Who books the house
One card pays for the whole rental three months early. The deposit gap, the cancellation date nobody has in their calendar, and what to do about rooms that are obviously not worth the same.
8 August 2026Notes
We build an app for splitting group expenses, which means we spend a lot of time looking at the part of a trip nobody writes guides about: who paid, who owes, and why that gets tense on day four. These are the things worth knowing before you go somewhere with five other people.
Eight people, one airport, no plan
"We'll just get taxis" means three cars, three routes and three fares nobody can reconstruct by dinner. When a booked van is actually the cheaper answer.
8 August 2026The group hotspot problem
One person becomes the group's internet, and it works until everyone splits up. What data abroad costs per head, and why the answer is one each.
8 August 2026Booking anything for six people
Timed entry punishes groups more than anyone. How to buy six tickets in March without one person quietly eating the no-shows in June.
8 August 2026When someone gets hurt on the trip
A twisted ankle is a medical question for ten minutes and a money question for the rest of the week. What the group ends up splitting, and the boring conversation to have first.
8 August 2026