Travel budget tracker
Know what the trip costs — before and during.
Most travel budgets are a number you set once and never check again. Gate36 ties your budget to the itinerary itself, so planned spend, real expenses, and who owes whom all live in one place.
Start with a budget, not a guess
Set a budget when you create the trip and every itinerary item carries a planned cost. Those costs roll up per day and across the whole trip, so you can see whether the plan fits the budget before you book anything — and trim a day that's running heavy instead of finding out at the airport.
Planned spend vs. what you actually paid
During the trip, log expenses as they happen and compare them against the planned spend for each day. The gap between the plan and reality is visible daily, not discovered in a bank statement three weeks later. Adjust the remaining days while it still matters.
Two currencies, one clear total
Log every expense in the local currency you actually paid in — yen, baht, pesos — and Gate36 shows it in your home currency automatically. A trip across borders still adds up to one number, so the budget stays meaningful even when the prices don't look like home.
Personal, shared, and settled
Traveling with others? Mark each expense as personal or shared. Shared costs split between companions; personal spending stays off everyone else's books. At the end, a settle-up summary shows who owes whom using the fewest transfers, so a group of four evens out in a couple of payments instead of a dozen.
Receipts live with the trip
Scan or upload receipts, boarding passes, and confirmations and they attach directly to the trip. When you want to check what that dinner actually cost or claim an expense back later, the document is next to the number — not buried in your camera roll.
Budget, itinerary, and map — one plan
Because the budget tracker is built into the trip itself, spending is always tied to the day and place it happened. Forward booking emails to import costs automatically, see the route on a map, and keep the whole trip in one calm place.
Start free — or see the travel expense splitter and the full trip planner.
Frequently asked questions
- How does Gate36 track a travel budget?
- You set a budget when you create the trip, and every itinerary item carries a planned cost that rolls up per day and across the whole trip. As you travel, you log real expenses and compare them against the plan, so you always know where you stand.
- Can I log expenses in a foreign currency?
- Yes. Log each expense in the local currency you actually paid in, and Gate36 shows it in your home currency automatically. The trip still adds up to one number you understand.
- Does it work for group trips?
- Yes. Mark an expense as shared and it gets split between travel companions; personal spending stays private. At the end, Gate36 suggests the fewest transfers needed to settle everyone up.
- Can I keep receipts with the budget?
- Yes. Scan or upload receipts, boarding passes, and confirmations and they attach to the trip, so the paper trail lives next to the numbers instead of in your camera roll.
- Is the travel budget tracker free?
- Gate36 is free to start, and it works on the web with iOS and Android apps, so you can log expenses on your phone as they happen.