One trip. Every friend. Zero group-chat chaos.
Niklo is a group trip planner for friends: spin the globe and vote on where to go, build the day-by-day, see the road and how high it climbs, split the money — and keep the whole plan in one place.
free · no app to install · works on any phone
Leh is winning. Goa isn't giving up.
निकलो /nik·lo/ — “head out!”
What the group chat says when the plan finally becomes real.
how it works
Pin the contenders
Someone makes the trip, shares one link, and everyone drops their dream spots on the globe.
Vote, then stamp it
Keen, fine either way, or rather not — say which, so nobody's silence gets counted as a yes. Then the host stamps the winner.
Build the days
Boarding-pass days you drag into shape, while the route and its altitude draw themselves on the map.
Split and settle
Log who paid as you go. Niklo keeps the balances, finds the fewest transfers, and hands each one a UPI link.
the plan, not the paperwork
Days that read like boarding passes
Each day is a card with its stops, times and a map — drag them around until the trip feels right.
- 09:00Khardung La top — 5,359 m ☕
- 13:30Sand dunes at Hunder 🐪
- 19:00Camp by the Shyok 🏕️
leave early — the pass jams by ten
Money that settles itself
Every expense logged in ten seconds; balances stay current and settling up is the fewest transfers possible.
Aman paid · split 4 ways
Ritu paid · split 4 ways
Karan → Aman ₹2,400 · one transfer, done
A packing list with owners
Shared gear gets claimed, personal bags stay personal, and the search finds the thing in Indian stores.
- ✓🧥 Down jackets ×4 — packed
- 🔦 Headlamp — claimed by Ritu
- 🩺 Oximeter — who's got one?
shared gear counts once, not five times
what's inside
Vote on the globe
Pin the contenders, everyone votes, the host stamps the winner.
See the road
Every stop on one map with the drive between them and how high it climbs.
Prep that fits the place
Permits, altitude, monsoon — checklists suggested from where you're actually going.
Pack as a crew
Shared gear, personal bags, and a search that finds the thing in Indian stores.
Plan day by day
Boarding-pass days you can drag around, with a map for every stop.
Split the money
Who paid, who owes, settled in one screen.
One chat that stays on topic
Live, threaded, and right next to the plan.
The group chat is where plans go to die.
every group has these friends
“The itinerary is not 400 messages deep any more.”
— the friend who plans everything
“Retired: me, as the group's human calculator.”
— the friend who fronts the money
“I vote, I pack what I claimed, I show up.”
— the “chalo bro” friend
questions, answered
What is Niklo?
Niklo is a free web app for planning group trips with friends. Everyone on the trip proposes destinations and votes on a 3D globe, builds the day-by-day itinerary together, ticks off packing and permits, splits expenses and chats — all in one place instead of a 400-message group chat. The name is Hindi: निकलो, “head out!”
Is Niklo really free?
Yes. Niklo is free to use — no credit card, no trial that expires. It runs in the browser, so nobody has to install anything.
How does the group decide where to go?
Anyone can pin a destination on the trip's globe, and on each one you say whether you're keen, fine either way, or would rather not — so the quiet people aren't read as agreement. Niklo ranks places by the people who want them minus the people who don't. When the group has argued enough, the trip owner stamps the winner, and that destination is what the itinerary, route and checklists build on.
How do we agree on dates?
Ask the question the other way round. The host opens a stretch of the calendar to search, and everyone marks the days they cannot travel — far easier to answer than “when are you free?”. Niklo works out which runs of days still suit everyone who has replied, keeps track of who has not, and the host locks one in as the trip's dates.
Can we split expenses in rupees?
Yes. Log each expense with who paid and who it covers; Niklo keeps running balances and works out the smallest set of transfers to settle up. On rupee trips each transfer gets a UPI link that opens your payment app with the payee and amount filled in — Niklo never touches the money itself. Trips can use ₹ or any other currency.
Does it work for a Leh–Ladakh trip?
Especially well. Checklists are suggested from where you're actually going — environment-fee paperwork and acclimatisation for Ladakh, ferries for the islands, buffer days for the monsoon — and the route view shows every stop with the drive and the altitude profile between them.
Do my friends need to install an app?
No. One person creates the trip and shares an invite link; friends sign in with Google or email in the browser — phone or laptop — and they're on the trip.
How is this different from WhatsApp plus a spreadsheet?
A group chat scrolls; a plan shouldn't. In Niklo the destination vote, the itinerary, the packing list and the money ledger are living things the whole group edits, and the chat sits next to the plan instead of burying it.
The next trip starts with one link.
Make the trip, send the invite, watch the pins land. Free, in the browser, from the first vote to the last settle-up.