Track travel expenses without the spreadsheet
Keep trip spend in its own ledger so it doesn't bleed into your daily average. Log in the local currency, see your home currency, and skip the post-trip reconciliation pile.
A separate ledger for the trip
Create an Expense Group for the trip with its own start and end dates. Coffees in Tokyo stay in Tokyo, so your monthly daily average doesn't spike because of a vacation, and you can still see exactly what the trip cost.
A budget that ends with the trip
Set a budget on the group with fixed start and end dates that match the trip. CashJot tracks progress in real time, so you can ease off or treat yourself based on where you stand mid-trip instead of waiting for the credit card statement.
Local currency in, home currency out
Set one conversion rate for the whole trip and log entries in the local currency. CashJot shows both values, and totals roll up to your home currency. The rate is one you set, not a live feed, and for trip totals that's close enough.
Trip spend at a glance
Home screen widgets show today's spend, budget progress, and recent transactions for whichever group you're tracking. Check pacing on a layover or before bed without a single tap.
Log on the plane, sync when you land
No signal needed: everything saves on the phone, in a remote village or over the Atlantic, and syncs across your devices through your own iCloud once you're back online. No account to create.
The setup, step by step
Setting it up takes a few minutes: the step-by-step travel playbook covers the group, the currency and rate, the budget with the trip's dates, and the cleanup when the trip ends.
Living abroad?
Same idea, longer time horizon. Create an Expense Group for the country or city you're in, add the local currency with a rate you set, and log groceries, rent, utilities, and the daily coffee in that currency. Reports roll everything up to your home currency, the same way they do for a trip.
If you still pay expenses back home, run a second group and log those in your home currency. Reports stay separate, each group totals on its own, and the daily habit stays the same: amount, tag, save.
Frequently asked
How do I track international spending?
Create an Expense Group for the trip, add the local currency to it with a rate you set, and log entries in that currency. CashJot stores both the local amount and the home-currency value on every entry, so totals stay consistent across the whole trip.
How do I handle multiple currencies on one trip?
Two ways. The simple one: add each currency to the trip's group with its own rate, and log every entry in the currency you paid in. Totals still roll up to your home currency. If you want a separate budget or report per leg, run one group per leg instead: a Tokyo group in JPY, a Seoul group in KRW. Multiple Expense Groups, custom currency selection on a group, and multi-currency logging within a single group are all part of CashJot Plus.
Can I set a budget for my trip?
Yes. Set a budget on the trip's Expense Group with the same start and end dates as the trip itself. CashJot tracks progress in real time, so you can ease off or treat yourself based on where you stand mid-trip instead of waiting for the credit card statement. Budgets are part of CashJot Plus.
Do I need an internet connection abroad?
No. CashJot is offline-first. You can log every coffee, taxi, and meal on the plane, on the subway, or in a no-signal village. When you're back online, iCloud syncs everything across your devices.
Can I track cash spending on a trip?
Yes, and it's where manual logging pays off: street food, markets, and taxis paid in cash never show up in a bank feed. A cash entry is the same two seconds as any other, amount, tag, save, in the trip's currency, and it counts toward the trip budget like everything else.
What if my card charges in the local currency?
For multi-currency travel cards like Wise and Revolut, leave Currency Code unset on the Apple Pay automation and each capture takes its currency from the tap itself. For a single-home-currency card hitting a foreign terminal, if the tap currency isn't in your trip group the capture waits in the Captures view for you to add the currency or switch to your default. It won't silently log under the wrong currency. The Apple Pay guide covers the setup in full.
Can I use CashJot if I'm living abroad full-time?
Yes. The same Expense Group setup that works for a two-week trip works for a two-year posting. Create a group for where you live, add the local currency to it with a rate you set, and log groceries, rent, and utilities in that currency. Reports stay in your home currency for tax-time clarity. If you keep paying expenses back home, run a second group and log those in your home currency.
Do I need CashJot Plus for travel tracking?
For most travel setups, yes. One Expense Group in your home currency without budgets is available for free, which works for a domestic trip mixed in with daily spending. To keep the trip in its own ledger, log in a foreign currency, or set a trip budget with start and end dates, you'll want CashJot Plus.
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From the blog
Set up the trip's group before you fly.