'Just book a flight': Internet blasts US travel influencer for tone-deaf advice

Travel influencer and TikToker, Kat Crittenden, is facing severe backlash online due to a controversial TikTok video. The post, which has garnered over 19 million likes, features Crittenden encouraging her followers to "just book a flight" despite the ongoing cost of living crisis in the United States. Critics claimed that Crittenden, born into a wealthy family, was out of touch with the financial realities of many of her followers who could not afford to 'just' book a flight. With inflation rates soaring and nearly half of US consumers reportedly feeling "highly affected" by the cost of living crisis, according to an April 2023 survey by We Are Social and Statista Q. we had to stop buying eggs 'cause they were $6 but no, yeah here I come," one person wrote.