Visby vs Batch
Visby vs Batch: which trip planner should you use?
Pick Visby when the group trip is anywhere in the world, not only a party weekend, and you want an AI day-by-day plan built around everyone’s tastes.
Pick Batch when you are planning a bachelorette or bachelor weekend in a US city and want to book group experiences in one place.
Side by side
| Visby | Batch | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Planning a trip with friends or family where everyone gets a say | Bachelorette and bachelor weekends in US party cities |
| Works on | Web (any browser), nothing to download | Web, iOS, Android |
| Planning with friends | Invite by link, everyone edits, ranked votes, taste profiles, shared costs | Invites and RSVPs, shared itinerary, polls, group chat, expense tracking |
| AI | Ask Visby drafts a day-by-day plan from real places, fitted to the group | None advertised |
| Booking | Partner stays and tours booked in Visby; everything else links out | Group experiences (boats, private chefs, party buses) booked in the app |
| Pricing | Free; paid plans from $6.99/month | Free to use; you pay for the experiences you book |
Where Batch is strong
Batch has a large curated marketplace of group experiences, thousands of them across 70+ party cities, bookable in the app.
It is built for celebration weekends in mostly US cities rather than general or international group travel, and it has no AI planning.
Where Visby is different
- Everyone plans, not just the organizer. Friends join from one link in their browser, add ideas and rank stays, food and activities.
- The plan fits the group. Each person shares their tastes, pace and budget, and Ask Visby drafts the day-by-day itinerary around all of them.
- One board for the whole trip. The map of every day, travel time between cities, shared costs and a recap to share afterwards live in the same place.
Try it: start a free trip board, no account needed.
Sources
Batch facts are from Batch’s own pages, checked when this guide was updated:
Questions travelers ask
Straight answers. Anything else: hello@visbytravel.com.
Is Visby a good alternative to Batch?
Yes, especially for group trips. Visby, the trip planner, is free to start and built for planning with friends: one link to join, nothing to download, ranked votes on stays, food and activities, and an AI day-by-day plan that fits the whole group. Batch is the better fit when you are planning a bachelorette or bachelor weekend in a US city and want to book group experiences in one place.
What is the difference between Visby and Batch?
Batch (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. Visby is a free trip planner for solo and group trips where friends join from a link, vote, and get an AI itinerary built around everyone’s tastes.
Is Visby free?
Yes. The trip board, invites, votes and a couple of AI drafts a month are free. Voyager ($6.99/month) adds live AI drafts, voice planning and place details on the board.
How much does Batch cost?
Free to use; you pay for the experiences you book
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Get the crew on one board
Free to start. Friends join with one link. Nothing to download.