I've just pushed the most major update to the site since I first released it four months ago-- The Earth Awaits 2.0!
Some stuff Mustachians may love:
* There's a
city browse mode! View all the cities and pick the ones you're interested in, rather than having to find it using the search!
* Registered users can create a custom lifestyle for use in calculating your cost of living all around the world! Previously, only default lifestyles were available.
* Mark cities as favorites and view them all in one place!
* Watch up to five data points (city budgets or individual line item prices) and receive notifications when they change-- on a schedule, by a percentage, or by a fixed amount!
There are some premium features if you become a subscriber ($4-6 per month depending on monthly vs annual membership):
* Historical pricing information for every city (using your own custom lifestyle, if you like-- find out what your lifestyle would have cost a week ago, a month ago, or (eventually, data is still growing) a year ago!)
* Carefully researched contact, school level, academic program, and tuition information for 900 international schools all around the world!
* Create as many custom lifestyles as you like!
* Watch up to 100 data points!
* Monitor safety alerts for every country in our database. Receive notifications when the US, UK, or Canadian governments issue travel alerts or advice!
... And of course, there's a fancy killer feature...
TRAVEL HACKING TOOLS! Every article about travel hacking starts with "Pick a destination." The site now goes one step further and shows you all the ways you can redeem points to get there, and how to earn them fast! Click the
"Travel" tab at the top of the site, then enter your origin and destination airports, select from a list of 18 airline award charts (or leave it set to "All" to see them all), and see exactly how many points you'll need to get there! Even better, you'll see a curated list of credit cards that you can use to quickly acquire those points through churning! You'll also see which transferable points programs (from Chase, Citi, Amex, and SPG) apply to each airline chart.
PRO TIP: If you're trying to get to continental Europe, I highly recommend looking at the Air France/KLM Chart. Every transferable rewards program transfers to this program, and they're amongst the cheapest to fly from the US to Europe.
The cards shown are ordered to maximize the signup bonus and minimize your additional spending. The top cards aren't the ones that will make me the most money (I'm an affiliate), they're the ones that leave you with the most points while spending the minimum. There are some card names that I can't specifically mention on my site (because of compliance stuff with the credit card companies), so some of them are referred to as "Transferable Rewards Card" until you click through. The links always lead you to a page where you can find the card I describe, though.
PRO TIP: Click the gear in the top left and set your home airport. Then the travel hacking tools will always default to your home airport as the origin.
Even better, there's a Miles and Points tab in every city's details that shows you the travel hacking options to get to that city!
The travel hacking portions are my attempt to get the site to break-even while still providing a service that is of value. I earn money if you use my affiliate links to do your card churning, and you get the use what I hope is or will become the best travel hacking tool on the internet totally for free! If travel hacking/churning isn't your thing, but some of the premium features interest you, you can be a member for about the cost of a coffee per month. I would be sincerely grateful if you did your travel hacking with my links, as it will help me to devote more time in the future to making the site even better. Every dollar made is going back into the site right now (still operating at a loss).
Feedback welcome! I'm so excited to share all the new features! If you encounter any issues, especially when it comes to signup or the new features, please reach out and I will absolutely resolve them immediately for you. Please share with friends, on social media, and with any press or bloggers you know!