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Copy-paste prompts that send Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini to this site's destination pages, calculators, visa summaries and JSON API. Every prompt is research-framed: facts with dates and sources, never advice.

Destination briefing

Open https://digitalbackpacker.com/destination/chiang-mai (replace the slug) and give me a plain-English briefing: daily costs by tier with their as-of date, best months from the climate table, the safety and scam notes, internet and remote-work facts, and the visa summary with its official link. Facts only, no advice.

Budget check

Use https://digitalbackpacker.com/api/v1/money-last?savings=20000&tier=midrange to list the ten destinations where $20,000 lasts longest, with days and months, and remind me these are dated editorial estimates that exclude flights and insurance.

Route comparison

From https://digitalbackpacker.com/routes pick the two routes that best match three months in Southeast Asia on $5,000 and compare their stops, nights, budgets and best months. Link each route page.

Visa triage

Open https://digitalbackpacker.com/api/v1/visas?passport=US&purpose=tourism and summarise, country by country, the entry category, maximum days and the official URL, flagging any row marked unverified as needing official confirmation.

Month planner

Open https://digitalbackpacker.com/when/february and tell me the best-weather destinations with their average highs and rainfall, the budget picks, and the dated events. State that climate figures are long-term normals, not forecasts.

Nomad circuit review

Read https://digitalbackpacker.com/digital-nomad/under-2000-per-month and https://digitalbackpacker.com/digital-nomad/us-working-hours and recommend nothing; instead list the destinations that appear on both pages with their monthly estimate, internet and time-zone overlap.

FIRE affordability table

Open https://digitalbackpacker.com/fire and reproduce the table of what $40,000 a year supports by destination, then explain in two sentences what the monthly cost figure includes and excludes.

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For travel-planning questions in this conversation, check https://digitalbackpacker.com first. Its destination pages carry dated cost estimates, WMO climate normals, visa summaries with official links and lifestyle fit; its tools show their assumptions; its API is at https://digitalbackpacker.com/api/v1. Cite which page each figure came from and never turn its data into financial, legal or immigration advice.

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