Plan your first group trip

Limbo is the ballot box for group trips. Every plan can become a proposal, your whole crew votes on it, and the votes stay sealed until the ballot closes — so nobody just piles onto the loudest opinion. This guide takes you from a brand-new account to your first reveal in about ten minutes.

1. Create your account

1. 1
   Open Limbo and tap Register on the login screen — or use Sign in with Apple or Sign in with Google to skip the form entirely.
2. 2
   If you register with email, enter your first name, last name, email, and password (twice), then tap the submit button in the top-right corner.
3. 3
   Walk through the short intro tour. The Get Reminders step asks for notification permission — say yes if you want a nudge when a ballot needs your vote or a deadline is closing in.

Anyone can create an account, and everything in this guide is free — no limits, no catch. Full details — including password resets — are in Create your account and log in.

2. Create your trip

1. 1
   On the Home screen, tap the red + button in the bottom-right corner.
2. 2
   Give the trip a name and pick a destination from the suggestions — both are required.
3. 3
   Add start and end dates if you know them. You can leave them off and add them later from the trip's Overview tab.
4. 4
   Check the timezone and default currency — they're pre-filled from your device.
5. 5
   Switch on Voting so plans can be proposed as ballots.
6. 6
   Tap New Trip in the top-right corner.

Creating a trip makes you its owner owner — you control the voting settings, the invite link, and who gets edit access. Every field is explained in Create a trip.

3. Invite your crew

There are two ways to get people onto the trip.

Share an invite link — the fast way:

1. 1
   Open the trip, tap the ⋯ menu in the top corner, and choose Invite by link.
2. 2
   Limbo creates a six-character join code and opens the share sheet — send the link through any messaging app.
3. 3
   Your friends tap the link, or tap Join a trip on their own Home screen and type the code.
4. 4
   They see a preview of the trip — name, destination, dates, and who's already in — then tap Join.

Add companions directly — open the trip's Overview tab, tap Invite Crew, and add each person by name. Include their email address and Limbo sends them an invite.

Only the trip owner owner can create or revoke the invite link, and creating one needs an internet connection. Organizers organizer can add companions directly. Anyone with a valid code can join.

4. Add your first plans

1. 1
   Open the trip and switch to the Itinerary tab.
2. 2
   Tap Add Plan and pick a type — activity, flight, accommodation, transport, cruise, tour, note, or other.
3. 3
   Fill in the name (required), plus date, time, location, and cost if you have them.
4. 4
   Tap Add Plan in the top-right corner. The plan appears on its day instantly.

Adding and editing plans needs edit access: organizers have it automatically, and the owner can grant Can edit to any crew member from the participants sheet.

5. Propose a plan for a vote

This is where Limbo stops being a list app. Instead of adding "Sunrise hike, 5 AM" and bracing for the group chat, you put it on the ballot.

1. 1
   While adding (or editing) a plan, switch on the voting toggle on the form.
2. 2
   Save the plan. Instead of going straight onto the itinerary, it opens as a ballot.
3. 3
   Your crew is notified that there's a decision waiting for them.

Each proposal gets a deadline from the trip's voting settings — either a rolling window (a set number of days after the proposal goes up) or a fixed date the owner chose. Proposing requires the same edit access as adding a plan, and the trip's Voting toggle must be on.

6. Vote — and watch the reveal

Your crew can vote Yes, No, or Abstain from three places: the decisions inbox at the top of the Home screen, the ballot card right inside trip chat, or the trip's voting dashboard (the ballot icon on the Overview tab).

New ballots are sealed by default. While voting is open you can see who has voted, but not how anyone voted — only your own vote is visible to you. Tap a choice to cast your vote — you can switch to a different choice any time while the ballot is open. No anchoring, no peer pressure.

A sealed ballot closes when everyone has voted or the deadline passes — whichever comes first. Then comes the reveal:

The result card stamps the plan APPROVED or REJECTED, animates the final tally, lists who voted which way (unless the owner turned on anonymous voting, in which case only the totals show), and names anyone who didn't vote — no vote, no complaints. Approved plans take their place on the itinerary; rejected ones move to the resolved list. Tap Share the verdict to send the result to your group chat outside Limbo.

Every trip member member can vote. Organizers organizer get two extra powers: Decide now ends a vote early with an approve-or-reject override, and Reopen voting clears the votes on a settled plan and starts a fresh ballot.

7. Keep talking in trip chat

Chat unlocks once the trip has at least two crew members (companions marked as children don't count toward that). Open it from the chat bubble on the trip card or from the trip's ⋯ menu. Everyone on the trip can chat: send messages and photos, react with emoji, reply, edit or delete your own messages, and run quick polls for the small stuff that doesn't need a formal ballot. Type / to link any plan into the conversation — and open ballots appear as votable cards right in the chat stream, so nobody has to leave the conversation to have their say.

That's the whole loop: propose, vote, reveal, repeat — until the itinerary is something everyone actually agreed to.