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Travel tools that do the boring maths for you.

Fifteen free calculators and planners built from the same receipts and notebooks behind the dispatches. No account, no paywall, no data leaving your browser. Every result can be copied, printed or downloaded.

15 tools

Travel Budget Calculator

Add up flights, beds, food and everything else into one honest trip total.

Budget & Money

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Trip Cost Calculator

A fast estimate for a specific trip based on region, style and length.

Budget & Money

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Currency Converter

Convert money between the currencies travellers actually use.

Budget & Money

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Daily Travel Budget Calculator

Turn one total budget into a safe daily spending limit.

Budget & Money

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Travel Expense Calculator

Log what you spend on the road and watch the categories add up.

Budget & Money

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Travel Cost Splitter

Work out who owes who after a trip with friends.

Budget & Money

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Flight Time Calculator

Distance, flying time and the time difference between two cities.

Flights & Time

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Time Zone Converter

Compare the clock in two cities before you call home.

Flights & Time

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Jet Lag Calculator

How rough it will be, and a light and sleep plan to fix it.

Flights & Time

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Travel Days Calculator

Days, nights and weekends between two dates.

Flights & Time

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Travel Itinerary Generator

A day by day plan built around your pace and interests.

Planning

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Travel Packing List Generator

A checklist built for your season, trip type and activities.

Planning

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Travel Insurance Calculator

A realistic budget range for cover before you shop around.

Planning

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Where Should I Travel Quiz

Answer seven questions, get three destinations that fit.

Discover

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Holiday Countdown

Days, hours and minutes until you leave.

Fun & Utility

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Why these tools exist

Every tool here started as a page in a notebook. The budget calculator came from tracking nine years of receipts across the Caucasus, the Balkans, Mexico and Japan. The packing list came from repacking a 38 litre bag at airport gates. The daily budget tool came from running out of money in Tbilisi with eleven days left.

The numbers behind the cost tools are planning figures based on real spending, not marketing brochures. Use them to build a plan, then check the live prices before you book. For the long version of the thinking behind them, read the guides on planning a first international trip and the cheapest countries to visit.

Nothing you type is uploaded. Every calculation runs in your browser, which is also why the pages load fast on hotel wifi.