Does the whole group have to install an app?

No. You can send a ticket with a simple link: the person opens it in their browser, with the QR code and the original file. The app becomes useful when the group wants all its tickets in one place, even offline.

What happens if two travelers share the same last name?

Tickets are matched on the full name printed on them. When in doubt, the ticket stays “to assign” and you pick the right person in one tap. Nothing is sent to the wrong traveler without your say-so.

Does a group have to pay?

No. The free version takes as many travelers as you like in a trip. The Premium subscription is mostly for people who run several trips at the same time.

How to share tickets for a group trip without losing track

One person booked for the whole group? Here is how to get each ticket onto the right phone, with or without an app.

You booked the train for six, the flight for four or the concert tickets for the whole gang. The result: every ticket is in your inbox, and on departure day everyone asks you for theirs. This guide walks through the methods that work, from the simplest to the most comfortable.

The problem: one buyer, several travelers

Booking sites send a single confirmation, to a single address. It often holds several tickets in one PDF, with one QR code per passenger. Forwarding that PDF to everyone works, but then each person has to find their own page, and nobody knows which code is theirs once they reach the ticket gate.

Method 1: split it up and send it by hand

This is the no-tools method.

Open the PDF and take a screenshot of each ticket, with the QR code clearly visible.
Send each screenshot to the right person, in a private chat rather than the group one.
Ask everyone to mark it as a favorite in their photos.

It is fine for a one-way trip for two or three people. It becomes a chore as soon as there is a return leg, a connection or a schedule change, because everything has to be sent again.

Method 2: a shared folder

A folder on a cloud storage service, with one subfolder per person, saves you from resending files. Two limits: you need a connection to open the ticket, and you are still the one doing the sorting.

Method 3: let the traveler’s name do the sorting

This is what Travel Wallet does. You create a trip, add the first and last names of the group, then forward the confirmation email to the trip’s unique address (or import the PDF, a photo, a scan).

The app reads the name printed on each ticket and assigns it to the right traveler. Those who joined the trip through the invite link see their tickets arrive on their own phone. The children’s tickets stay on yours.

On the day, everyone opens their ticket full screen, brightness at maximum, even with no signal.

Which method should you pick?

One journey, two people: a screenshot is enough.
A weekend away with a group, with outbound, return and an activity: automatic sorting saves you an hour of messages.
A trip with children: keep their tickets with yours, and share only the adults’ ones.