Going

Save user-found fare ideas and maintain a destination watchlist without claiming live deals

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price $4.08/mosubscription / year $48.96estimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Going, save user-found fare ideas and maintain a destination watchlist without claiming live deals. The hard boundary is fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data, plus proprietary live data and network coverage.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data
  • live fare and inventory data
  • global routing dataset
  • crowdsourced trail intelligence
  • booking, disruption support, and offline map fleet

Why people still pay

People still pay for Going because travel subscriptions sell current data and confidence during disruption, not just an itinerary list. The recurring cost buys map licensing, fare feeds, reservation access, route freshness, disruptions, geocoding, caching, offline data, and support, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • modern browser
  • MapTiler or compatible map key
  • user-entered reservations
  • optional public transit or weather API
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Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, MapLibre GL, and user-supplied map and travel APIs.
02
Model trips, stops, dates, reservations supplied by the user, and itinerary versions; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
03
Interface for this trip planning, navigation and travel intelligence workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, MapLibre GL, and user-supplied map and travel APIs. Model trips, stops, dates, reservations supplied by the user, and itinerary versions; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.

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Phase 2, implement

Create trips, days, places, reservations, notes, documents, packing items, and emergency contacts.

3

Phase 3, implement

Allow manual updates for delays and reservations and label all external data with source and timestamp.

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Phase 4, review and output

Export a complete trip bundle as JSON, calendar file, Markdown, and PDF.

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Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Deliberately leave out commercial turn-by-turn navigation and global offline maps. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: A route API failure must preserve all stops and notes; the exported itinerary must retain stop order and local dates. State the practical limit: fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused trip planning, navigation and travel intelligence workflow for the personal core of Going. Requirements:

- Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, MapLibre GL, and user-supplied map and travel APIs. Model trips, stops, dates, reservations supplied by the user, and itinerary versions; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Save user-found fare ideas and maintain a destination watchlist without claiming live deals. Build only this DIY scope: Save user-found fare ideas, maintain a destination watchlist, map user-entered places and reservations, and keep an offline itinerary without claiming live deals or proprietary availability.
- Create trips, days, places, reservations, notes, documents, packing items, and emergency contacts.
- Allow manual updates for delays and reservations and label all external data with source and timestamp.
- Export a complete trip bundle as JSON, calendar file, Markdown, and PDF.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: MapTiler or compatible map key; user-entered reservations.
- Recovery: Deliberately leave out commercial turn-by-turn navigation and global offline maps.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: A route API failure must preserve all stops and notes; the exported itinerary must retain stop order and local dates.
- Out of scope: fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data; live fare and inventory data. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

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Alternatives to building your own

Google FlightsFree route and fare tracking; Google already owns the servers and probably the rest of the itinerary.$0free↗KAYAKFree route alerts and saved trips, funded by the booking links it keeps showing you.$0free↗SkyscannerA free fare wishlist with alerts; the recommendations are affiliate-shaped, not charitable.$0free↗

all 3 free alternatives to Going →· no votes, no pay-to-list · just what's real

Going pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
limited$0/user$0/userDomestic economy deal alerts from airports in the contiguous US; 0 international, mistake-fare, points, or premium-cabin alerts
premium—$4.08/userDomestic and international economy deals, points-and-miles economy deals, mistake fares in all cabins, and custom mobile alerts$49 billed annually; 14-day trial.
elite—$16.58/userEverything in Premium plus business-, first-, and premium-economy deal alerts$199 billed annually; 14-day trial.

free tierLimited plan: domestic economy alerts from the contiguous US only; 0 international, mistake-fare, points-and-miles, premium-economy, business, or first-class alerts.

billingannual only; no monthly plan; paid plans auto-renew after a 14-day trial

hidden costsCancellation/refund handling differs by purchase channel: mobile stores can require full-refund handling while direct web subscriptions may use prorated treatment.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Going

Can you build your own Going with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Going, save user-found fare ideas and maintain a destination watchlist without claiming live deals. The hard boundary is fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data, plus proprietary live data and network coverage.

What does the Going build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Save user-found fare ideas, maintain a destination watchlist, map user-entered places and reservations, and keep an offline itinerary without claiming live deals or proprietary availability. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data; live fare and inventory data; global routing dataset. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Going prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Going project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Going?

fare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data; live fare and inventory data; global routing dataset; crowdsourced trail intelligence; booking, disruption support, and offline map fleet. People still pay for Going because travel subscriptions sell current data and confidence during disruption, not just an itinerary list. The recurring cost buys map licensing, fare feeds, reservation access, route freshness, disruptions, geocoding, caching, offline data, and support, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Premium plan is $4.08/mo (annual-equivalent), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Going?

Google Flights: Free route and fare tracking; Google already owns the servers and probably the rest of the itinerary. KAYAK: Free route alerts and saved trips, funded by the booking links it keeps showing you. Skyscanner: A free fare wishlist with alerts; the recommendations are affiliate-shaped, not charitable. Compare all listed options at https://howtovibecodeit.dev/going-premium/alternatives. Check each option's license, hosting needs and feature limits.

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