Core trip planning is free. Pro adds AI assistance.
Plan solo or with a crew using the full core trip-planning experience — trip ideas and voting, itinerary, tasks, documents, expenses, check-ins and photos. Upgrade to Pro when you want AI help creating plans, extracting booking details, preparing packing lists or generating trip summaries.
Trip planning, forever free
Everything you need to plan and use a trip, solo or with a crew. Start trips, organise the details and travel with the plan at no cost. No credit card required.
- Solo and crew trips, unlimited members
- Trip ideas, voting & rankings
- Availability & budget matching
- Itinerary, tasks & packing lists
- Documents, bookings & expenses
- Check-ins, photos & view-only trip links
- Help centre & guided walkthroughs
AI assistance when you want it
Billed monthly · cancel anytime
AI assistance that helps you plan faster and turn trip information into useful actions. The person clicking the AI button pays — everyone on the trip benefits.
- Everything in Free
- AI day-by-day itinerary planner
- AI destination insights & tips
- Receipt & booking auto-extract
- AI expense & trip summaries
- AI check-in artwork
- Printable AI trip summary poster
- Priority email support
Compare every feature
See exactly what's included in each plan.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Trip planning | ||
Solo & crew trips with invite links | ||
Shared bucket list of trip ideas | ||
One-person-one-vote ranking | ||
Availability & budget matching | ||
Crew & per-trip-idea chat | ||
Action items & commitments | ||
Booking documents storage | ||
Expenses, splits & end-of-trip reconciliation | ||
Multi-currency expenses with daily FX | ||
Crew invites by email (auto-join after signup) | ||
Trip countdown & trip phases | ||
Day planner: time picker, clash warnings, drag to reorder | ||
Google Maps directions per stop & per day | ||
Place & restaurant search onto any day | ||
Photos on planner activities | ||
Planner icon guide & first-use walkthrough | ||
| AI features | ||
AI trip planner (day-by-day itinerary) AI | ||
AI destination insights (weather, visas, tips) AI | ||
AI trip summary & recap AI | ||
AI trip type suggestions AI | ||
AI-generated trip idea images AI | ||
AI check-in photos (paint the place you're at) AI | ||
AI packing list suggestions AI | ||
AI action item suggestions AI | ||
AI trip summary poster (printable A4 PDF) AI | ||
AI help assistant AI | ||
Receipt OCR (scan & auto-fill) AI | ||
Booking confirmation auto-extract AI | ||
AI expense summary AI | ||
| Sharing, followers & support | ||
Live check-ins (with your own camera or library photos) | ||
Public share link with tabs (overview, itinerary, photos, map, guestbook) | ||
Passcode-protect the share link | ||
Guestbook, visitor questions & email replies | ||
Trip map with check-in pins & travelled route | ||
Add trip dates to any calendar (.ics) | ||
Photo album: uploader names, people filter, sorting | ||
Bulk select, save to camera roll, ZIP download & delete | ||
Offline mode & installable app with push notifications | ||
Help centre & community | ||
Priority email support | ||
Pricing questions
Is BucketBuddy really free?+
Yes. Trip planning — trip ideas, voting, chat, budgets, bookings and expenses — is free forever, solo or with a crew, with no credit card required.
What counts as an AI feature?+
Anything powered by AI: the itinerary planner, destination insights, trip summaries, receipt OCR, booking auto-extract, AI-generated images and AI expense summaries. Look for the ✨ AI badge in the app.
Who pays for Pro on a trip?+
The person who clicks an AI button. Only they need Pro — everyone else on the trip sees and benefits from the AI output.
Can I cancel anytime?+
Yes. Cancel from the Billing page and you keep Pro access until the end of your current billing period.
Do you offer refunds?+
We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact support and we'll process it through our payment provider.
Ready to plan smarter?
Start free with your crew. Upgrade to Pro the moment you want the AI to do the heavy lifting.