Should you build your own Going?
Save user-found fare ideas and maintain a destination watchlist without claiming live deals
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.
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Build a closest honest personal substitute for Going in an empty repository.
Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, SQLite, MapLibre GL, and user-supplied map and travel APIs; do not offer alternative stacks.
The core loop is: 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.
Make the first run work locally with one documented command.
Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward.
Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials.
Create trips, days, places, reservations, notes, documents, packing items, and emergency contacts.
Geocode only user-entered places and display them through MapLibre with cached trip-area tiles where allowed.
Parse forwarded reservation text locally into editable fields without logging message content.
Build a day timeline, route overview, conflict warnings, timezone display, and offline printable itinerary.
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.
Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states.
Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs.
Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path.
Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps.
Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane.
Do not claim to reproduce proprietary data, network liquidity, regulated access, or frontier infrastructure.
Deliberately leave out live flight, hotel, award, or ticket inventory.
Deliberately leave out commercial turn-by-turn navigation and global offline maps.
Deliberately leave out booking guarantees, disruption rebooking, and traveler support.
Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used.The prompt opens pre-filled in your agent. Review it before running. · this prompt is generated from the build plan · improve it via PR
What would building your own look like?
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.
What you will need
- modern browser
- MapTiler or compatible map key
- user-entered reservations
- optional public transit or weather API
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.
xfare-monitoring operation, editorial curation, member scale, and airline pricing data
xlive fare and inventory data
xglobal routing dataset
xcrowdsourced trail intelligence
xbooking, disruption support, and offline map fleet
Prefer something ready-made?
Google FlightsFree route and fare tracking; Google already owns the servers and probably the rest of the itinerary.Free↗
KAYAKFree route alerts and saved trips, funded by the booking links it keeps showing you.Free↗
SkyscannerA free fare wishlist with alerts; the recommendations are affiliate-shaped, not charitable.Free↗View all 3 alternatives to Going →· Licença, instalação e limitações em cada alternativa.
How much does Going cost?
- Monthly billing
- $4.08/mo$4.08/mo
- Per year
- $48.96/yr$48.96/yr
- On a Brazilian card, with 3.5% IOF
- R$21.32/moR$256/yr
Saved to My list. You will see a notice on this site when the price changes.
You complete the purchase on Going’s site. Vibe Radar does not handle payments.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| limited | $0/user | $0/user | Domestic economy deal alerts from airports in the contiguous US; 0 international, mistake-fare, points, or premium-cabin alerts |
| premium | - | $4.08/user≈ $4.08 | Domestic and international economy deals, points-and-miles economy deals, mistake fares in all cabins, and custom mobile alerts |
| elite | - | $16.58/user≈ $16.58 | Everything in Premium plus business-, first-, and premium-economy deal alerts |
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.
Billing termsannual only; no monthly plan; paid plans auto-renew after a 14-day trial
Additional costsCancellation/refund handling differs by purchase channel: mobile stores can require full-refund handling while direct web subscriptions may use prorated treatment.
verified 2026-08-14 · source ↗
Is it cheaper to build or buy Going?
Adjust the numbers: hours to build, your hourly rate, running costs and the subscription price.
Over 24 months, subscribing is cheaper.
Starting hours estimated from the analysis (closest consolation build: one sitting). Does not price what you give up (support, integrations, security).
Can I rebuild Going?
Not really. Going’s value is not the code: Recheck price before merge. See the honest breakdown above.
How much does Going cost?
Going costs about $4.08/mo (Premium, checked 10/20/2026), which is $48.96 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Going?
Honestly: 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. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Going?
Yes: 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.) All 3 curated free alternatives are at https://viberadar.si/going-premium/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.