Create a Travel Jar
Set the topic to 'Travel' and name it 'Destination Roulette'. Add destinations as they inspire you.
Add Travel Companions
Invite the people you'll travel with. Co-workers for a team retreat, friends for a holiday, or your partner for an anniversary trip.
Dream Without Limits
Add every destination that excites you. Include budget estimates, best travel months, and must-do activities in the details.
Spin for Your Next Trip
Filter by budget or season, then spin. Commit to the result for at least 24 hours of research before spinning again.
Analysis Paralysis: The Trip That Never Gets Booked
You have two weeks of annual leave and no plan. You open Google Flights, search "cheap flights from [your city]," and spend the next three hours bouncing between Bali, Portugal, Japan, and "maybe just a road trip." Every destination looks amazing. Every comparison reveals a new trade-off: Bali is cheap but far, Portugal is close but "everyone goes there", Japan is incredible but expensive. After 4 hours of research, you close the laptop and say "I'll figure it out tomorrow." Tomorrow never comes.
Travel researchers call this destination indecision syndrome — the paradox where having too many amazing options leads to choosing none. A Booking.com survey found that 52% of travelers say choosing a destination is the most stressful part of trip planning, beating packing (14%) and budgeting (22%).
Commit to Randomness, Discover Something Amazing
The Random Travel Picker reframes destination selection from a research project into a 10-second game. The principle is simple: curate destinations when you're inspired, decide when you're ready to book.
Throughout the year, add destinations whenever the mood strikes. A friend raves about Croatia? Add it. You see cheap flights to Tokyo? Add it. A documentary about Iceland blows your mind? Add it. Include practical details: estimated budget, best months to visit, flight time, and your top 3 must-do activities.
When it's time to book, filter by your constraints ("Under $3000", "Within 5 hours flight", "Beach") and spin. The magic is in the commitment contract: whatever the jar picks, you give it 24 hours of serious research before you're allowed to spin again. Most people find that once they start researching a specific destination, the excitement builds and the decision feels inevitable.
For couples or friend groups, this solves the diplomacy problem too. Instead of one person lobbying for Thailand while the other wants Iceland, everyone adds their dream destinations to the jar and lets fate decide. Over multiple trips, everyone's wishlist gets represented — and you'll visit places you never would have chosen rationally but end up loving.