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couples travel

How couples split travel costs (without keeping score)

How do couples split travel expenses? Pick one rule before you book: 50/50, by income, one pays flights and the other the stay, or a shared trip pot. Then log the big costs and settle once, after you are home.

8 min read
guides travel

Group camping checklist: shared gear, who brings what, who pays

A group camping checklist splits into shared gear, personal gear, food and cooking, and safety. Each shared item gets one owner, bought gear and food are split among the people they were for, and borrowed gear costs nothing unless agreed.

8 min read
comparisons travel

Best apps for planning a group trip (who does what, who pays)

No single group trip planning app does everything: Wanderlog and TripIt handle itineraries and bookings, Splitwise and Tricount handle the money, Donget handles shared jobs and the money. Six options compared, with what each leaves out.

9 min read
travel guides

How to plan a group trip with friends: who books, who drives, who pays

To plan a group trip, fix the dates and a budget range first, give every job one named owner, let whoever pays log it with the people it was for, and settle once at the end. A step-by-step plan with an example.

9 min read
travel money

Travel kitty or split as you go? Handling group money on a trip

A travel kitty is a shared pot everyone pays into for small daily costs; splitting as you go logs each cost and settles at the end. Most groups do best with both. Here is how to run each fairly.

8 min read
travel guides

Splitting expenses offline: what works with no signal (and what doesn't)

An expense splitting app offline can still log costs and work out balances, then sync when you reconnect. Inviting, joining and exchange-rate suggestions need a connection, so set up before you lose signal.

8 min read
travel guides

How to split family vacation costs between households

To split family vacation costs between households, weight each household by who is in it (adults 2, children 1), split activities by who went, and settle household to household. Worked example.

8 min read
comparisons travel

Best apps to split travel expenses with friends (free options compared)

A good app to split travel expenses is free, has no expense cap, handles currencies and settles in a few transfers. Six apps compared on receipts, offline use and joining.

9 min read
guides travel

How to split costs on a work trip or team offsite

A work trip has two ledgers: the company's and yours. Here is how to keep the team dinner, the taxis and the leaving gift out of each other's way, and settle a five-person offsite in four transfers.

7 min read
travel guides

How to split festival and concert trip costs: tickets, camping, fuel and the tab

A phase-by-phase guide to splitting a festival or concert trip with friends: settle tickets early, log camping and fuel as they happen, close the trip in a few transfers.

9 min read
travel guides

How to split an Airbnb or villa with friends when rooms and nights aren't equal

Person-nights, a room premium agreed up front, and one settle-up for whoever booked: how to split an Airbnb or villa fairly between couples, singles and early leavers.

8 min read
travel guides

How to split gas money on a road trip: fuel, tolls and who rode which leg

A fair way to split gas money and road trip costs: the fuel formula, tolls and parking, what to do when someone joins halfway, and an example settled in three transfers.

8 min read
guides travel

The fair way to split a group trip

Hotels, flights, dinners and the one friend who paid for everything — here is how to split group trip expenses fairly and settle up before you fly home.

8 min read
guides travel

Bachelor party costs: who actually pays for what

The guest of honour doesn't pay — but nobody says what that costs everyone else. A clear method for splitting a stag or hen do, including when someone can't afford it.

8 min read
guides travel

How to split bills across currencies (without forty different exchange rates)

Pick one home currency, log every expense in the currency you actually paid, and convert once at settle-up. The method that keeps a multi-currency trip fair — and settles it in the fewest payments.

5 min read
travel guides

Bachelor & bachelorette trip budgeting without the drama

Planning a bach trip? Here's how to budget a bachelor or bachelorette party, split costs fairly across the group, and cover the guest of honour without the awkward math.

5 min read

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