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Splitting trip money,
done properly.

Practical guides to the money side of group travel — how to split it, how to track it, and how to settle up without the awkward math.

Trip expenses · 7 min read

How to split expenses on a group trip

A practical guide to splitting group trip expenses fairly: agree on a method before you go, track every payer, and settle up with the fewest transfers.

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The trip expense series

Trip expenses · 6 min read

How to track group trip expenses without spreadsheets

Why spreadsheets fail at tracking group trip expenses, and a simpler system: one group, one ledger, log each expense with its payer, settle with the fewest transfers.

Trip expenses · 6 min read

How to split hotel costs fairly with friends

Hotel bills are the biggest single expense on most trips — and the most unfair when split naively. Here's how to split rooms, nights and extras fairly.

Trip expenses · 7 min read

How to settle expenses when everyone pays for different things

Flights by one, the hotel by another, dinner by a third — here's how to net out a tangle of payers into the fewest transfers that settle everyone.

Every guide links back to the tools: the trip expense splitter for group travel and the expense splitter for everything else. Both free.

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