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LifestyleElona Karafin2016-12-17T16:01:30-05:00

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Elona • Travel Blogger • NYC
In just over 24 hours I will be in an airplane ... In just over 24 hours I will be in an airplane ... for the first time in 5 months. It’s crazy to imagine that at the same time last year, I’ve been on over 50 flights 😅 I can’t even explain my emotions: I’m grateful, I’m nervous, I’m anxious - I dont have a perception of time anymore it feels like years 😂⁣ ⁣ @appintheair is the easily the best free tool on the market right now to help navigate the space and understand what kind of requirements are needed for both countries & airlines. I have the link in my bio, bookmark it & it will be your best travel buddy 😉 ⁣ ⁣ Let me know what you want to see & what kind of questions you have about my upcoming experience! I will do my best to be as informative and diligent in my stories and posts 🤓👇🏼
What is FREE, takes TWO seconds to get and gives y What is FREE, takes TWO seconds to get and gives you ALL country to country regulations, airport and airline requirements, and all the new safety measures for your upcoming trip ✈️? ⁣ Enter: @appintheair (link in bio) thank me later 😉 ⁣ ⁣ Ever since countries starting opening up their borders for tourism, I’ve been sifting through dozens of flights, hotels and potential itineraries. If there is anything that I learned: booking travel won’t be as easy as a few clicks … anytime soon 😕. ⁣ ⁣ It seems as if for every one click on a booking site, there are 20 more clicks on embassy websites, news articles and IATA to find out more information about restrictions, regulations and other important health procedures. It’s discouraging even for me - and I consider booking flights like a sport 😂⁣ ⁣ One of my favorite apps, @appintheair, recently added travel regulations country-to-country, airline restrictions such as mask requirements and middle seat block offs, and other health tools to its FREE app & online portal.⁣ ⁣ For example, if you want to travel from the US to Mexico, you’ll see updated information on what you need as a US citizen to enter Mexico and what procedures you’ll need to follow on your airline of choice. ⁣ ⁣ The tool is available for all countries and you can even book your trip within the app at competitive prices. ⁣ ⁣ There are a ton of other really cool and useful travel tools and you can even add me (and others) as a travel buddy. We’ll be able to see each others interactive flight maps, achievements, badges and more 🥰 ⁣ ⁣ Where do you want to travel next?⁣ ⁣ #AppInTheAir
To be completely honest there are few things that To be completely honest there are few things that I imagine to be better than lounging in a pool and drinking wine while overlooking runway 4L-22R in JFK.⁣ ⁣ Drinking a cocktail in the cockpit of a vintage 1950’s aircraft comes pretty close, too.⁣ ⁣ And I did precisely that at the TWA hotel 😇⁣ ⁣ Wouldn’t be me if we didn’t go into a lil history, would it? ⁣ ⁣ TWA, short for Trans World Airlines, was one of the most prominent names in aviation history. Fun fact: when my parents and I immigrated to the United States from Ukraine - we were on a TWA flight! ⁣ ⁣ TWA came from humble beginnings: it started as a mail carrier and merged with a passenger airline to form the first promising source of air travel across the US (later the world).⁣ ⁣ The history of TWA is also the history of American business itself in the 20th century — of expansion & innovation after World War II, of battles for civil rights and against sexism, of business mergers and corporate raiders.⁣ ⁣ The history of TWA is impeccably preserved in Terminal 5, where the former TWA terminal has been turned into an airport hotel. The restoration of the building was performed accurately not to lose the original appearance and features.⁣ ⁣ There is a museum, cafes, an outdoor pool, an old aircraft and even a fleet of vintage cars. In each room there are seven-panes of glass, 4.5 inches, making it the second thickest in the world, after the new U.S. Embassy in London. You’ll get a good sleep if you decide to stay the night 😉Rooms are available for day stays and overnight stays. Pool reservations come at daily rate!⁣ ⁣ The TWA Hotel is well worth the visit whether you are transitting through JFK, waiting for a flight, or if you’re like me and like to watch airplanes and inform all your friends about their routes via @flightradar24 😅⁣ ⁣ What do you think of the TWA Hotel?
Very close to finalizing a trip and I couldn’t f Very close to finalizing a trip and I couldn’t feel more alive having a dozen tabs open researching flights, hotels, and local businesses to support 🤩⁣✈️ (unfortunately not to Prague though!) ⁣ Cleaning up my feed, prepping new content, drawing out Season 2 of #TalksWithElona, working on collabs and a new project, finalizing my charity plans - I’m excited, anxious and most importantly grateful 🥺 ⁣ How are you doing? Let’s chat 👇🏼
Good Morning to everyone except for Vladimir Putin Good Morning to everyone except for Vladimir Putin. Just kidding - congratulations on a *surprise* victory and 16 more years in power. Didn’t see that one coming 🙃⁣ ⁣ In other news, the @europeancommission formally announced a list of countries that can begin entering the bloc for non-essential travel. The United States is not included in that list, given the current COVID-19 trends. This is a massive blow to, well, everyone. ⁣ ⁣ Before we jump into any finger pointing, let’s look at some numbers shall we? ⁣ ⁣ According to @wtandtc, travel & tourism contributed 10.3% to the global GDP and supported over 330 million jobs worldwide. (Quick economics refresher: GDP, Gross Domestic Product, is the total value of goods and services produced in a country). The global GDP in 2017 was ~$81 trillion. ⁣ ⁣ ~$8,343,000,000,000 is the contribution from travel & tourism - for all you visual learners 😉⁣ ⁣ In the European Union, travel & tourism accounts for 9.5% of total GDP and 11.2% of total employment. ⁣ ⁣ And in places like Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Croatia … over 20% of the population is employed in tourism. ⁣ ⁣ If the point isn’t clear yet: tourism is quite literally a means of survival for millions of people. With all of that said, it’s tough to point fingers at the EU, which suffered a devastating blow from COVID-19 and now wants to play it extra safe. ⁣ ⁣ My only hope is that whoever is making the decisions, carefully weighed the ramifications of COVID cases [potentially] rising, against the continued economic downfall of the bloc as a whole and particularly the countries that depend on tourism. ⁣ ⁣ There are, of course, other factors such as politics at play here, too. And despite everyone scrambling to make proper recommendations - it is clear that no one knows exactly what the right move is. Everyone is confused and this confusion is creating a nightmare for the tourism sector, airlines and travelers.⁣ ⁣ What do you think? What’s the right plan of action? (please be mindful of other peoples opinions - there is obviously no right answer)
If you could go anywhere in the world and time, mo If you could go anywhere in the world and time, money, and travel bans (!) weren’t an issue, where would you go? 😎 . . . perfect sunrise memories with @godomrep ☀️🥰
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