Why we built SharingTrip

We were 9 friends heading to Lisbon for a weekend. Nine people. Nine schedules, nine different budgets, nine opinions on the hotel. The group chat blew up within three days. A spreadsheet went around — nobody filled it in properly. One person fronted the train tickets, another the hotel, a third the Airbnb flat. The result: three months after the trip, people were still settling up.

The most frustrating part? It wasn’t that our friends meant badly. It was the lack of a tool built for the job.

SharingTrip grew out of that exact headache. The idea: a single place to plan, compare, book and split the costs of a group trip. Without one person having to carry the whole logistical and financial load on their shoulders.

Our belief: planning a trip with friends should feel like what it is — something exciting, not exhausting. That belief drives our model, and it’s transparent. Searching and comparing stays free: we’re paid by our partners, not by you. And when you share a booking you’ve already paid for, your co-travellers reimburse you through a protected payment — and we then charge a simple coordination service fee (about 10% (excl. VAT)) on the amounts exchanged between you, shown upfront. Never a hidden markup.