Family vacation planning
Plan the family trip everyone actually enjoys
Most family trips have a default planner, one person holding the bookings, the lists, and everyone's opinions. Limbo is a family trip planner app that shares the load, whether the family is four people or three generations.
Give the family a vote, not a group chat
In a lot of families the planning goes one way: someone spends a week researching, proposes an itinerary, and then fields opinions from every direction. Limbo replaces the critique session with a vote. Propose the beach house and the mountain cabin, set a deadline (anywhere up to 30 days) and let everyone answer yes, no, or abstain. Votes stay sealed (tallies hidden, only your own choice visible) until the deadline passes or everyone has voted, so nobody piles onto the loudest opinion. Then Limbo reveals the full result, including who didn't vote.
Grandparents and teenagers get exactly the same say. A proposal passes when enough of the family agrees (60 percent unless you change it) and anonymous voting is there for the genuinely touchy questions. The matter is settled before the dinner-table debate starts. Planning with friends instead? The same tools carry a group trip planner just as well.
One timeline instead of two inboxes and a printout
Family bookings have a way of scattering: flights in one parent's inbox, the rental car in the other's, the hotel on a printout in a kitchen drawer. Limbo keeps the whole trip on one shared timeline: flights, hotels, restaurants, events, and car rentals in order, visible to everyone on the trip.
Getting things in is the easy part. Forward any confirmation email to addthis@getlimbo.app and it files itself, with the details pre-filled and waiting for your review and confirm. If you've used a forwarding inbox before and want to know what else changes, see how Limbo compares to TripIt.
Get through the airport with kids
Airports with children run on a different clock, and everyone needs the same answer about where to be. Save each flight to the shared timeline and refresh it for free before you leave, so the whole family is looking at the same terminal, gate, and time instead of three different screenshots.
Preflight and Pitch In help too. Preflight keeps each traveller's readiness tasks personal, while Pitch In puts names against the shared jobs: bins out, plants watered, airport pickup, and the first dinner booking.
No wifi on the plane, no problem
Planes, road trips, and the stretch of highway where the signal dies. Family travel spends a lot of time offline. With Limbo Pro, offline trip access opens the trips Limbo has already cached and holds your changes until you reconnect, and an offline travel pack downloads plans, Checklist tasks, linked guides, and saved attachments in advance. Trip chat and Google map tiles still wait for a connection.
Settle who paid for what
Money is the quietest source of family trip friction. Someone books the house, someone else covers the dinners, and by the last day nobody is sure where things stand. Limbo's budget tracks estimated against actual costs, splits per person, and handles multiple currencies for international trips, useful when grandparents pay in one currency and you pay in another. The math is done before anyone has to bring it up.
If you're comparing planners on budgeting, here's how Limbo stacks up against Wanderlog. And for the full picture (chat, widgets, and everything else) start at the Limbo homepage.
Family trip planning, answered
What's the best family vacation planner app?
The best fit depends on your family, but Limbo is built for exactly this: one shared timeline, group voting, personal Preflight, Checklist tasks, and budget tracking in one iOS and Android app. Every core trip workflow is free; optional Limbo Pro adds Smart Route, Open in Maps, offline trip access, offline travel packs, trip attachments, an automatic Gmail booking inbox, and live flight alerts where available, and removes ads. Pro is US$29.99 a year at the base price, and your app store shows the price for your country, currently A$49.99 a year in Australia.
Can kids and grandparents use it?
Yes. Everyone who joins needs the app and an account, and they join your trip with a 6-character code, no shared passwords or spreadsheet links. Joining a trip is free. Voting is a simple yes, no, or abstain, which works as well for a grandparent as it does for a teenager.
Does it work without wifi?
With Limbo Pro, yes. Offline trip access opens trips Limbo has already cached, and an offline travel pack is an explicit encrypted download of plans, Checklist tasks, linked guides, and saved attachments that you can resume, refresh, or remove. Trip chat and Google map tiles still need a connection.
Can I still be the main planner?
Of course. Plenty of families have one person who enjoys, or inherits, the job. Limbo doesn't force a committee. You can build the whole timeline yourself and simply share it. Voting, chat, and Pitch In are there for the moments you want input, not a requirement.
One trip the whole family can see
Get Limbo on iOS and Android. Your first family trip is free. The next family trip starts in one place.