Keep them posted

Pass it on 🔗

Sharing is now built right into trips, experiences, and member profiles. You'll find a share button sitting above the reaction section on any trip or experience detail page, and on member profiles too.

Tap it and you get three options: send straight to WhatsApp, copy a link, or use your phone's native share sheet — whatever's fastest for you.

If you've written a travel experience or posted a trip and wanted to share it with someone outside the site, this is exactly what you were waiting for.

Stay in the loop 🔔

Planning to visit a destination and want to know when others post trips there? You can now subscribe to trip notifications without even being logged in.

On any destination page — or directly on the trips listing — look for the subscribe widget. Pick the scope you care about (a whole country, a region, or just a city), confirm your email, and you're set. When new trips get posted in that area, you'll hear about it.

Already a member? Head to My Subscriptions to see everything you've signed up for and adjust your preferences at any time.

Bring your people 🤝

Know someone who'd love 12TravelBuddy? Now there's a reason beyond just recommending it. Referral badges have landed — earn one for bringing your first friend, and keep stacking them at 3 and 10 activated referrals.

They show up on your profile alongside your other badges, and yes, they glow at higher rarities.

Write without the worry ✍️

If you've ever started writing a travel experience and then accidentally navigated away — or worried about losing a long draft — this one's for you.

The experience editor now auto-saves your draft every 1.5 seconds. A quiet "saved" indicator in the corner confirms your words are safe. And if you do try to leave, you'll get a prompt first — so nothing disappears without warning.

Your stories, in one place

There's now a dedicated My Experiences page where you can see everything you've submitted, with a clear colour-coded status badge on each card — Draft, Pending, Approved, or Rejected.

No more guessing where a submission stands. Head to your dashboard and it's all there.

That's what's new. Go share a trip, subscribe to a destination you're dreaming about, or finally finish that travel story you started. 🌐