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🏖️ ZERO-STRESS GROUP FINANCES

WHO OWES WHO?

Split your vacation bills cleanly and minimize payback transfers without awkward arguments.

TOTAL COST₹24,000

THE TRAVEL CREW (4)

👨‍🦱
👩‍🦰
🧔
👩

TRIP EXPENSES (3)

Villa Beach ResortStay
Paid by Rahul·Split 4 ways
₹16,000
Seafood Shack DinnerFood
Paid by Priya·Split 4 ways
₹4,800
Self-Drive ScootersTravel
Paid by Aman·Split 4 ways
₹3,200

WHO PAID WHAT

👨‍🦱
Rahul
Paid ₹16000 · Share ₹6000
+₹10000 GETS
👩‍🦰
Priya
Paid ₹4800 · Share ₹6000
-₹1200 OWES
🧔
Aman
Paid ₹3200 · Share ₹6000
-₹2800 OWES
👩
Sneha
Paid ₹0 · Share ₹6000
-₹6000 OWES
⚡ MINIMAL TRANSFERS3 settlement transactions

FINAL PAYBACK PLAN

👩 Sneha👨‍🦱 Rahul
₹6,000
🧔 Aman👨‍🦱 Rahul
₹2,800
👩‍🦰 Priya👨‍🦱 Rahul
₹1,200
THE GOLDEN RULE OF TRIP EXPENSES

Don't split every tiny bottle of water. Pick one person to pay big items (Hotels/Cars), another for Food, and use this minimal transfer plan to settle at the airport before heading home!

HOW IT WORKS & METHODOLOGY

UNDERSTANDING THE MATH, FORMULAS & CALCULATION ENGINE

01

Add Friends & Expenses

List all trip participants and record who paid for hotels, dinners, rental cars, and gas.

02

Greedy Debt Simplification

Our graph optimization algorithm minimizes total transactions so 20 complex expenses resolve into just 2–3 simple transfers.

03

Clear Settlement Plan

Generates a clean text breakdown showing exactly who sends how much to whom with zero math confusion.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS EXPERIMENT

Q1.How does the minimal debt settlement algorithm work?↓
Instead of having every person pay each other back individually, the algorithm calculates everyone’s net balance (total paid minus fair share) and matches the largest debtor with the largest creditor to minimize transactions.
Q2.Can I split expenses unequally among group members?↓
Yes, you can exclude specific people from expenses they didn’t participate in (e.g. alcohol or excursion tickets).
Q3.What is a trip settlement calculator?↓
It splits shared trip expenses and finds the minimum payments to settle up — enter your expenses above.
Q4.How to settle trip expenses fairly?↓
Add everyone's spending above and the tool calculates who owes whom, with the fewest transfers.