Booking documents and review

A booking document is any confirmation for the trip: a flight ticket, a hotel booking, a car hire agreement.

Where they live

Organise, then Documents, alongside everything else for the trip. See Documents on a trip for adding, opening, attaching and who can see them.

The review step

If you press Analyse with AI, BucketBuddy reads the document and shows you a review before anything is saved:

• Confirm or correct the provider, the booking type, the dates and times.
• Check the amount, the currency and how much has been paid.
• Add anything it missed, such as traveller names or seat numbers.
• Attach it to the right day of the plan.

Nothing is saved until you confirm.

Paid, partly paid or still to pay

A confirmed booking does not have to be paid yet. When you add its cost to Money you set the payment status:

• Paid, the supplier has the full amount.
• Partly paid, a deposit has gone out.
• To pay, nothing has been paid yet.

All three count as committed trip cost. Only money actually paid can later be requested back from another traveller. See Expenses and splits.

Your choices stay separate

Adding the booking to your plan, adding its cost to Money, and choosing who can see the document are separate choices. Doing one never forces the others.

What it costs

Reading a document with AI is a Pro feature and uses AI credits. Typing the details in yourself is free and always available.