travel eSIM: migration dry-run for “saily” — prove switching cost before lock-in

Migration dry-run for travel eSIM

airport coverage. Test data on landing on Airalo; store the file on a team drive.

hotspot. Enable tethering and measure 10 minutes on Holafly using only the export — no opaque magic import.

top-up. Confirm top-up price outside the trial on Nomad. If it needs CS, the dry-run fails.

Three paths a team runs in Knoxville

A technical founder in Knoxville exported from Airalo, imported into Holafly, and kept Nomad as control with 5 seats.

Ceiling ~$101/month. No offline export → stay monthly.

Dry-run sheet (fill in)

Step	Airalo	Holafly	Nomad
Full export
Opens offline
airport coverage
hotspot
top-up
Total time (h <= 5)
Broken fields

Airalo, Holafly, and Nomad in the rehearsal

Airalo only passes “saily” hype if the export opens without the SaaS.

Holafly shows near “best travel esim”; measure a real import, not the tour.

Keep Nomad ready to freeze the shortlist if field mapping fails.

Fails that kill annual lock-in

• Export from Airalo/Holafly is incomplete or vendor-only encrypted.
• Import into Nomad requires paid consulting.
• “airalo” never becomes a migration checklist.
• Dry-run exceeds 5h without a usable file.

Migration go / no-go

Consider annual on travel-esim-pick only with a green dry-run. Otherwise stay monthly.

Compare eSIM revisits when “saily” or “best travel esim” change the data format.

Kit: export, offline screenshot, dry-run timer, migration owner, sentence tying “travel esim europe” to switching cost.

Compare eSIM (travel-esim-pick) treats “saily” as a reason for a migration dry-run — not to lock annual travel eSIM without a data-exit proof.

Signals (“best travel esim”, “travel esim europe”, “airalo”) only count after exporting from Airalo and reopening on Holafly/Nomad without the old vendor login.

Goal: within <=5h prove the switching cost is acceptable.

On travel-esim-pick, if “saily” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Airalo in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “best travel esim” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Holafly in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “travel esim europe” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Nomad in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “airalo” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Airalo in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “holafly” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Holafly in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “orange travel esim” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Nomad in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “travel esim” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Airalo in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “airalo vs holafly” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Holafly in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “esim europe” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Nomad in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “travel eSIM” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Airalo in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “saily” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Holafly in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

On travel-esim-pick, if “best travel esim” cannot survive a migration dry-run on Nomad in 5h, Compare eSIM ignores it as travel eSIM noise.

Compare eSIM · travel-esim-pick: migration dry-run for “saily” on Airalo/Holafly/Nomad before annual travel eSIM.

travel-esim-pick-migration-dry-run-2026-08-12 proof 1: in Modesto, a technical founder ran airport coverage on Airalo (test data on landing) and filed travel eSIM in 15 min. Compare eSIM does not reuse travel-esim-pick-migration-dry-run-2026-08-12 on another travel-esim-pick date.

travel-esim-pick-migration-dry-run-2026-08-12 proof 2: in Modesto, a technical founder ran hotspot on Holafly (enable tethering and measure 10 minutes) and filed travel eSIM in 16 min. Compare eSIM does not reuse travel-esim-pick-migration-dry-run-2026-08-12 on another travel-esim-pick date.