Living Between Countries: A Short Research Survey

If you're living abroad, slow-traveling between countries, or seriously planning to, this 7-minute survey will help shape a platform being built specifically for you. Your answers are anonymous unless you choose to share contact info at the end. We're not selling anything in this survey.

What's your age range?

What's your country of citizenship?

Other Western European country

Other (please specify)

Which best describes your current situation?

I live full-time outside my country of citizenship

I split the year between two or more countries (slow travel, snowbird, etc.)

I'm actively planning to move or split time abroad within the next 12 months

I'm seriously considering it but haven't set a timeline

I'm curious about the lifestyle but not actively planning anything

What's your approximate annual household income (in USD)? This helps us understand the audience and won't be shared.

$50,000 – $99,000

$100,000 – $199,000

$200,000 – $499,000

In the past 12 months, how many countries have you spent at least 30 days in?

Just my home country

1 country abroad (plus home)

2 countries abroad

3 countries abroad

4 or more countries abroad

Section 2: Your Cross-Border Life

What's the single hardest part of managing your cross-border life right now? (One to three sentences is plenty.)

In the past 12 months, what's something you got wrong, missed, or stressed about regarding visas, taxes, finances, or travel logistics across countries?

When you have a question about visa days, tax obligations, or living abroad logistics, where do you currently go for answers?

Which of the following do you currently track manually — meaning in a spreadsheet, notes app, calendar, paper, or just your memory? Select all that apply.

Visa days (Schengen 90/180 or other country day-count rules)

Financial runway and burn rate across countries

Tax residency days (183-day rule and similar)

Document expirations (passport, visa, insurance, residency cards)

Currency exposure and exchange rate impact on budget

Travel day logistics (flight booking, document prep, transit visa rules)

Climate, season, and air-quality timing for where to be when

None of the above — I have a tool or service that handles these

I don't track any of these in any way

Section 3: Costs and Concerns

Have you ever paid a fine, lost money, or had a plan disrupted because of a cross-border logistics mistake?

Almost — I caught it just in time

If yes or almost — what happened, and what did it cost? (Time, money, opportunity. One to three sentences is plenty.)

Looking forward, what cross-border logistics issue worries you most over the next 12 months?

Section 4: Tools and Willingness to Pay

Imagine a tool that automatically tracks your visa days across every country you visit and alerts you before you violate any rule (Schengen 90/180, US tax days, country-specific limits). What's the most you'd realistically pay per year for it?

$0 — I wouldn't pay for this

Of the following, which would be most valuable to you personally? Pick your top three, in order of importance.

Use the up and down arrow keys to change the rank.

Visa tracking with automatic day counting and violation alerts

Financial runway modeling across countries and currencies

Climate, air quality, and seasonal intelligence for where to be when

Multi-country route planning with conflict detection

Travel-day briefings (date shifts, document gaps, transit visa rules)

Encrypted document vault with biometric access and remote wipe

Community of others living the same way (forums, city groups, peer help)

A vetted destination library built from member experience, not affiliate-driven

In the past 12 months, have you paid for any service related to cross-border life? (Tax preparation for expats, immigration lawyer, international health insurance, relocation consultant, etc.)

I've paid in the past, but not in the last 12 months

If yes — what kind of service, and roughly what did it cost? (One sentence is fine.)

If a platform built specifically for cross-border living launched in 2026 with the tools and community described in this survey, would you be interested in joining as a founding member at a locked rate of $79 for the first year (that rate stays yours permanently)?

Yes — I'd want in

Maybe — depends on what it actually delivers

No — not interested

I'd want to see it free first, then decide

Section 5: Stay in Touch

Two quick optional questions before you finish.

If you'd like to stay updated on the platform launch, founding-member access, and the research findings from this survey, share your email here. Optional — and we won't share your address with anyone.

Would you be open to a 20-minute follow-up conversation about your cross-border life? No pitch, no sales, just a research conversation. We'd reach out only if your experience would help shape what we're building.

Yes — happy to talk

Maybe — depends on timing