SwipeSights

Group trip planner where friends vote on sights by swiping. Smart route optimization that builds the perfect day-by-day itinerary.

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The group chat never ends. Nobody agrees.
So everyone swipes, and the votes become the plan.
SwipeSights is out now on iPhone.

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Winter city break with friends: what's the sweet spot?

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Every trip ends like this. One photo, one line, kept in your journal. A stamp for every trip, a note for every day. Collect your memories on SwipeSights.

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@groundforyudai Meeting online friends irl and clicking straight away is the best feeling. A New Year's staycation together sounds lovely, hope it's a great one.

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@TravelProTerry You can plan multi city trip on our app. Would love to hear a feedback after. Terry, DM us once you create an account and we will gift you a Trip Pass

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Heading somewhere with patchy signal? Your SwipeSights plan opens offline, and you can export it as a PDF for the friend who still likes paper. Every stop in walking order, timed around opening hours. Free for groups up to 5.

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NYE with friends question: do you lock in one big plan for midnight, or keep the evening loose and just pick where you want to be when the countdown starts? Every group seems to have at least one of each. Which one are you?

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@itsfreyaharris4 Southern Spain or Portugal could be worth a look for a winter race trip, the weather tends to be a lot kinder than the UK. Running with the girls and then a long lunch after sounds like the dream.

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Bruges opens its Christmas market on November 20. Going with friends? The old centre is small enough to cross on foot, so skip taxis entirely. And leave half a day with no plan at all, wandering the canals is the whole point.

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@santoshimz So true. We've started planning just the must sees and leaving one afternoon totally blank. The random stuff you stumble into is usually what you end up talking about after.

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The planner in the friend group can feel the exact moment a trip starts dying in the chat. It's usually right after someone says "let's just see closer to the time." Planners, what's your move to keep it alive?

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@theyylovedeeee Throw out two possible weekends in the chat and ask everyone to pick one by Friday. A real date on the table is usually what turns 'we should' into an actual trip. Arizona in winter sounds perfect.

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@ramsaymdanielle Enjoy it! Tip from experience: go a bit earlier in the afternoon to see the stalls, then stay for when the lights come on. Best of both.

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Fellow builders, Saturday question: what's one feature you cut that you were sure people wanted? Building a group trip planner keeps teaching us that friends want fewer choices, not more. What did you cut, and did anyone actually miss it?

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@teeteesunflower NTA. Being the default planner for years is real work, and it wears you down. Maybe try saying you'll come if someone else plans this one? Sometimes the group only steps up when the planner steps back.

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Edinburgh and Belfast both open their Christmas markets today. Heading up with friends this weekend? Agree one fixed meeting spot before you go in. Phones die fast in the cold and nobody hears a call over a brass band.

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Nothing ends a friends trip day faster than walking 25 minutes to a museum that closed at 4. So the SwipeSights plan puts the group's picks in walking order and times each day around opening hours. Less backtracking, more time actually doing the thing.

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@iamjustchimtu Been there. What helped our group: one person locks the dates and budget, then everyone just names their one must do. Way less back and forth than planning every hour together. You'll be glad you went once you're there.

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Friends trip tip for a long weekend: cap each day at three or four places you actually want to see, plus somewhere to eat nearby. A plan everyone can walk without rushing beats a list nobody finishes. How many stops a day does your group manage?

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@xtianbb23 That's a great run of news. LA tip for a friends trip: group things by area each day. The city is huge and crossing it twice in one day eats half your afternoon. Enjoy it.