It’s brewing in the miavia kitchen

the miavia team - an update
The miavia team has been super busy these last couple of weeks. While we’ve all been waiting for spring to arrive, we’ve worked, wrote, built our web app and talked to a LOT of investors, customers and other startups. In Berlin we had the chance to pitch miavia several times and test our concept. And we’ve moved into the über-lovely co-working space Sektor5 and even got an addition to our miavia family - Stefan, our new frontend developer!

the miavia contest
Our contest is over; you really were as busy as a bunch of bees to invite  your friends to sign up for miavia! Thank you! Congrats to our lucky winners Tamara, Günther, Marlies, Luis, Stef, Gerhard, Jakob, Niki, Carina and Simon. Check out what they won here.

the miavia future
Thanks for giving us the thumbs up on facebook! And thank you for all your feedback! It’s been amazing to read and hear your responses! It really means a lot to us at miavia - and we get to know YOU better. Sure, we knew y’all love traveling (got a thing in common there!) but foraging the internet for relevant, personal information is hard work. That’s what you told us.

Of course we listened to your complaints and as a result we got a big surprise coming up really soon! With miavia it will be much easier to plan your next trip - turning every getaway into the journey of a lifetime. You’ll find all the information and inspiration you need in one single - and beautiful! - spot. Discover your next destination on a whole other level with insider tips, itineraries and more, provided by your Travel Soulmate. Enhance your experience and make the most of your next trip by checking out the world of miavia!

We promise, we’ll tell you everything in couple of days. We’ll keep you updated - and don’t forget to check out or facebook page www.facebook.com/miavia.in once in a while.

You’ve been with us right from the start; you’re part of the miavia history - therefore we’d like to invite you to be one of the first to check out our prototype. We’ll keep you posted. Definitely.

And no, we haven’t forgotten about the Digital Passport either. The Digital Passport makes miavia even more personal and makes it super smooth for you to find trustworthy information and advice - stuff provided by people just like you. Invite your friends into your world of traveling and let your travels become an inspiration to others!  

You’ll hear more from us, about miavia and our big surprise really, really soon, we promise!

All the best,
Love,

Your miavia team

Es brodelt in der miavia Küche!

Das Team - ein Update
In den letzten Wochen hat sich bei miavia wirklich viel getan. Während wir - und Ihr sicher auch - alle sehnlichst auf den Frühling warteten, haben wir emsig wie die Bienen weitergearbeitet, an der Web App gebastelt und mit gaaaaanz vielen Investoren, Startups and Kunden gesprochen. Unter anderem waren wir eine Woche in Berlin um miavia auf die Probe zu stellen. Wir haben uns im wundervollen Coworking Space Sektor5 eingenistet und unser Team hat Zuwachs in Form von Stefan, unserem Frontend Programmierer aus Italien, bekommen!

Das miavia-Gewinnspiel
Das Gewinnspiel ist abgeschlossen! Zu gewinnen gab es 10 miavia Reiseboxen. Wir danken allen für’s mitmachen und gratulieren den zehn glücklichen Gewinnern: Tamara, Günther, Marlies, Luis, Stef, Gerhard, Jakob, Niki, Carina und Simon. Die Pakete werden in den nächsten Tagen ausgeliefert. Den Hauptgewinn konnten wir bereits überreichen. Bilder dazu kommen bald!

Die miavia-Zukunft
Wir wollen wir uns ganz herzlich bei Euch allen für die Unterstützung bedanken. Danke fürʼs Weiterempfehlen, fürʼs Liken auf Facebook - und vor allem für die ganzen Rückmeldungen von Euch! Euer Feedback bedeutet viel für uns und miavia - wir haben viel über uns und euch euch erfahren!

Das Reisen für Euch ein wichtiges Thema ist, war uns schon klar… Und mit miavia wird es für Dich noch einfacher werden aus jedem Trip eine Traumreise zu machen. Finde die Hotspots, die dich interessieren und erlebe Deine nächste Destination anstatt sie nur zu bereisen - mit den Insidertips und gesammelten Reiserouten Deiner Travel Soulmates öffnet sich eine ganz neue Welt der Entdeckungen.

Denn - Überraschung! - wir launchen jetzt, dank Eurem tollen Feedback, noch früher als geplant etwas wirklich Einzigartiges!

In ein paar Tagen lichten wir den Vorhang - bis dahin können wir Dir nur verraten dass Du eingeladen bist unseren Prototypen zu testen! Diejenigen, die von Anfang an dabei waren und unsere miavia-Geschichte kennen, liegen uns ganz besonders am Herzen - bitte gib uns Feedback, Feedback, Feedback! Wir freuen uns - und vergiss nicht ab und dann auf unsere Facebook Fan Page zu schauen: www.facebook.com/miavia.in !

Den Digitalen Reisepass haben wir aber nicht vergessen! Dadurch wird miavia noch persönlicher. Zeige im Digitalen Reisepass Deine Reisen und erwecke die Travel-Träume Deiner Freunde!

Mehr zu uns, miavia und der Überraschung ganz, ganz bald - versprochen!

Ciao,
Euer miavia-team

The Evil Passenger - Flying with Small Children

There are all kinds of people you wouldn’t want to have next to you on a plane. There’s The Snorer. The Fighting Couple. The Woman Dulling her Fear of Flying with whiskey AND pills. The Weird Guy with Dandruff falling asleep on your shoulder. The Chatty Lady whose breath smells like rotten eggs. The Passive-Aggressive Woman who starts hitting you to protect her legroom from your feet. The Smelly Man who sat in front of me on the way to Hong Kong. All kinds of people.

And let’s not forget the dangerous group of Families Flying with Small Children! So unpredictable and high in numbers! We’ve all been their victims; kids who scream for eight hours non-stop, kids who whine, poop, throw food, annoy. Other passengers try to avoid them. This will get even more obvious to you when you’re a parent and you take your child on a plane for the first time. When you fly with small children, you’re often allowed to pre-board, avoiding the long, long line and having the benefit of being able to stow your hand luggage in the overhead compartment without being hit in the back by the Chatty Lady and her trunk of crocheted hats. You settle down, start unpacking a massive amount of snacks, drinks, puzzles, toys and a worn-out security blankets and wonder why you even packed all those glossy (and heavy!) magazines. Or your book. Reading those is not part of the project of entertaining a toddler for nine hours straight. At this point, the rest of the plane starts filling up. People enter and you can see the fear in their eyes as they scan the rows for their seat. Just like humans trying to pass the zombies in The Walking Dead. They let out a sigh of relief after passing you. No one wants to be stuck next to you and your snotty child. 

                                                                 VIE-ORD: eleven hours of bliss

A friend of mine took her children to the UK. Her youngest kid projectile-vomited, bouncing it off the window and into the lap of the lady behind them. Bulls eye. Applause, and memories for life! This might be seen as a slight faux-pas by your fellow travelers. An annoyance similar to the one time your offspring tried to enter the business-class section of the plane for the 50th time - seriously, can you fault anyone for at least trying? 

Anyway, you’ll get used to it. And flying with kids does have some advantages; the flight attendants are usually extra nice, they’re not too strict about your diaper bag weighing more than a small baby elephant, you’ll get your food before all the other passengers, you’ll get toys (or your kid does - but boy, were we excited about all the stuff our son got on that Emirates flight!). And you acquire all these amazing skills; like packing billions of necessities into the tiniest carry-on, pre-planning endless hours of entertainment (puppet show, anyone?), feeding your toddler while trying not to have all too many food items stuck to your legs/hair/butt, picking up small Lego pieces from the darkness under your seat with your feet, and, not to be left out, the poopy diaper change in an airplane bathroom. Next to your endless knowledge about foods that come in squeezable pouches, I’m quite sure this would come in handy should you ever decide on becoming an astronaut later in life.  

But most importantly you wouldn’t want to miss it. That moment when you’ve arrived at your final destination. You’re tired, sweaty, your arms ache from carrying the elephant-sized diaper bag and you’ve got an assortment of dried fruits and cheerios stuck to your left shoe. You sigh and you smile and you say, “Look kiddo - this is the ocean!”  

And you show her the world - because a shared experience is always a better experience.

Yours, Anna-Clara

P.S.: Soon you’ll be able to share your own experiences (with or without cereal in your hair - it’s up to you) on miavia.in! Sign up and don’t forget to invite all your friends!