From trip to overlap

How Crossing Paths notices overlapping trips.

Crossing Paths compares confirmed trips that friends choose to share. When the city and dates overlap, it shows the time you will both be there, without using live or background location tracking.

Steps

01

Add an upcoming trip

Enter the city and dates you plan to be there. If the details may change, keep the trip tentative until you confirm them.

02

Shared with friends

Trip details are available only to accepted friends. There is no public travel feed and no way for strangers to browse your plans.

03

Notice an overlap

When confirmed trips share a city and dates, Crossing Paths shows the time you and your friend will both be there.

04

Meet again

An overlap gives you the useful context. You and your friend decide whether to get in touch and make plans.

Lisbon, Portugal · Example overlap

Your paths cross in Lisbon.

You and Maya will both be there from 12 to 15 September.

The useful moment

Enough context to make meeting possible.

Crossing Paths identifies the shared place and dates, then gets out of the way. The conversation and the decision to meet stay between friends.

Privacy by design

Shared plans stay intentional.

Crossing Paths only compares the cities and dates that you and your friends choose to add. It does not follow anyone's current location or publish a public itinerary.

Your trip details are available only to accepted friends. You can review the full handling of profile, trip, and contact data in the Privacy Notice.

Common questions

The practical details.

Who can see my trips?

Trip details are available only to accepted friends. Your profile can help someone you know find you, but your upcoming destinations and dates are not public.

Do tentative trips create overlaps?

Tentative trips stay in your journal while your plans are uncertain. Crossing Paths checks confirmed trips for overlaps.

What counts as an overlap?

An overlap happens when your confirmed trip and a confirmed trip shared by a friend include the same city on at least one of the same dates.

Does Crossing Paths use live location?

No. It compares only the destinations and dates that people intentionally add. It does not use live or background location tracking.

When plans come together

Find out before the trip, not after.

Add the trips you are already taking. We'll let you know when a friend's shared plans overlap with yours.

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