You Should Always Plan Ahead

Planning out things is a good idea even if you are making short trips. But you should also have a Plan B in case the unexpected happens. You should never book your tickets in advance because you might miss out a better deal. “I try to meet locals right away. If I’m sitting at a restaurant, I ask the waiter/waitress, what’s the best way to get into a sight or an attraction,” says Karafin. Not only she tells you how to save on traveling but she also has some other ideas. Check them out.

Save As Much As Possible

If you also wish to travel as often as Karafin does, you have to start spending less on your regular life. She is a financial analyst and she’s got some really good ides, like depositing some of your money into a savings account that has high-interest rates return. She doesn’t just buy stuff, she waits for it to go on sale. Even she has a regular job and knows how to live on a budget. But the real question is, how does she do this?

Work And Play The Right Way

As we have already told you that Karafin has a full-time job. What she does is that she accumulates all her paid vacation days per year and then uses them very wisely to have a perfect vacation. “Many people think that taking time off is frowned upon in a corporate environment,” she explains, “I tackle this misconception by working really hard and constantly asking for new projects and tasks to take on. The latter proves that I am serious about my work.” Even her time management is a must read.

She Manages Time Wisely

Karafin combines all her paid leaves with her weekends that makes it easier to travel and have a tension free vacation. “I take two, three days off at a time and combine them with a weekend, creating a long weekend,” she says. That’s how she managed her Bali trip that too under $1000 where she spent only 4 days but she had the best time of her life. But you know what is more beautiful than visiting these places, it is the beautiful and soft heart that she has for cancer patients as she understands the pain herself. She is a multi-tasker.

This, That And Everything

From working a regular full-time job to traveling the world, Karafin also runs a charity. At the of 10, she was diagnosed with bone cancer and after beating cancer she changed her way of living and seeing life. She saw life in a different light and respect. She made, living the life to the fullest, her only goal and we can say she is doing a perfect job. Inspiration comes from within and Elona Karafin is a living example of that.

A Caring, Giving Heart

Karafin wanted to help kids who were battling with Cancer. So, in 2013, she founded Checkmate, Cancer! The charity raised money and she was able to participate in the Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s Walkathon. It is good to know, that, the organization has earned more than $100,000 through fundraising. To provide emotional and financial assistance to families with kids who have cancer they use this money raised from the fundraiser. You go, girl!

In the next few slides you will find all about the places she has visited where we will tell you how did she manage, where she stayed, and how much did she spend. Everything.