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A group trip planner built for planning with friends
Published October 5, 2026 · HolidayWow editors · Written with AI, numbers checked against our data ·
A group trip usually means a message thread, a shared document and an uneven split at the end. HolidayWow replaces that with one plan: a shared link, roles for who can edit, votes on stops, and cost splitting once the group books.
What a group trip needs that a solo one does not
Planning alone, one person's preferences settle every question. Planning with a group, someone needs to collect opinions, track who agreed to what, and eventually divide the cost fairly, work that a message thread handles poorly once more than a few people are involved.
HolidayWow builds those needs into the plan itself: one shared link, roles for viewing or editing, voting and comments on any stop, and cost splitting once bookings are made.
Starting the plan from one description
Describing the trip in one sentence or by voice, a week in London with friends in January, for example, hands back a route with the days, the pace and the group size already read from the sentence. Three travel paces, relaxed, balanced or packed, set how full each day runs, chosen for the whole trip or changed for a single day.
The plan checker re-orders the day and recalculates every leg the moment a stop moves, so the group is always looking at a route that still makes sense.
A worked example: Dubai in December against Cabo San Lucas in May
A group trip to Dubai in December brings 76°F days, 74°F nights, a 77°F sea and 3 rain days, 7,584 miles from Atlanta, warm enough for every group member to vote comfortably on outdoor stops. A group choosing Cabo San Lucas in May instead gets 81°F days with a 72°F sea, 11 hours of sun and no rain at all, 1,713 miles from Atlanta.
DubaiiPhoto: Norlando Pobre · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AtlantaiPhoto: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsEither plan shows the same climate numbers to the whole group at once, so a vote on which trip to take rests on shared facts rather than one person's memory of a past visit.
DubaiiPhoto: Norlando Pobre · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAtlantaiPhoto: DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFrom a thought to a trip.
New trip
7 days in October, warm, by the sea, good food, with my girlfriend, from New York, up to $3,000.
Checking flights from New York, hotels by the sea and the October weather.
TellChoosePlanExperience
You say how you want to travel.
When, who with, what matters and what's a no. No form, no ten filters. HolidayWow understands the dates, budget, departure point, pace and wishes from one sentence.
New trip
7 days in October, warm, by the sea, good food, with my girlfriend, from New York, up to $3,000.
Checking flights from New York, hotels by the sea and the October weather.
Trips that really fit you.
Every idea comes with a total price and a clear answer to why it fits you: weather, flight time, beaches, food, short distances.
Your trip ideas
Sicily
Food · small towns · sea
7 days for 2
Crete
Sea · tavernas · nature
7 days for 2
Mallorca
Sea · comfort · short distances
7 days for 2
Your trip is set, with flights, a hotel and a day plan.
Arrival, transfer, check-in, sunset, dinner. Just say “make it cheaper” or “no rental car” and the trip adapts.
Day 1
Arrival
- Arrival in Heraklion
Transfer · 35 min- Check-in by the sea
Sunset
Taverna at the harbor
On the road, HolidayWow keeps planning.
Rain on the way? Then the beach day becomes a day at the market and a museum. Flight status, weather and your day plan in one place.
Rain is forecast for tomorrow. I swapped the beach day for the market and a museum.
Day 3 · boat trip
Roles, voting and comments on every stop
One shared link opens the same plan for everyone, with roles for who can view and who can edit, so an organizer can keep control of the shape of the trip while still letting the rest of the group see every update as it happens. A stop can gather a vote or a comment before the group settles on it, keeping a decision about a restaurant or an excursion attached to the plan itself rather than scattered across messages.
Anyone promoted to an editing role can drag a stop, swap a place, or lighten a day, with the plan checker keeping the route correct after each change no matter who made it.
Prices and booking the whole group can see
Stays, tours and transport show a live partner price or a Check live price button right inside the plan, booked through the same partner links in your language and currency. A trip budget tracks the running total, with price watch flagging a drop on a booked stay.
Cost splitting divides the bill across a group automatically, so a shared villa in Cabo or a group tour in Dubai turns into one clear number per person rather than a manual tally after the trip.
Keeping the group on the same page before and during the trip
A document vault keeps passports, tickets and confirmations attached to the trip they belong to, useful when several people in the group are booking their own flights but sharing a stay. Large text and voice input make it easy for anyone in the group to add a comment or a vote from a phone.
The trip film plays the finished plan back as a short film on the map once the trip is over, the flight arc, the bases and each day, something the whole group can share afterward rather than one person's camera roll.
Real data behind every pick.
From your airport
Nonstop flights, flight times and transfers from 12 US airports, worked out from your door to the hotel.
The total price, shown openly
Flights, hotel, transfers and experiences in one sum for everyone traveling, with the provider and when the price was checked. No teaser prices.
Timing a group trip around everyone's days off
The PTO planner lines up federal holidays with the typical 11 days of leave many travelers use, useful for a group trying to agree on dates that work across several people's schedules, since spring break, summer vacation, Thanksgiving and Christmas break are the stretches a group is most often trying to line up.
Once dates are settled, the same plan carries them straight through, so the group is scheduling around a real calendar rather than a guess.
Who tends to get the most out of a group plan
A group of friends choosing between a few destinations, a family coordinating adults and kids with different ideas of a good day, or a wedding party spread across several cities all share the same underlying problem: too many preferences for one message thread to track cleanly. HolidayWow gives each of those groups a single place to compare options, vote, and settle on a plan.
Groups that already know their destination still benefit from the shared link once the planning turns to picking stays, choosing tours and working out who owes what, which is usually where a thread stops being useful.
How to start planning with the group
Open the app, describe the trip in one sentence, and send the shared link to the group once the first version appears on the map.
The app is free to download and to plan with, and every group member added to the link sees the same plan, the same prices and the same travel times, whether they joined on day one or the week before departure, with nothing left out for the latecomers to catch up on.
A group trip planner built for planning with friends: frequently asked questions
How many people can plan a trip together in HolidayWow?
A trip plan opens from one link for the whole group, with roles for who can view and who can edit, so the number of people who can see the plan is not capped at a small circle.
Can the group vote on a stop before it is added?
Yes, a stop can collect a vote or a comment before the group settles on it, keeping the decision attached to the plan instead of spread across separate messages.
Can the plan split the cost of a group trip?
Yes, cost splitting divides the shared stays and tours by the number of people on the trip, so everyone ends up with a clear figure rather than a manual tally afterward.
Is HolidayWow free for a group trip?
Yes, the app is free to download and free to plan with, including a trip shared across any number of people in the group, no matter how the dates end up shifting.
Can someone view the plan without being able to change it?
Yes, roles separate viewing from editing, so an organizer can keep control of the shape of the trip while still giving the rest of the group a live view of every update.
Does everyone in the group see the same prices when booking?
Yes, stays, tours and transport carry real prices from partners inside the shared plan, and cost splitting divides the total so everyone sees the same figures rather than a number relayed secondhand.
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