Transactions
How to track expenses in Tracktrip

Transactions are the core of Tracktrip. They are the expenses you make during your trip.
Adding transactions
You need to add them manually while you are traveling. You can do it by clicking on the Plus button in the bottom center of the app.
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Fields
A transaction offers several fields for you to track your expense:
- Name: a short description of your expense (example: Restaurant, Coffee, ...)
- Description: a longer description of your expense (example: Lunch with friends, Coffee with the team, ...). This is optional.
- Amount: the amount of your expense. Tracktrip supports multiple currencies.
- Type: the type of your expense. You can choose between Food, Transport, Accommodation, Activity, Other. Every type has a different treatment in the app, you can learn more about them here.
- Date: the date of your expense.
- Who paid: which traveller paid for this expense. This is useful to compute the balance between travellers.
- Who was involved: which travellers were involved in this expense. This is useful to compute the balance between travellers as well.
- Category: the category of your expense. This is useful to refine your expense categorization. You can learn more about categories here.
- Place: the place where you made your expense. This is useful to track your expenses by location if you are traveling to multiple places.
Then, depending on the type of your expense, you will have additional fields to fill in that will be useful to compute your budget.
The transaction will then be added to the list of transactions and will be shared with the other travellers.
Editing transactions
You can edit a transaction by clicking on it in the list of transactions and then selecting "Edit" at the bottom. Edition will automatically be propagated to other travellers.
Deleting transactions
You can delete a transaction by clicking on it and then selecting "Delete" at the bottom. Deletion will automatically be propagated to other travellers.
Viewing transactions
You can view all your transactions by clicking on the Transactions tab in the bottom bar of the app. You can filter them by type and category currently.