Wralli
Plan a group trip without the group chat.
Every group trip I've been part of dies in the same place. Not the planning, the deciding. Someone asks "when is everyone free?", four people answer, two don't, the thread scrolls, and three weeks later nobody has booked anything.
So I built Wralli. Free, live, and aimed entirely at the stretch between "we should go somewhere" and "it's booked."
Two decisions I'd defend:
Guests join by link with just a name. No account, no install, no email verification. This is the whole bet. The least engaged person in your group will not create an account to answer one question about dates and they're exactly the person whose answer you need. Everything else is downstream of getting them in.
What's in it: availability and date voting, destination and accommodation voting, then a route of stops each with their own dates, stay and travel leg. Flights against each person's home airport, a jet-lag plan, a shared wallet for booking references, and a ledger that records each expense in the currency it was actually paid in.
Solo build.
Honest status: it's live, but no real group has run a trip through it yet. That's the thing I actually need next — so if you've got a trip currently rotting in a group chat, I'd genuinely like you to break it.
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The no-account bet is interesting because the least-engaged person may determine whether the group moves. Have you tested a real trip where that person actually participated?
Tldr - Not yet, trips in progress with this argument in mind. Will post a story with my findings.
I've filled out my next 18 months of trips, from day events to a Europe holiday. The groups involved vary from work mates, close friends, family to complete strangers. There are specific people involved in these trips that I know that will put your question to the test and I will report back with another post about my experience with these players.
I have tried to make this with the least tech savvy user in mind. Friction is the enemy and I want to maintain the platform as an approachable application that doesn't overwhelm the everyday punter all the while has a depth of features that will be useful for a type A planner.
That real-trip testing should give you much better evidence than a hypothetical discussion. If you’re open to it, what’s the best email to reach you on?