What It's Like Flying During Covid (Hawaii 2021 Trip)

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We just got back from Hawaii and had an incredible time.

It was my first ‘big' trip since covid and I was really excited to have something to look forward to again. But flying in these times isn't quite what it used to be!

So I thought I'd share our experience starting to travel again during the pandemic.

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Flying in 2021

We flew from New York City to Honolulu, Hawaii, which is about a 10.5 hour flight.

I don't think the flight duration really sunk in to me until I was actually on the plane.

And… I'm not going to lie, it felt loooong! I realized on the plane, looking at the world map, that we could have almost flown to Asia for that flight length ha.

The actual aircraft was changed last minute, so even though we had paid extra for a carry-on bag and seat selection, we ended up all split up, sitting among strangers.

It wasn't ideal, but what can you do.

Going back, we were able to all sit together so it felt like the flying time breezed by.