SquadJet started as an idea I could not stop thinking about.
Over the years, there were several times when my friends and I wanted to get together for a weekend. We missed each other, wanted to reconnect, and did not particularly care where we went. The challenge was that we lived all over the country, everyone had a different home airport, and we needed to keep the trip affordable.
Planning one of those trips meant opening what felt like 20 browser tabs, searching different destinations, checking different dates, comparing flights from every city, and trying to keep track of everything in a spreadsheet or group chat. The tools that already existed were great at finding a flight for one person traveling from one airport, but they were not built to answer the question we actually had:
Where can all of us meet without making the trip too expensive for anyone?
One year, all that searching led us to Cleveland in the middle of winter. It was not an extravagant destination, but that did not matter. We had an amazing time because the purpose of the trip was not the location, it was being together. Other times, the trip never happened at all. Everyone talked about getting together, but no one wanted to take on the hours of research required to find a place that worked for the entire group.
The idea stayed in the back of my mind for years until I finally decided to build the tool I wished we had. That is how SquadJet was born.
SquadJet brings everyone into one group search. Add each traveler's home airport, choose your dates or stay flexible, and either let SquadJet search for affordable meeting destinations or compare up to six places your group already has in mind. SquadJet brings the flight and hotel options together and lets everyone vote, because the cheapest destination is not always the one the whole group wants to visit.
Our goal is to remove the part of group travel that causes plans to stall before they ever begin. We are building SquadJet into a complete group-travel platform that makes it easier to compare options, make decisions, coordinate travelers, and turn "we should all get together sometime" into a trip that actually happens.
Because sometimes the destination is not the most important part.
Sometimes, you just want to get the squad back together.