Words we use
A short glossary of the labels you'll see in the app.
- Area
- A group of saved places close enough to do together. A trip is planned one area at a time. See Areas, and what "Waiting to be planned" means.
- Auto-plan
- The first time the app lays your places across days. See Auto-plan and Re-plan.
- Base
- The town where you sleep, for one or more nights. Each day belongs to a base. See Where you sleep.
- Build my schedule
- Checks opening hours and travel times and puts a clock on every stop. See Build your schedule.
- Checked online
- A fact looked up on the web for your dates, with its source and date. Premium. See Check this trip online.
- Day out
- An area visited from a base's hotel without a night of its own. See Why a place isn't on a day, and why a day looks empty.
- Departures
- The board on a trip showing each base, its date and nights, and how you arrive. See The trip screen, from top to bottom.
- Draft
- A plan or schedule whose times haven't been checked yet. Draft times are marked ≈. See Build your schedule.
- Founding member
- Someone whose premium never expires. See What premium is.
- Guided day
- A ready-made single day on Explore. See Guided days.
- Leg
- One journey from one place to the next. See How you move.
- Light day
- A day with little planned, because of a journey, a rest or free time. See Travel days and rest days.
- Mate code
- A temporary code you make so a friend can invite you. See Your mate code.
- Must-do
- A place marked so a re-plan won't move it out of your trip. See Why a place isn't on a day, and why a day looks empty.
- Organiser
- The person who made a shared trip and who plans it. See Planning with trip mates.
- Re-plan
- Lays the whole trip out again after changes. See Auto-plan and Re-plan.
- Rest day
- The first day after a long flight, planned around sleep. See Travel days and rest days.
- Routed, AI suggested, Estimate
- Where a journey time came from. See Travel times between areas.
- Running cost
- What the app costs to run for you. Not a charge. See Running cost, line by line.
- Saved places
- Your library of bookmarked places, which trips are built from. See Saving places.
- Trip mate
- A friend who joined your trip and can add places. See What trip mates can and can't do.
- Waiting to be planned
- Places in a trip that aren't on a day yet. See Areas, and what "Waiting to be planned" means.
Something missing or wrong on this page? Tell us. A person reads every message. Updated 11 October 2026.
