- How to Use Your Smartphone when Traveling Abroad The most frequent question from new international travelers is can I use my smartphone abroad? Most have heard horror stories of travelers returning home to exorbitant phone bills from roaming charges. So what is one to do when we want to travel with our own devices? I travel with several, at least 2 smartphones, a […]
- Around the World by Private Jet: Leaving August 30 Join me! Check out what I am looking forward to on this amazing trip with TCS Expeditions! “Meet Private Jet Jean” Interview with TCS Expeditions.
- Loving Boar’s Head Inn and Presidential Homes in Charlottesville Travel near home for a peripatetic traveler like me is always welcome. And I live in Virginia, a state with the most phenomenal sites, history, food and wine. It is inexcusable that I have not been to the more of my state, so my 2014 resolution is to rectify that. My first trip has convinced […]
- Summer 2014 Travels Around the World Join me! Travel Schedule Summer of 2014: Follow along on this blog as I prepare for and explore these extraordinary destinations with equally extraordinary experts. —or better yet, JOIN ME on my travels this summer: Scotland and England with Alison Weir tours “Mary Queen of Scots” Russia with Viking River Cruises “Waterways of the Tsars” And end the […]
- The Best Travel Tech Tools -Returning to Windows As a Verizon Lifestyle Blogger, I receive devices to test. The agreement is I will use them, as my primary devices, and review them. This means prying my iphone from my hand and learning new systems. When I need to do this in the middle of my constant travel schedule, and still post on all […]
- Jean Newman Glock Featured in Serenity Magazine I was pleased to have the opportunity to work with the editors at Serenity Magazine to provide my behind-the-scenes perspective on the world of luxury travel. In addition to my quotes contributing to the Ceremonial Creativity story along with several of the region’s leading wedding and honeymoon stakeholders, my interview is also featured in its […]
- Looking at the 17th Century at the National Gallery of Art (Through the lens of new Nokia Icon Camera) Ever the tourist, a free hour in my day means a trip to the National Mall when I am at home. The National Gallery of Art is one of my favorite spots for inspiration, serenity and learning something new. Their mobile app for touring is one of the best in the museum world. You can […]
- Finding Shangri La in Paris Rarely do I do an article about a single hotel but that is what this is. I have been fortunate to stay in most of the top hotels in the world. Including all of the “Palace” and 5 star hotels of Paris. Last week I found my new favorite hotel in the world. Shangri La […]
- “Glories of the Hermitage” Russia in the Winter During the Gilded Age, at the turn of the last century, St. Petersburg was a must stop on every social calendar…in winter. The social season of Russia’s imperial capital was at it’s height during January and February, when there was little sunlight. Having spent a week in St. Petersburg, in the dead of winter, I […]
- Press Release : October 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Washington, DC (October 2, 2013) – Jean Newman Glock is changing the perception of what the public should expect from a travel consultant, and the travel and tourism industries are taking notice. She was featured in the 2013 A-List of Travel Agents by Travel & Leisure last month, and on the […]