Guides
Planning trips with other people
Plain, practical advice for the parts of a trip that are really about people: deciding together, pacing it for everyone, and sorting out the money.
- How to plan a group trip: a step-by-step guideA practical way to plan a group trip: pick an organizer, fix dates and budget, decide together, book shared things first and keep one plan.
- How to split trip costs with friends, fairlyHow to split trip costs with friends without the awkwardness: agree the rule first, log expenses as they happen, split by share and settle once.
- How to plan a family vacation: a step-by-step guideHow to plan a family vacation that works for every age: fix dates and budget, pick the right base, pace each day, and keep one plan everyone can see.
- How to plan a road trip: route, stops and costsHow to plan a road trip: set the route and a daily driving limit, book the stays that run out, check the weather and keep one shared plan for the car.
- Travel itinerary template: columns and exampleA travel itinerary template with nine columns, a filled-in five-day Lisbon example, and variants for solo, couple, group and cruise trips. Free to copy.
- Day-by-day itinerary template for Google SheetsBuild a day-by-day itinerary in Google Sheets: the columns, SEQUENCE for dates, SUMIF for costs, dropdowns, sharing roles for groups, and when to move on.
- Family vacation ideas in the US, by kids' ageWhere to take the kids in the US by age: beach towns for toddlers, national parks for school age, cities for teens, plus Florida and Texas timing.
- Four worked road trip routes, checked against official sourcesMaui, the Icefields Parkway, Iceland and California Highway 1, day by day, with what we verified and what we removed.