Questions you should ask first.

No. The money stays in your own bank account, however you usually save. We just track the running total against your trip target. No permissions, no bank link, no holding your cash. When something lands (payday, bonus, tax return), you tap “I saved more” and the weekly target re-paces.

Your savings sit in your own bank, covered by whatever protection your bank offers (in Australia: the Financial Claims Scheme up to $250k per ADI). SaveToRoam only stores the trip plan + the running totals you record; we never have access to your funds.

Your money is unaffected. It never left your bank. Your trip plan + savings log can be exported to CSV from your account at any time. We’d give 60 days notice, not the standard “we’re shutting down on Tuesday” email.

No, never. Pro is a flat $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr. We don’t take a percentage of your savings, we don’t earn affiliate fees on travel bookings, and we don’t sell data. The subscription is the whole business model.

One active trip you’re actively saving toward. You can finish it, complete the trip, and start a new one for free. Free is one *active* trip, not one trip ever. Pro lets you have multiple trips in flight at once (kids’ school holiday + your anniversary in the same year, etc).

Yes. Cancel any time, no “why are you leaving?” email gauntlet. Your trip plan + savings log stay on your account; you drop back to Free. You can export everything to CSV from your account before or after cancelling.

Yearly ($39.99) works out at $3.33/month, about 33% cheaper than monthly ($4.99). Both bill via Stripe. Yearly is the right pick if you’re actively planning more than one trip a year; monthly is fine if you’re mid-cycle and want to test the waters.

Email hello@savetoroam.com and tell us your situation. We’re a solo project. We can’t do everything, but we’d rather you save for the trip than skip the tool over $4.99.

(Trip total − what you’ve already saved − what you’ve already paid) ÷ weeks until takeoff. That’s it. No motivational fudge, no rounding up, no “save more for buffer.” The math is the same on a Tuesday as it is on a Sunday.

Nothing happens. The next week’s target adjusts up by a small amount to make up the gap. If you’re consistently behind by enough that the new target is uncomfortable, push the trip date back a few weeks; the maths re-paces and the weekly drops.

Saving for a trip isn’t a Duolingo lesson. Streaks reward you for showing up, not for actually saving. The number that matters is whether you’ll have the trip total by takeoff. That’s the only thing on the dashboard. December gets a smaller weekly because December is December.

Yes, it’s a Pro feature. Add other travellers, see who’s contributing what, optional per-traveller weekly maths so the kids’ pocket-money slice is separate from the adult payday slice. Free is single-traveller (you).