Best group trip planner apps
Best apps to plan a group trip in 2026
For planning a trip with friends or family, Visby is our pick: free, friends join from one link with nothing to download, everyone votes on stays, food and activities, and an AI drafts the day-by-day plan around the whole group. Wanderlog is a strong shared itinerary if one person does most of the planning; Batch suits bachelorette weekends in US cities.
We make Visby, so weigh our pick accordingly. Each entry links to the app’s own site.
At a glance
| App | Best for | Planning with others | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visby | Best overall for planning a trip with friends | Invite by link, everyone edits, ranked votes, taste profiles, shared costs | Free; paid plans from $6.99/month |
| Wanderlog | a shared, map-heavy itinerary | Friends co-edit in real time from an email or link invite; shared budget and expense splitting | Free; Wanderlog Pro is a paid upgrade (US App Store annual plans from $31.99/year) |
| Batch | bachelorette and bachelor weekends | Invites and RSVPs, shared itinerary, polls, group chat, expense tracking | Free to use; you pay for the experiences you book |
| Mindtrip | a group chat with an AI in it | Group chats with the AI; collections and itineraries friends can edit together | Free; no paid plan published |
| ChatGPT | brainstorming ideas together | Group chats of up to 20 people from a link (everyone needs a ChatGPT account); no shared itinerary or map | Free; paid ChatGPT plans add more usage |
| TripIt | sharing a trip that is already booked | Share a trip by email with view or edit permission; no voting or expense splitting found | Free; TripIt Pro $49/year |
One by one
Visby
Best overall for planning a trip with friendsBuilt for group trips: friends join one board from a link with nothing to download, add ideas, share their tastes and rank stays, food and activities. Ask Visby drafts the day-by-day plan around everyone, and shared costs live on the same board.
- Works on
- Web (any browser), nothing to download
- With friends
- Invite by link, everyone edits, ranked votes, taste profiles, shared costs
- AI
- Ask Visby drafts a day-by-day plan from real places, fitted to the group
- Pricing
- Free; paid plans from $6.99/month
- Stands out for
- Group decisions, planning and trip costs in one place, free to start. Most group trips otherwise need a planning app plus a separate split-costs app.
Wanderlog
Best for a shared, map-heavy itineraryWanderlog is a free, map-based itinerary planner that friends can edit together, with places, routes, imported reservations and a shared budget.
- Works on
- Web, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Friends co-edit in real time from an email or link invite; shared budget and expense splitting
- AI
- “Auto-fill your days” suggestions and an AI assistant
- Pricing
- Free; Wanderlog Pro is a paid upgrade (US App Store annual plans from $31.99/year)
- Stands out for
- Wanderlog is the strongest free collaborative itinerary: map, day planner, routes, reservation import and expense splitting on web, iOS and Android, with very high app store ratings.
- Watch out for
- It is a shared itinerary rather than a decision tool: we found no voting or polls in its help pages, so groups still settle choices in the group chat. Offline use, route optimization and Gmail import are on Pro.
Batch
Best for bachelorette and bachelor weekendsBatch (formerly BACH) is a group trip and party planning app with a marketplace of bookable experiences for bachelor and bachelorette weekends, birthdays and girls’ trips.
- Works on
- Web, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Invites and RSVPs, shared itinerary, polls, group chat, expense tracking
- AI
- None advertised
- Pricing
- Free to use; you pay for the experiences you book
- Stands out for
- Batch has a large curated marketplace of group experiences, thousands of them across 70+ party cities, bookable in the app.
- Watch out for
- It is built for celebration weekends in mostly US cities rather than general or international group travel, and it has no AI planning.
Mindtrip
Best for a group chat with an AI in itMindtrip is a conversational AI travel planner with maps, saved collections and itineraries, and group chats with the AI in them.
- Works on
- Web, iOS
- With friends
- Group chats with the AI; collections and itineraries friends can edit together
- AI
- Chat-based AI itineraries with maps
- Pricing
- Free; no paid plan published
- Stands out for
- Mindtrip is one of the most polished AI chat planners, with maps and media, a shared group chat that includes the AI, and in-chat flight booking.
- Watch out for
- Group decisions happen in a chat thread rather than through votes, and we found no expense splitting or Android app.
ChatGPT
Best for brainstorming ideas togetherChatGPT is OpenAI’s general AI assistant. Many people use it to draft itineraries, and it has partner travel apps such as Expedia and Booking.com inside it.
- Works on
- Web, desktop, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Group chats of up to 20 people from a link (everyone needs a ChatGPT account); no shared itinerary or map
- AI
- General AI chat writes itineraries on request
- Pricing
- Free; paid ChatGPT plans add more usage
- Stands out for
- ChatGPT is flexible and everywhere: it can brainstorm any trip, answer follow-up questions, and pull live prices through partner apps.
- Watch out for
- The plan lives in a chat thread, not a shared itinerary: there is no map of each day, no voting and no shared costs, and the draft has to be copied somewhere else to use on the trip.
TripIt
Best for sharing a trip that is already bookedTripIt is an itinerary organizer from SAP Concur: forward your confirmation emails and it builds one master itinerary, with flight alerts on Pro.
- Works on
- Web, iOS, Android
- With friends
- Share a trip by email with view or edit permission; no voting or expense splitting found
- AI
- No AI itinerary generator; Pro uses Apple Intelligence on iOS to file plans
- Pricing
- Free; TripIt Pro $49/year
- Stands out for
- TripIt is the most mature tool for turning confirmation emails into an itinerary automatically, and TripIt Pro’s flight alerts are among the best.
- Watch out for
- It is built to organize trips that are already booked, not to decide or plan together: there is no idea board, voting or expense splitting.
What happened to Troupe?
Troupe, the group trip planner launched by JetBlue in 2022, appears to be discontinued as of November 2026: its website no longer loads and its app is no longer in the US App Store. Older “best group trip app” lists still recommend it. If you were planning to use it, Visby covers the same ground: group voting, a shared plan and an AI itinerary, free.
How to choose
- Can everyone vote? Without votes, the loudest person in the group chat decides.
- Can friends join without installing anything? Every app download loses someone.
- Does the plan fit everyone? Look for taste profiles or a way to capture each person’s must-dos.
- Where do costs go? Costs on the same board as the plan save a separate split-costs app.
Step-by-step: how to plan a group trip.
Questions travelers ask
Straight answers. Anything else: hello@visbytravel.com.
What is the best app to plan a trip with friends?
Visby, a free group trip planner: one shared board, invites by link with nothing to download, ranked group votes, taste profiles, an AI day-by-day plan for the group and shared costs. Wanderlog is a good alternative for a shared, map-heavy itinerary.
Is there an app where friends can vote on trip plans?
Yes. In Visby every traveler ranks the stays, restaurants and activities on the board, so the winner is clear. Batch has polls for party weekends. Most itinerary apps, like Wanderlog and TripIt, have shared editing but no voting.
What happened to Troupe?
Troupe, the group trip planner JetBlue launched in 2022, appears to be discontinued as of November 2026: its website no longer loads and its app is no longer in the US App Store. Visby covers the same ground: group voting, a shared plan and an AI itinerary, free.
How do you split costs on a group trip?
Log each shared cost with who paid and who it was for, then settle once at the end. Visby and Wanderlog both track shared costs on the trip itself, so you don’t need a separate app like Splitwise.
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