Johnny Jet is a blogger and speaker, and most importantly, a guy who has figured out how to travel fantastically around the world all the time, write about it and take pictures. He spoke tonight at a dinner hosted by insuremytrip.com.
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Although I had stumbled onto Johnny's blog before, I never had read his bio or knew much about him - other than he publishes lots of information about frequent flyer miles and other tips. Johnny's real name is John DiScala, and he is a fabulous storyteller who describes how he overcame a fear of flying to traveling fiendishly -- 20 countries a year, and away 220 nights. Weaving in beautiful sentiments about his mother who he lost to cancer, he says the best way to use frequent flyer miles is to take your mother to Europe.
Besides using frequent flyer miles for Mom, he offered a couple of other tips.
I was surprised by his answer to the question of how he combats jet lag. He does not take Ambien, or anything for that matter. He does the usual setting his watch to the time of his destination as soon as he gets on the plane. If he is really exhausted when he arrives, he will take a nap of ten minutes or so - sometimes outside on a bench, but not in a cozy hotel room under the covers. Sorry, Johnny, sleeping outside on a bench doesn't work too well for women travelers. But, I agree with the idea of giving in to a quick nap but NOT a full sleep.
On how to get through to airlines on the phone, he uses gethuman.com to find a phone number when you must talk to someone about a flight.
Always travel light. You save money on baggage check fees. I agree and I carry on whenever I possibly can. The more you travel, the greater the odds are that your luggage won't be on the baggage claim carousel.
His final tip: Be really nice. You might get upgraded or get special treats. But most of all, it's just nice to be nice.
I like that guy, Johnny Jet. I am going to follow him.
Insuremytrip is the best place to get trip insurance. When you need trip insurance, go to their website, where it compares 21 different travel insurance companies' offerings in detail. They also have agents available by phone.
Although I had stumbled onto Johnny's blog before, I never had read his bio or knew much about him - other than he publishes lots of information about frequent flyer miles and other tips. Johnny's real name is John DiScala, and he is a fabulous storyteller who describes how he overcame a fear of flying to traveling fiendishly -- 20 countries a year, and away 220 nights. Weaving in beautiful sentiments about his mother who he lost to cancer, he says the best way to use frequent flyer miles is to take your mother to Europe.
Besides using frequent flyer miles for Mom, he offered a couple of other tips.
I was surprised by his answer to the question of how he combats jet lag. He does not take Ambien, or anything for that matter. He does the usual setting his watch to the time of his destination as soon as he gets on the plane. If he is really exhausted when he arrives, he will take a nap of ten minutes or so - sometimes outside on a bench, but not in a cozy hotel room under the covers. Sorry, Johnny, sleeping outside on a bench doesn't work too well for women travelers. But, I agree with the idea of giving in to a quick nap but NOT a full sleep.
On how to get through to airlines on the phone, he uses gethuman.com to find a phone number when you must talk to someone about a flight.
Always travel light. You save money on baggage check fees. I agree and I carry on whenever I possibly can. The more you travel, the greater the odds are that your luggage won't be on the baggage claim carousel.
His final tip: Be really nice. You might get upgraded or get special treats. But most of all, it's just nice to be nice.
I like that guy, Johnny Jet. I am going to follow him.