Building Something New for Travelers
FeaturedNotes from building Trip Threads — a personal experiment in making travel planning and coordination simpler, smarter, and a bit more human.
A modern trip planning platform that consolidates itineraries, expense tracking, and shared memories into one private workspace.
Q1 2026
in-progress
A modern trip planning platform that consolidates itineraries, expense tracking, and shared memories into one private workspace.
Features offline-first architecture with robust sync, natural-language input for adding activities and expenses, and smart expense splitting with automated settlements.
Built as a PWA with mobile apps for iOS and Android, enabling group coordination even without internet connectivity.
Includes Pro tier features like unlimited participants, chat/tasks/polls, trip recap generator, and multi-currency support.
Trip planning is fragmented across multiple tools - chats, docs, spreadsheets, and expense apps like Splitwise
No single platform combines itinerary planning, expense tracking, and trip memories in one private workspace
Existing solutions lack offline functionality, making them unreliable during international travel
Group coordination is chaotic with messages scattered across platforms and unclear expense settlements
Wanted to build a tool that enables natural-language input for quick trip planning without tedious form filling
Create a platform that helps groups plan, split costs fairly, and preserve trip memories in one cohesive experience
Leading end-to-end product design, technical architecture, and MVP delivery for a collaborative travel planning SaaS
Freemium SaaS with Pro tier (€7/month or €70/year) unlocking unlimited participants, offline write access, chat/tasks/polls, trip recap generator, unlimited media, and multi-currency export. Add-ons include trip recap print book (€10) and extra storage (€2/month/10GB).
Blog posts about this project and related topics
Notes from building Trip Threads — a personal experiment in making travel planning and coordination simpler, smarter, and a bit more human.
How I evaluated four different approaches to natural language parsing for Trip Threads and what I learned about building AI-powered products.