Why this exists

For people who bring the trip home with them

The mug on the shelf. The magnet on the fridge. The shot glass nobody is allowed to use. Every one of them is a place you stood and the people you stood there with. This is where they're kept.

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What it is

A free app that keeps every trip you've taken in one place

Your map, the story of each trip, and the mugs and souvenirs you brought home. So you never forget where you went, who you were with, or what's already on the shelf.

  1. 1Tap where you've beenCountries, cities and cruise ports. Your map lights up gold as you go.
  2. 2Add the storyWhen you went, who was there, a line you'll want to remember, and up to three photos.
  3. 3Tick what you brought homeOver 760 city mugs to tick off, plus magnets, keyrings and anything else. Check it in the shop before you buy, so you never come home with a double.

What it's for. Souvenirs outlast memories. Years later you pick up a mug and can't say which holiday it was, or who was stood next to you. This keeps that part, the bit that actually matters.

And when you want something to hold, it turns what you've logged into a framed map, a map mug, a trip book, a calendar or a postcard. Optional, never needed.

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How it started

It started with a mug I left on the shelf in Naples

Cruising is my real passion. Naples was a port day.

Middle of summer. Four and a half miles on foot in the heat, and somewhere around mile three my wife asked me why on earth we collect these things.

We got there. I bought the Naples mug. There was an Italia one sat right next to it, and I stood there trying to picture our shelf at home. I was sure we already had it, so I left it.

Back on the ship the kids told me we didn't. It's gone now, unless I pay three times the price online. It wasn't the first time either.

So I built the thing I needed. Something I could check in the shop, with the mug in my hand and no signal.

Most people spend a sea day by the pool. I spent mine starting this.

That was the whole idea at the start. Tick off what's on the shelf, check it before you buy, never bring home a double again.

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Then it grew

Not for what any of it is worth. For what it brings back.

Plenty of places don't sell a mug, so I bring back whatever I can find. My home bar is full of travel memorabilia now. I simply love the memories.

When people started using this, the same request kept coming in. Lots of collectors wanted a home for the rest of it too. The magnets, the keyrings, the trips where there was no mug at all.

So that's what this is now. It started with mugs. It's become the place for everything a trip leaves you with: where you went, who you were with, what you carried home, and the photos that go with it.

And because cruising is my real passion, cruises got built in properly: every port in order, the ship and the line on every story, one story for the whole voyage, and the route drawn across your map.

SimonCollector, and the person who reads every message you send

Who it's for

Travellers who collect memories

If any of these sound like your house, this was built for you.

The cruisers

A different port most days, and something brought home from each one. By the last night it's hard to say which day was which. Every port stays in order here, on one route.

The shelf of city mugs

One from everywhere, and a quiet worry about buying the same one twice.

The fridge you can't see any more

Magnets from every trip, and nobody quite sure which holiday each one came from.

The drawer of little things

Ticket stubs, beer mats, keyrings. Too small to display, too good to throw away.

The ones who want to remember who was there

Because the place stays the same. It's who was stood next to you that fades.

What it does

Four parts, one place for the whole trip

Map

Every country you've been to turns gold, with a pin on every place and a dotted route for every cruise. Tap a country to see what you've got there and what you're still missing.

Trips

Every trip as a timeline: when, where, who you were with, your photos and the story. A cruise is one trip with every port inside it. A minute now saves it for good.

Collection

Tick off your mugs from a catalogue of over 760, star the ones you're hunting, and keep the magnets, keyrings and stubs too. Each one tied to the trip it came from.

Shop

Your map framed for the wall or wrapped round a mug, a trip book, a calendar, a postcard. All made from what you've already logged.

The rules we keep

Why you can trust it

Tracking is free, and it stays free.Ticking off your collection, the map, your stories and your souvenirs cost nothing and never will. What we sell is optional: things made from your own trips, and a membership if you want more photos on each trip.
Your photos and stories are yours.Nobody sees a photo unless you offer it to the shared catalogue. Your trips, stories and who you were with stay private to you.
Never sold, never shared.Your email signs you in and brings you the Sunday Postcard, which you can turn off any time. That's all. We don't sell or share your details with anyone.
Built by a collector, for collectors.Every feature here started as a message from someone using it. Tell me what's missing and I'll build it.

Start with what's on your shelf

Free, and it works with no signal. Save it with your email or Google when you're ready, no password. Pick up the nearest souvenir and see if you can say when it's from. Then keep it that way.

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Something missing? Tell me and I'll build it. hello@collectmytrip.com