About TripByCost

Every flight site prices the flight. That is the problem.

An $89 fare to Reykjavík looks like a bargain right up until you price a week of Icelandic hotels and dinners. A $600 fare to Bangkok looks expensive right up until you notice the rest of the trip costs less than a weekend at home. Airfare on its own tells you almost nothing about whether you can afford to go.

TripByCost starts from the number you actually have. Tell it your budget, and it prices the whole thing — flight, stay, food and transfers — then shows you where that money genuinely reaches.

Why nobody else does this

Flight search engines are paid when you click a flight. Telling you that a cheap fare leads to an expensive week costs them the click they earn on. We are not paid on flights, so we can say it.

Being straight about the numbers

Our figures are planning ranges, not quotes. They are built to answer “can I afford this at all?” — not to tell you the exact price of a specific hotel on a specific night. We would rather show you an honest range than a precise number that turns out to be wrong. Always confirm the real price before you book. See the terms for the detail.

How it stays free

When you book a stay or a tour through one of our partner links, the partner may pay us a commission. Your price is the same either way, and rankings are ordered by budget fit rather than by what pays best. That is the entire business model — no ads, no accounts, no paywall, nothing sold about you.

Who runs it

TripByCost is built and operated by William Addis. It is small and deliberately so. If something is wrong, the person who can fix it reads [email protected].