The Limbo blog

Troupe Shut Down. Here's What Happened and Where to Move Your Group Trip

The Troupe travel app is gone: delisted from the App Store, website offline. What happened to the JetBlue-backed group trip voting app, and the best Troupe alternatives for voting on trips with friends in 2026.

A Friend Owes You Money After the Trip. Now What?

A friend owes me money after the trip and won't pay up? Here's the remind-resolve-write-off ladder, three copy-paste scripts, and how to stop being the chaser.

Cleaning Fees, Service Fees & Damage Deposits: Splitting Vacation Rental Extras

Cleaning fees, service fees and damage deposits are headcount costs. Here's the fair airbnb cleaning fee split, plus who pays the deposit if it doesn't return.

How to Talk About Money With Friends Before the Trip (Not After)

Talking about money with friends before a group trip? Run a 10-minute budget kickoff: set the ceiling, agree a split method, and name your settle-up day.

Settle Up at the End vs Pay As You Go: Which Keeps the Peace?

Should you settle up after a group trip or pay as you go? The timeline for each, the netting math, and how to clear the whole crew in the fewest payments.

How to Split Hotel Costs With Friends (Doubles, Suites & Solo Rooms)

The fair way to split hotel costs with friends when rooms differ: price the rooms, not the heads, with a worked example across a suite, double, and solo room.

Group Trip Expense Tracker: Spreadsheet vs App (What Actually Works)

A group trip expense tracker keeps a shared vacation honest. Here's the real spreadsheet-vs-app comparison, worked money math, and what actually works.

What to Do When Someone Can't Afford the Group Trip

Wondering what if someone can't afford the group trip? Four kind options (scale down, subsidize, payment plan, or bow out) with copy-paste scripts for each.

Group Trip Budget Per Person: What a Trip Actually Costs in 2026

Real 2026 numbers for your group trip budget per person: city weekend, beach week, ski, cabin costs by category, plus how to set a ceiling the crew agrees on.

How to Collect Money for a Group Trip (Before It Gets Awkward)

How to collect money for a group trip without the drama: make the deposit your RSVP, set the right amount, time it right, and steal our copy-paste scripts.

Splitting Airbnb Costs With Friends (Even When the Rooms Aren't Even)

The master suite shouldn't cost the same as the bunk room. A simple room-weighting method to split an Airbnb fairly, worked example and crew scripts included.

How to Split Costs on a Group Trip Without Losing Friends

The fair way to split group trip costs: pick a method before anyone pays, track who paid what, and settle once. Real numbers, worked examples, and the scripts.