Wearing a Rolex when you travel can actually make you safer
Other tips from television Travel Channel host Philippe Cousteau also include packing a good phone charger and checking a restaurant’s toilet before eating
Bloomberg Pursuits is talking to globetrotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate—to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences.
These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers.
Explorer and conservationist Philippe Cousteau is the grandson of the legendary oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau, who died in 1997.
A soldier told me, no matter where you travel, a good watch – like a Rolex – is like currency and is something you can always use to barter to get yourself out of trouble
Philippe, co-founder of EarthEcho International, an environmental nonprofit aimed at inspiring young people to work on sustainability, travels the world filming documentaries from Sumatra to the South Africa.
In his latest show, the Travel Channel’s Caribbean Pirate Treasure, he and his wife – former E! News host Ashlan Cousteau – investigate stories of lost plunder across the Caribbean.
He travels about 320,000 km each year, usually on United Airlines.
“I get Economy Plus for up to half a dozen people travelling with me automatically, if they’re on the same ticket,” he says.
