Visby vs Layla
Visby vs Layla: which trip planner should you use?
Pick Visby when several people are planning: everyone joins the same board, votes, and the AI plan fits the whole group’s tastes, not just the person typing.
Pick Layla when you are planning alone and want an AI chat that shows live flight and hotel prices as it goes.
Side by side
| Visby | Layla | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Planning a trip with friends or family where everyone gets a say | A quick AI itinerary with live flight and hotel prices |
| 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 | Share itineraries and lists with travel buddies |
| AI | Ask Visby drafts a day-by-day plan from real places, fitted to the group | Chat-based AI itineraries, with voice input |
| Booking | Partner stays and tours booked in Visby; everything else links out | Live prices from partners such as Skyscanner and Booking.com |
| Pricing | Free; paid plans from $6.99/month | Free to try; Layla Premium $9.99/month or $49.99/year (US App Store) |
Where Layla is strong
Layla turns a chat into an itinerary fast, with live prices from big booking partners.
It is built around one person chatting with the AI; friends can see and comment on a plan, but we found no shared editing, voting or expense splitting.
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
Layla facts are from Layla’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 Layla?
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. Layla is the better fit when you are planning alone and want an AI chat that shows live flight and hotel prices as it goes.
What is the difference between Visby and Layla?
Layla is a chat-based AI travel agent that builds itineraries with live flight and hotel prices from partners. Expedia Group announced it was buying Layla in July 2026. 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 Layla cost?
Free to try; Layla Premium $9.99/month or $49.99/year (US App Store)
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Get the crew on one board
Free to start. Friends join with one link. Nothing to download.