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The two-minute destination matcher

Where in Southeast Asia could your family thrive?

Compare Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bali and the Philippines around the move you can actually make — your budget, children, visa route, healthcare needs and everyday priorities.

  • Seven questions
  • Results without email
  • Trade-offs included

Seven factors, one honest shortlist

The realities behind a family move

The result balances practical constraints with the life you want. Cost, schools, visas and healthcare carry extra weight because a serious problem in one cannot be cancelled by several nice-to-haves.

  • Core factorFamily budget
  • Core factorSchool needs
  • Core factorVisa route
  • Core factorHealthcare
  • Supporting factorEnglish comfort
  • Supporting factorJourney home
  • Supporting factorFamily community

Your family, not an average family

Build a five-country shortlist in seven questions

Tell us what the move needs to make possible. You will see your strongest match, the close alternative and the trade-offs to research before you commit — immediately and without entering an email.

Your departure region only adjusts the journey-home comparison. Currency changes how prices are displayed, not how countries score.

Answers stay in this browser unless you later ask us to email your PDF.

Explainable by design

A research order, not a verdict

The quiz uses the same seven factors as our published destination grades, then adjusts it around your answers. It shows a first choice, a runner-up and the decisions most likely to reverse them. There is no secret perfect-country formula.

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After the result

Use your result to plan what to research next

Your shortlist links into detailed visa, school, healthcare, cost and city guides. Use the result to decide what to investigate first, then verify the fast-changing rules before taking action.

01Family budgetSet a realistic budget
02School needsCompare school and home areas
03Visa routeCheck the visa route
04HealthcareCheck nearby medical care

Common questions

Questions about the destination quiz

Which Southeast Asian destinations does the quiz compare?

It compares Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia with a focus on Bali, and the Philippines. Those are the same five destinations covered by SettleHappy’s country, visa, school, healthcare, cost and city guides.

Do I need to enter an email address to see my result?

No. Your strongest match, runner-up, reasons, trade-offs and suggested family bases appear immediately. Email is only used if you separately ask to receive the personalised PDF.

How is my destination result calculated?

Each answer adjusts the fit across seven published factors. Cost, schools, visas and healthcare carry more weight than English, the journey home and family community. Your selected departure region only adjusts journey scoring; your display currency never changes the underlying cost fit. A serious constraint remains visible rather than being averaged away.

Why does the quiz ask where I am moving from?

The practical journey to Southeast Asia differs for families starting in the UK, United States, Australia, Canada, Europe or elsewhere. We use that broad region only for the journey-home factor. It is a planning comparison, so you should still check current routes from your actual home airport.

Is this a visa eligibility checker?

No. The visa question identifies the kind of route you expect to need, but it cannot verify nationality, income, employment, dependants, work rights or current eligibility. Use the result as a research order, then confirm the route against official sources before spending money.

Why does the quiz not show a percentage match?

A number such as 94% would imply a level of precision the evidence cannot support. Family budgets are ranges, schools are individual choices and visa eligibility is personal. The quiz explains why a destination rose to the top and what could change the answer instead.

Can the city suggestion be different from the country result?

The city suggestions sit inside your strongest country match and reflect the weekday-life answer you chose. They are starting points for desk research, not instructions to choose a neighbourhood before checking school, hospital and visa realities.

How current is the destination quiz?

The current scoring matrix was reviewed on 1 September 2026 and this quiz version is 2026-09-01-global. Fast-changing visa, fee, flight and policy details should always be rechecked before action.

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We can show SettleHappy planning figures in the currency that is most useful to you.

This changes approximate planning conversions and the representative origin used for journey and time-zone examples. Local prices and contracts stay in their original currency. You can change it in the header at any time.