tavishi

19d ago

From quitting my job to 12,000+ trips being planned with my AI travel planner. Here's how I did it.

2.5 years ago, I quit my job with no backup plan. Today, I'm making a living from Tern, the AI travel planner I built in my bedroom. Here's the raw, unfiltered story of how it happened:

Numbers, Because Product Hunt Loves Data

  • 12,000+ trips planned

  • Paying customers from 9 countries (started monetizing 2 months ago, still free for most users)

  • Users from 120 countries

  • 5/5 stars on Product Hunt (and 1 of the 20 products hunted by CEO @rajiv_ayyangar )

  • $0 spent on marketing

  • 14-hour days, 7 days/week in the beginning

  • 400+ updates shipped

Rajiv Ayyangar

9mo ago

Tern - Streamline weeks of travel planning in seconds

Tern is your personalized AI travel planner
⚡️ Fast & easy (< 1 minute to get your personalized itinerary)
✏️ Editable
🤝 Collaborate with friends
🗺️ Visualize your trip on a map
✨ Integrated AI for further personalized assistance