About Crowdtrip · Founder’s note

Why I built Crowdtrip

Crowdtrip exists so a group can get from “we should go somewhere” to a trip everyone’s excited about and committed to, without one person carrying the whole load.

I love to travel. Those who know me would say I live to travel. But travelling with friends and family is very different from the unplanned solo trips I used to take. Usually, you’re the one responsible for everything going smoothly.

If you’ve organised a milestone trip or a big family holiday, you’ll know the feeling. Different budgets, preferences and expectations. Dozens of reviews, constant trade-offs on price and location, and a mental load that never quite switches off.

On a recent trip to Rio, my fourth, I thought I knew the city. Then my 21-year-old son dragged me to a Japanese restaurant I’d never heard of and a samba night at Pedra do Sal I’d never have found on my own. He reminded me of something simple: when everyone contributes, you end up with a better trip than any one of us could plan alone.

Greg Brown and his son at Pedra do Sal, Rio de Janeiro — Pedra do Sal, Rio de Janeiro, with my son. And the whole crowd on the water, which is what this is all for.

A large group of friends and family on the deck of a boat at dusk — Pedra do Sal, Rio de Janeiro, with my son. And the whole crowd on the water, which is what this is all for.

The trouble is, what everyone brings is fragile. Ideas get scattered across group chats and browser tabs, and somewhere between the first idea and the booking, most of them quietly disappear. One person ends up holding it all together: remembering who suggested what, chasing replies, making the calls nobody else will.

That’s what I built Crowdtrip for. It gives everyone’s ideas a place to live, helps the group turn them into decisions, and keeps track of what’s settled, what’s still open and who you’re waiting on. When people can see their own ideas in the plan, they commit. And the organiser stops being the group’s memory and message-chaser.

The best trips aren’t planned by one person. They’re built from what everyone brings.
Planned together, committed together

I’ve been doing tech for 25 years, and Crowdtrip is shaped by the journeys I’ve taken, the trips I’ve organised and the people I’ve travelled with.

If you’re the one who usually ends up planning, I built this for you. And for everyone who’ll finally be able to help.

Greg BrownFounder, Crowdtrip

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