Getting started

What BucketBuddy does

BucketBuddy turns "we should go somewhere" into a real trip: pick the place, agree the dates, build a day-by-day plan, track the money, and keep the photos afterwards.

Start in five minutes

1. 1Start a trip from your dashboard. Choose Just me for a solo trip or With others for a crew trip.
2. 2Add your trip ideas: a place, a festival, a road trip. Anything can be a trip idea.
3. 3Agree together (crew trips). Everyone votes, marks the months that suit them and picks a budget range.
4. 4Confirm the winner: the trip idea becomes the trip, and the dates lock in.
5. 5Plan it: itinerary, tasks, documents, expenses, check-ins and photos all live on the trip.

You can start solo and invite people later. Nothing has to be decided up front.

Finding your way

Every trip has five parts: Overview, Plan, Organise, Money and Memories. See The five parts of a trip.

If you would rather be shown

• The Getting started card on a new trip lists the next few useful steps. See The Getting Started checklist.
• Most pages have a Replay tour button that walks you through the screen.
• The little help icon beside a feature opens the guide for exactly that feature.