Group trip planner
Plan a trip with friends without the group-chat chaos.
Group trips usually live in a thread of screenshots, half-decisions, and one person's spreadsheet. Gate36 gives everyone the same live itinerary — with voting for the decisions and fair splitting for the costs.
One itinerary the whole group can see
Invite your travel companions to the trip and everyone looks at the same live plan — the same days, the same bookings, the same map. When someone adds a restaurant or a museum, the whole group sees it immediately, so nobody is working from an outdated version.
Suggest places, then vote
Instead of a “what about this?” message that scrolls away, companions suggest places directly on the trip and the group votes on them. The favourites make the itinerary; the rest quietly don't. Decisions get made once, in one place, and stay made.
Shared costs split, personal ones stay private
Every expense is either shared with the group or personal to you. The group dinner splits between companions; your souvenir shopping stays off everyone else's books. Log in the local currency and Gate36 converts to your home currency automatically, so the totals make sense even when people pay in different currencies.
Settle up with the fewest transfers
At the end of the trip, Gate36 calculates who owes whom and suggests the minimum set of payments to make everyone even — a group of five settles in a few transfers instead of a tangle of IOUs. No spreadsheet, no awkward reminders.
Everything else the trip needs is already there
Because the group planner is part of Gate36, the rest of the trip comes along: forward booking confirmations and they become cards on the right day, scan documents like boarding passes and receipts onto the trip, see the route on a map, and turn photos and notes into a private memory book afterwards.
Start your group trip free — or look closer at the travel expense splitter and the itinerary planner.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I plan a trip with friends in Gate36?
- Create a trip, then invite your companions to it. Everyone sees the same live itinerary, can suggest places, and can vote on what makes the plan — no forwarding screenshots or merging notes.
- Can the group vote on where to go?
- Yes. Anyone on the trip can suggest a place, and companions vote on the suggestions. It turns the group-chat debate into a decision the itinerary actually reflects.
- How does expense splitting work on a group trip?
- Log an expense and mark it shared or personal. Shared costs split between companions, personal spending stays private, and at the end Gate36 suggests the fewest transfers needed to make everyone even.
- What if we pay in different currencies?
- Log each expense in the local currency and Gate36 converts to your home currency automatically, so splits and totals stay accurate across borders.
- Is Gate36 free for group trips?
- Yes — it's free to start, and it works on the web with iOS and Android apps, so every companion can join from whatever device they have.