Travel Guide
Group Travel Expenses: No More Spreadsheets
Group trips are amazing until someone has to figure out who owes what. Here's how to track shared travel expenses without losing friends (or your mind).
Pro tip: Set up expense tracking BEFORE the trip starts. It's 10x harder to reconstruct costs after you're back home.
Pre-Trip Setup Checklist
Create a trip group in Savida and invite everyone
Decide how to split costs (equal? By room? By activity?)
Choose one or two people to handle most payments (easier to track)
Set up currency conversion if traveling internationally
Agree on a settle-up date (end of trip or 1 week after)
Typical Travel Expenses to Track
Before the Trip
- • Flights/transportation
- • Accommodation deposits
- • Activity tickets/reservations
- • Travel insurance
During the Trip
- • Group meals
- • Transportation (taxis, rentals)
- • Activities and tours
- • Groceries and supplies
- • Tips and incidentals
The Easy Way: Automated Trip Tracking
With Savida's bank sync, trip expenses are captured automatically:
- 1
Create a trip group
Add all travelers and set split percentages
- 2
Set location-based rules
"Auto-split all expenses in Barcelona with trip group"
- 3
Enjoy the trip
Bank transactions are automatically logged and split
- 4
Settle up in one tap
See who owes who and send payment requests
Handling Unequal Splits
Not everyone participates in every expense. Here's how to handle it:
- •Some skipped dinner? Edit that expense to exclude them
- •Different room rates? Use custom split percentages for accommodation
- •Someone left early? End their participation on a specific date
- •Personal expenses? Mark them as "not shared" with one tap