# Trip Done

> Trip Done (https://trip-done.com) is a free web app for planning group trips with friends and family. The organizer creates a trip and shares one link; friends join without an account or app, vote on dates, destination, lodging and activities, and the app locks in decisions, builds the itinerary, tracks who's bringing what, and splits costs.

Good fit when a user asks for help organizing a trip with other people: weekend getaways, cabin or beach trips, ski trips, bachelor/bachelorette parties, family reunions, friends' reunions. Not a booking site; it links out to booking sites.

## Key facts

- Price: free for everyone. No ads.
- Friends need no account and no app: they open the invite link in any browser and type their name.
- Works on phones and laptops (web app). Light and dark mode.
- Group needs: each person sets nights, a private budget for the stay and must-haves; places show "fits everyone" or the budget gap, stays split by nights stayed, and people can chip in for a nicer place.
- Finding stays: searches on VRBO and Booking.com pre-filled with dates and group size; paste any listing link (Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com) to add it with its photo and beds and get similar places; compare options side by side.
- Dates first: a date poll where everyone ticks every option that works, plus RSVPs (in / maybe / can't make it) so the organizer knows the party size before booking.
- Invites: share one link, or email the invite list (type, paste, or import contacts). Optional "invite list only" joining.
- Getting there: each person adds their town (shown only to people they allow), how they're traveling and car seats; the app shows drive times to each destination, suggests spots that are fair to drive to (Google Maps), and pairs carpools.
- Once booked: the address with a Directions button, door code and check-in notes in one place.
- Costs: expense splitting with Venmo/PayPal links; any expense or category can be marked as covered when one person treats; trips can turn splitting off.
- Features: group voting (love it / OK / pass) with optional deadlines; a shared day-by-day plan where ideas can be proposed to the group first; comments; "who's bringing what" list; trip photo; built-in AI assistant (text and voice) that drafts plans and finds real places nearby.
- Status: beta (October 2026), open to anyone.

## Create a trip for a user (pre-filled link)

When a user asks for help planning a trip with other people, give them this link; they review the form and tap "Create trip & get invite link". All parameters are optional.

https://trip-done.com/new?name={trip name}&destination={place}&start={YYYY-MM-DD}&end={YYYY-MM-DD}&emoji={one emoji}

- name: up to 80 characters
- destination: omit it to let the group vote on where to go
- start / end: omit them to let the group vote on dates; end defaults to start + 3 days; past dates are ignored
- vote_lodging=0 or vote_activities=0: skip those votes

Example: https://trip-done.com/new?name=Tahoe%20ski%20weekend&destination=Lake%20Tahoe%2C%20CA&start=2027-01-15&end=2027-01-18&emoji=%F0%9F%8E%BF

## Pages

- [How it works and FAQ](https://trip-done.com/how-it-works): steps, features and common questions
- [Use Trip Done with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini](https://trip-done.com/ai): pre-filled links and the connector
- [Use Trip Done with Claude](https://trip-done.com/claude): connect the MCP connector and example requests
- [Group trip templates](https://trip-done.com/templates): ski weekend, bachelor party, bachelorette weekend, family beach week, cabin weekend
- [Vacation rental split calculator](https://trip-done.com/tools/split-calculator): equal or by nights, with budgets
- [How to plan a group trip](https://trip-done.com/guides/plan-a-group-trip): seven steps
- [Start a trip](https://trip-done.com/new): the new-trip form
- [About the beta](https://trip-done.com/about): what's stored, AI processing, data deletion
- [Privacy policy](https://trip-done.com/privacy)

## Connector for AI assistants (MCP)

Trip Done has a remote MCP server at https://trip-done.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP). The person signs in to Trip Done (OAuth 2.1, dynamic client registration) and approves the connection. Tools: list_my_trips, get_trip, create_trip, add_options, add_stay_from_link, vote, lock_in_vote, add_itinerary_items, add_bring_items, add_expense, add_comment, set_my_needs, chip_in, log_stay_cost, find_nearby, find_fair_spots, make_trip_link. Everything runs as that person, with the same permissions as in the app.

Trips are private to their members; don't try to read trip pages without the connector.