Frequently asked questions

Crowdtrip is a travel planning platform designed to help you organise trips, especially with other people, without the usual chaos.

Instead of juggling group chat, notes, maps, and saved links, everything lives in one place:

• ideas
• decisions
• plans

Crowdtrip helps you turn scattered inspiration into a trip that actually comes together.

Most travel apps help you find places. Crowdtrip helps you make decisions and organise the trip.

It is built around the real problem of travel planning:

• too many ideas
• too many opinions
• no clear way to move forward

Crowdtrip gives your group structure, so plans do not get lost and trips do not stall.

Crowdtrip is for:

• friends planning trips together
• families organising holidays
• the person who usually ends up coordinating everything
• solo travellers who want more structure

If planning a trip has ever felt like a job, this is for you.

No.

You can use Crowdtrip on your own to:

• save ideas
• organise your thinking
• build a plan step by step

It becomes especially powerful when you invite others and plan together.

Yes. Getting started is free.

As the platform grows, there may be optional paid features or booking-related fees.

Hector is your travel assistant inside each trip.

He helps you:

• figure out what to do next
• turn ideas into decisions
• shape saved places into a plan
• stay on top of details that are easy to miss

Hector works in a suggestion-first way through replies, drafts, and nudges rather than changing things automatically.

Not proactively.

Hector can reply in the shared trip chat if someone mentions @Hector.

Proactive nudges are delivered privately, in each person’s AI chat, not posted into the shared group chat. This keeps group chat focused and avoids unnecessary noise.

No. Proactive suggestions are private.

Sometimes Hector may suggest that you ask the group something, like choosing between options, but the suggestion itself is still delivered privately.

In group trips, Hector works in two ways:

• Reactive help: If someone mentions @Hector in the shared chat, Hector can reply there.
• Proactive help: Hector sends private suggestions to help move the trip forward without interrupting the group.

This balance keeps planning collaborative, without overwhelming the group chat.

Right now, Hector’s proactive system is designed around:

• one organiser track
• and separate member tracks

If everyone is set as an organiser, organiser-style nudges still exist, but they are currently directed to one primary organiser rather than everyone equally.

For most trips, it works best to have one organiser and the rest as members.

Yes. Hector uses AI to help with:

• suggestions
• planning guidance
• organising ideas

Your data is used only to improve your trip experience, not for resale.

Once you invite people, your trip becomes a shared space where everyone can:

• add ideas
• react to options
• see what others are interested in

Crowdtrip keeps everything structured, so decisions do not disappear into chat and the plan stays visible.

This is one of the biggest challenges in group travel.

Crowdtrip helps by:

• making input simple
• keeping everything visible
• reducing repeated back-and-forth

Hector can also suggest useful next steps, like narrowing options or prompting a clearer decision, so things do not stall.

A few simple tips:

• Start early, even if your plans are vague
• Add ideas freely and do not filter too soon
• Invite your group early
• Use Hector’s suggestions to move things forward
• Turn ideas into decisions gradually

Crowdtrip works best when planning stays flexible and collaborative.

Crowdtrip works especially well for:

• group trips
• multi-stop trips
• trips with lots of ideas
• trips where one person is coordinating

It is equally useful for solo travel if you want more structure.

That is normal.

Crowdtrip is designed to stay flexible:

• update your itinerary anytime
• add or remove ideas
• adjust plans as you go

Hector can help you adapt when things change.

Crowdtrip helps you get to the point where booking is clear and easy.

You can:

• organise what has been decided
• follow booking links
• keep everything in one place

Over time, Crowdtrip will support more of the booking and coordination process directly.

Crowdtrip plans to take a small fee, around 10 percent, on bookings made through the platform.

In the future, there may also be premium features for more advanced planning.

Yes.

• Your data is never sold
• Your trip details stay within your trip
• Hector only uses your trip context to help you plan

Anything shared with others is under your control.

Because planning a trip should feel like part of the experience, not a source of stress.

Too often, by the time a trip is booked, people have:

• lost ideas
• forgotten what inspired them
• compromised too much
• or given up entirely

Crowdtrip exists to help turn ideas into real trips, without the chaos.