Travel

Make Google’s AI watch airfare for you. Free.

Google’s AI Mode will track flight prices and email you when they drop. It can’t buy anything, which is exactly why you should use it.

The 2-minute hotel check Kim runs every stay, the broken lock it caught and the trick that turns the room’s TV into a second monitor.

Kim’s hotel room check caught a broken door lock in Jackson Hole, friend. Steal her 2-minute routine, turn the TV into a second monitor and hear about the $300,000 ring in an Italian safe.

I put my driver’s license in my phone. Here’s what the bartender, the TSA agent and the cop see, and the one catch nobody mentions.

Fourteen states plus Puerto Rico let you load your license into Apple Wallet, and your passport works in all 50. Before anything leaves your phone, you see exactly what the bouncer is asking for and tap yes or no. The TSA line moves faster. The traffic cop? Still wants the plastic, friend.

You turned off Location Services, but the booking site still knew your town. That’s the address setting your holiday prices.

Holiday flights and gift lists are being priced right now, friend, and the sites doing it know your town even with Location Services off. Your IP does that. Six minutes fixes most of it.

56 battery fires on planes this year. Three rules (and three safe chargers) keep your gadgets from becoming another one.

A laptop caught fire midair last month, the 56th battery incident on a plane this year. Three rules keep your gadgets from grounding a flight, friend, and rule number one starts with your checked bag.

This book has been rolled shut since 79 A.D. A college kid and an AI read it without opening it.

Vesuvius buried a library in 79 A.D. and turned 1,800 books into charcoal. Open one, and it crumbles. This June, friend, scientists read an entire scroll without touching it. A 21-year-old found the first word.

Your phone can translate a conversation in real time

Live translation quietly arrived in phones, earbuds and glasses. Talk to almost anyone, in almost any language. Here’s how to set it up before your next trip.

5 Google Flights tricks to score a summer deal (Even if you booked late)

More than a third of summer travelers still haven’t bought their tickets. Good news: Google Flights’ hidden features can land you a deal. Here’s how to use them.

Regular people are flying to Europe for a few hundred bucks. Here’s the free trick.

Airfare’s climbing, but Europe is quietly the cheap seat right now. Here’s the 10-minute setup that lets the deals come to you.

Stop packing outfit soup

Show ChatGPT photos of your clothes and let it build trip outfits before your suitcase becomes a fabric crime scene. You’ll get mix-and-match looks, smart cuts, weather checks and fewer “why did I bring this?” moments.

Your face just became the boarding pass at 65 airports. Almost nobody knows they can say no.

TSA’s facial recognition rollout hit 65 airports nationwide, and 99% of travelers have no idea they can refuse. Here are the three words that get you through security with your biometrics intact.

Your car has an emergency SOS button. Most drivers have never used it, set it up or checked if it even works.

There’s a red button on the ceiling of your car. Right up there, between the sun visors, probably under a little cover so you don’t hit it by accident. That button can call 911, send your GPS coordinates to emergency services and keep the line open even if you’re unconscious or unable to speak. But […]

U.S. Customs searched 55,318 devices last year. No warrant needed. Here’s the one thing that protects you.

You land at JFK after a fabulous two-week trip seeing all of the crowned heads of Europe. You’re tired, jet-lagged and happy to be home. A customs officer pulls you aside, asks for your phone and starts scrolling through your photos, your texts, your emails. No warrant. No stated reason. No suspicion of any crime. […]

Google Maps accidentally photographed the world’s strangest secrets

From a village with 400 dolls to a desert landing pad for space travelers, here’s what Google’s cameras found when nobody was watching.

Spring break scammers are booking faster than you are. Here’s how to outsmart them.

A woman paid $3,556 through Zelle for a family cruise. Five years later, banned for life. The “consultant” used a stolen credit card. Right now is the cheapest window to book spring break flights, but scammers are circling. I’ll show you when to book, how to save and what to never, ever do.

How to skip the TSA line for free

It’s not your imagination, airports are packed. AAA says 122.4 million Americans are expected to travel this holiday season. That’s an all-time record, and it means longer lines, bigger crowds and more frustration at security. Let’s start at the airport. ⏰ Reserve a TSA time Some major airports let you book a time slot for […]

Your tech smart Thanksgiving travel survival guide

You need to know these pro travel tips, especially the one about how to see if your plane is on time.

Fly the unfriendly skies

Flying soon? Listen up. At 40 of the country’s busiest airports, flights coming and going will be reduced by 10% this week.  That means thousands of flights canceled, or in other words, 200,000 fewer seats and butts in the air per day. Blame it on a record‑long government shutdown. Major hubs will be the hardest hit: […]

When robots start flying us

Imagine boarding a plane, looking toward the cockpit … and no one’s there. No captain, no copilot. Just empty seats and a glowing dashboard. Sounds like sci-fi, right? Nope, it’s real, and it’s already flying. A company called Reliable Robotics (paywall link) just pulled it off with a Cessna 208B Caravan. This is a rugged, […]

Say goodbye to your passport stamps (and hello to fingerprint checkpoints)

I love looking through the stamps in my passport. It’s proof that yes, I really did spend three hours at Charles de Gaulle waiting for my lost luggage.  Sad news. Europe’s pulling the plug on those little inked-up souvenirs and going high-tech.  Starting Oct. 12, 2025, when you enter the Schengen Area, you’ll face the […]