SquadTrip alternative: find the resort before you split the bill
SquadTrip helps groups book, pay, and split expenses after you've already decided where to go. Venn solves the harder problem — finding the one resort that actually works for every family in your group. Free, with no booking fees.
What SquadTrip does well
SquadTrip is a comprehensive post-decision tool. Once your group has chosen a destination and accommodation, SquadTrip handles group booking, payment collection, and expense tracking. If the logistics of splitting costs across families is your main pain point, SquadTrip addresses that directly with built-in payment infrastructure.
Different problems, different tools
SquadTrip and Venn solve different stages of the group trip. SquadTrip assumes you've already decided where to go and helps with the logistics. Venn helps you make that decision in the first place — the part where three families have twelve opinions and the group chat has been going for three weeks.
"We spent a month trying to agree on a resort. The expense splitting took ten minutes. The decision was the hard part."
You could use both: Venn to find the resort, then SquadTrip to handle the booking logistics. But for most groups, the decision is where the trip stalls — not the payment.
How Venn works
Start the trip
Pick your destination and dates. Fill out a 30-second quiz about what your family wants — privately.
Share the link
Send the invite to each family. They fill out the same quiz on their own. Nobody sees each other's answers.
Get your match
The matching engine finds the resort where everyone overlaps. One recommendation, with the reasoning to back it up.
The decision is the bottleneck
For most group trips, the hardest part isn't splitting the bill. It's getting everyone to agree on where to go in the first place. One family wants all-inclusive. Another wants boutique. Someone has a budget they won't say out loud. Someone else has deal-breakers they don't want to argue about.
Venn collects what each family actually needs — privately — and finds the resort where those needs overlap. No research required. No group debate. Just the answer.