How Forage is funded
Forage is a small, honest travel agent for bears. Here's what it costs to run and how that's covered — no hidden extraction, and we never sell you or your trips.
What it costs to run
| Server (it runs the app and the database) | ~$20 / month |
| Domain + email | ~$1 / month |
| AI planning | a few cents per message |
Ballpark figures, not a bill — but real.
How it's covered
Free for now. Planning with Forage costs nothing while it finds its feet.
Affiliate links — disclosed, and never a higher price. Forage shows a spread of booking sites — flights on Aviasales, stays on Booking.com, Airbnb, Vrbo, misterb&b and Hotellook — so you can pick the one you trust. Some links carry an affiliate tag: if you book through one, the platform pays Forage a small commission out of its own margin. Your price is the same either way, and untagged links (Google Flights, a venue's own site) earn nothing.
Ways to support Forage
Forage is free; donations top up your agent's tank (the AI budget it can use before pausing), and each one is logged against your account. None of it is required.
For now, I can reset your balance for helping me test the site once you hit $10 in spend. Always looking for tips on how it could be better. If you really want to chip in, you can e-transfer adamafrey@gmail.com
The deal on your data
- Events, venues and creators come from the open Bearings commons, read-only. Forage never changes or resells that data.
- Shared itineraries are identity-stripped: crew name only, never member details.
- Your profile is yours — download it or wipe it any time from AI → Your data.
- We don't sell your data or your trips. Full stop.