How it works

Three things you do. One thing we do.

Filing takes about ninety seconds and two required fields. Then you go. The only part that matters is remembering to end the trip — and if you forget, that’s the whole point.

See a plan get filed

Enter the required information

When will you be back?
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Who should know?
Round 1+ Add
Round 2+ Add
01File a plan

When you’ll be back, and who to tell. That’s it — everything else is optional and you can add it from the trailhead.

Back by
4:00 PM
Sarah · Mike
02Go

Nothing depends on signal. The timer started when you filed, and your people were told right then — this is the message they got:

03End the trip

Repeat a short pattern — or a short code at a keyboard — to end the trip. Short, so it can’t happen in your pocket on the drive home.

A new one every time — it’s never the same twice.
The one thing we do

If you don’t end the trip, we start telling people. Slowly, and you first.

Most of the time it ends at the first step, because you’re fine and just running late. That’s the buffer doing its job.

4:30 PMWe nudge you first. “Hey — okay? Reply 2 for two more hours.” By text, if we have your number.
5:00 PMSarah hears from us, with your plan and what to do about it.
5:20 PMIf Sarah is asleep, Mike hears from us too.
6:00 PMNobody answering? Everyone still waiting is told at once.
by darkThey get the phone number of the agency that covers where you went. A person decides what to do next — never us.

The whole thing, in one table.

If you read nothing else on this site, read this.
You add someone
They get one invitation, by email, asking if they’ll do it.
They accept
They tap Accept. If they switch texts on, YES confirms their number.
They want out — or want changes
STOP to leave, MANAGE for everything else. If they leave, you’re told, by name.
You file a plan
The timer starts and your accepted people are told — before you’ve gone anywhere.
You set off
Optional. It adds a note to your plan for anyone checking it.
30 minutes late
You hear from us first. One reply buys two more hours.
1 hour late
First person is told.
1 hour 20 late
Second person is told.
You end the trip
Repeat the gesture. Everyone is told you’re back.
What it costs
Three plans a year are free — the timer, the notices, the texts, the whole plan. Paying removes the limit.

The late times are this example’s — yours are computed from your own trip and shown before you file. Your people are invited by email; you never type anyone’s phone number, and texts are theirs to switch on. When it matters, we use every channel they’ve given us. Someone who hasn’t accepted is never messaged and doesn’t count as cover; if nobody has accepted, we tell you before you leave.

File a planNinety seconds, two fields. Free, three times a year.