Why You Shouldn’t Drink Coffee, Tea or Tap Water on a Plane 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 , September 19, 2022
The Travel Hack You Won’t Believe TSA Will Let You Do 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 , November 22, 2021
LifeStraw: A Straw That Creates Clean Water 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… Johnny Jet , February 20, 2021
Bring More Water Than You Need When You Go Hiking Keeping hydrated is important in all contexts (including when you fly), but especially when you’re being physically active. Like when you go hiking. Simply put, it’s hard to overstate the… Johnny Jet , November 5, 2019
These Airlines Have the Cleanest and Dirtiest Drinking Water Onboard As we’ve written before, it’s best to avoid drinking water onboard a flight unless the water is bottled. Tap water (which isn’t served often except in coffee and tea) comes… Johnny Jet , September 18, 2019
Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles Are About to Be Banned at SFO Starting August 20, single-use plastic water bottles will be banned at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). If you want water at the airport or to bring on a plane departing… Johnny Jet , August 6, 2019
Don’t Go Swimming With an Open Wound With the weather heating up, today’s tip is another water safety tip, in the style of the many we’ve run before (see below). You should never go swimming with an… Johnny Jet , July 2, 2019
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning With summer coming, you and/or people you love may be spending more time around the water. Today’s tip, in the summer spirit, is all about water safety. Did you know… Johnny Jet , May 15, 2019
The BPA-Free Collapsible Water Bottle That I Travel With When the folks at Hydaway sent me an ultra-portable, BPA-free, leak-proof water bottle a few years ago, it immediately became my go-to water bottle because it was so amazing to… Johnny Jet , November 28, 2018
Video: How Cape Town’s Residents Are Surviving the Water Crisis—For Now National Geographic has a three-and-a-half-minute video on the Cape Town water crisis. As written in the YouTube description, “The profound water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa is affecting the… Johnny Jet , April 10, 2018
Video: How to Spot a Rip Current I was reading in our local paper that a beloved resident died last week while on vacation in Jamaica because he got caught in a rip current. Since I know… Johnny Jet , January 30, 2018
Travel Instagrammer of the Week: Discover Ocean Discover Ocean (discoverocean) The Earth’s oceans are amazing! This Instagram handle (discoverocean)—with over 1.3 million followers—showcases their beauty… Wish upon a star.. Bahamas. ✨? Image ©@scubapro #DiscoverOcean #StarFish #Scuba A… Johnny Jet , January 29, 2018
Don’t Snorkel or Dive Alone in an Unfamiliar Place Most of the U.S. is under a deep freeze today (see: What to Do: Weather Delays and Flight Cancellations), but in case you’re planning to escape and go somewhere warm…… Johnny Jet , January 4, 2018
There’s Something in the Air in Losinj, Croatia Can you remember the best breaths of air of your life? Maybe not. The intake of oxygen is typically the business of the subconscious, forgotten until the participating machinery is… Ian Livingston , December 22, 2017
The Collapsible, Pocket-Sized Travel Water Bottle One the easiest ways to save money when you travel is to bring an empty water bottle through security so you can fill it up at a water fountain on… Johnny Jet , August 15, 2017