There are an ungodly number of things to worry about when you’re raising kids and they like swimming. One of them is electric shock drowning (ESD), as can result from… Johnny Jet , August 15, 2019
Think Twice Before Seizing a Photo Op With This Animal I’ve written before about the dangers of taking photos of and with animals. I didn’t mention them specifically then, so today’s focus is photos with octopi. That’s right. As a… Johnny Jet , August 14, 2019
