Planning something together?
Turn your group chat into your next trip.
Mello makes the plan, settles the debates, splits the bills and keeps the tickets. Right in the WhatsApp group. No new app for anyone.
Here are my flight tickets ✈️
Flight_DEL-GOI.pdf
@Mello what’s the plan Saturday?
@Mello I paid ₹4,200 for dinner, split 6 ways
✅ Filed your flight — DEL → GOI, 12 Nov. Booking details stay in the app.
Portraits by Subhra Jyoti Paul, Josias Garibay and amin naderloei on Unsplash.
How it works
Save Mello’s number
Open +91 89781 04992 in WhatsApp and add it to your contacts.
Add Mello to the trip’s WhatsApp group
In WhatsApp, open Group info → Add participant → Mello.
Say where and when
Mello says hi and asks where you’re headed and when. Two answers and the trip exists. From then on, tag @Mello whenever you need something.
From “we should go” to “we’re going.”
All the annoying bits.
Handled.
The jobs nobody volunteers for on a group trip. Tag @Mello in the chat and they’re done, right where everyone can see.
Make the trip plan.
Tell Mello where you’re going and when. You get a day-by-day plan the whole group can keep coming back to.
Goa · 12–15 Nov
4 days · 9 peopleDay 1 · 12 Nov
🌤️ 31°Arrive, Baga beach at sunset
- 15:00 Airport pickup & hotel check-in
- 18:30 Sunset at Baga beach
Day 2 · 13 Nov
☀️ 32°Old Goa churches, lunch in Panjim
- 09:30 Basilica of Bom Jesus
- 13:00 Lunch in Panjim
Day 3 · 14 Nov
🌦️ 28°Dudhsagar falls day trip
- 08:00 Jeep from Mollem
- 14:00 Spice-farm lunch
@Mello draft a day-wise plan
Settle it with a poll.
Beach or old town. Early start or lazy morning. Ask Mello for a poll and let everyone vote.
Mello
📊 Saturday: what are we doing?
Select one
- Beach day4
- Old town2
- Spice farm2
- Lazy morning1
9 votes · 3 haven’t voted
@Mello poll: Saturday, what are we doing?
File tickets and receipts.
Forward a ticket or receipt with @Mello in the caption. Mello files it with the trip instead of letting it sink into the chat.
Filed from the group
Flight · DEL → GOI
12 Nov, 07:40 · 4 travellers
Filed from the group
Hotel · Villa, Candolim
12–15 Nov · 3 rooms
Filed from the group
Transport · Airport pickup
12 Nov, 10:30 · 2 cars
Forward it with @Mello in the caption
Split the bill.
Tell Mello who paid and how to split it. By person or by family. Everyone can see who owes whom.
Trip spend · ₹18,900
₹6,300 / familyPaid byForAmountFamily 1Dinner at Fisherman’s Wharf₹4,200Family 2Villa deposit₹9,000Family 3Cabs and scooters₹3,100Family 1Boat trip₹2,600Settle up · 2 transfers
- Family 1paysFamily 2₹1,400
- Family 3paysFamily 2₹700
@Mello I paid ₹4,200, split 6 ways
Keep everyone caught up.
Each morning Mello can post the day’s plan and the weather, then recap the evening and nudge everyone to log what they spent.
Mello · 7:30 AM
- Day 1 · 12 Novdone
Day 2 · 13 NovToday
🌅 Good morning! Day 2 — Old Goa churches (Panjim)
Sunny, 27–32°C · 10% rain chance
- 09:30 Basilica of Bom Jesus
- 13:00 Lunch in Panjim
- 17:00 Miramar beach
Day 3 · 14 Nov
Dudhsagar falls day trip
Day 4 · 15 Nov
Slow morning, fly home
Every trip morning, before anyone asks
Know what to pack.
Mello adds a packing list and local tips alongside the plan, so everyone turns up a little more prepared.
Packing list · Goa
7 of 12 packedBeach
- Sunscreenpacked
- Flip-flopspacked
- Beach towelspacked
- Sunglasses
Medical kit
- Motion-sickness tablets
- First-aid kitpacked
- Mosquito repellent
Electronics
- Power bank
- Chargerspacked
- Waterproof phone pouch
Documents
- ID cards for everyonepacked
- Hotel confirmationpacked
@Mello what should we pack?
Photos by Kushagra Khatana, Nick, Venki Allu, Louis Hansel, Priscilla Du Preez, Febiyan and Surface on Unsplash.
Same trip. Very different chat.
Planning
Without Mello
Research somewhere else. Send screenshots. Get twelve opinions. Change the plan. Send another screenshot.
With Mello
You:@Mello plan us four days in Goa.
The plan starts right where everyone is talking.
Decisions
Without Mello
Twenty messages. Four opinions. No decision.
With Mello
You:@Mello poll: North Goa or South Goa tomorrow?
Vote. Count. Move on.
Expenses
Without Mello
Someone keeps notes until the last night and tries to remember who paid for what.
With Mello
You:@Mello I paid ₹6,800 for dinner. Split between four families.
Logged while everyone still remembers it.
Bookings
Without Mello
Flights in email. Hotel confirmation on someone’s phone. Tickets buried in the group.
With Mello
You:Forward the booking with @Mello in the caption.
Filed with the trip.
The organiser gets to be on holiday too. The whole group stays part of it.
What groups say after a trip with Mello.
The group suddenly woke up one day. Turns out it was the day we added Tripmello.
Megha AgarwalGoa · 9 people Our expenses were settled in a day. Tripmello kept nudging until everyone had logged theirs.
SravyaKerala · 3 families It keeps all of us updated without anyone having to open another app.
Mayank AgarwalLadakh · 6 friends Our true travel buddy on the trip. Where to eat, what to eat, what to carry.
Surya MallelaAgra · 2 families
Everything the chat knows, laid out properly.
Every trip has a web page with the plan, the bookings and the money in one place. When a friend outside the group asks for the itinerary, send the link. No sign-in needed to view it.
Itinerary
Every day and activity, with map links.
Bookings & documents
Tickets and bookings, private details included.
Shared expenses
Who paid, who owes, settled by person or family.
Packing list
Tick things off together.
Local tips & phrases
The words and tips that matter when you get there.
Share the itinerary
A read-only link for anyone outside the group.
Where’s the group going next?
Sample plans to borrow. Add Mello to the group, say where and when, and ask for yours.
Photos by Jezael Melgoza, Geio Tischler, Pauline Loroy, Toa Heftiba, Daniel Höhe, André Lergier, Oliver Schmid and Frankie Spontelli on Unsplash.
A helpful guest in the group.
Mello waits to be asked
They reply when someone tags or replies to them, plus any daily notes you choose to keep on. Normal chatter doesn’t trigger anything.
Private details stay private
Tickets are filed with the trip without putting PNRs or seat numbers into the group. Those live in the web app, behind your login.
Memory needs permission
Dietary and mobility needs are saved only after someone agrees. Group messages are deleted after 90 days.
That trip you keep talking about?
Let’s make it happen.
Add Mello to the WhatsApp group, say where and when, and the planning starts right where everyone already is.