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Trip Slip
Techstars '23Detroit, US · Founded 2021 · 4 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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TripSlip is a platform that coordinates field trips between teachers, venues, and parents, reducing administrative overhead for educators and recovering lost revenue for cultural institutions and schools.
Also known as Trip Slip · TripSlip
Founders & leadership
Trip Slip was founded in 2021 by Achsha Jones.
Investors · 2
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026TripSlip (Trip Slip) is a software platform for planning and coordinating school field trips. Teachers can create a digital permission slip — a "tripslip" — from a phone or computer at no charge; the system generates a QR code and a unique link that can be shared with parents by email, text or Class Dojo. The product organizes the workflow around three stages the company labels Connect, Coordinate and Collect: browsing venues and checking real-time availability to book with requirements attached, automating parent communications, permission slip collection, payment processing and logistics, and tracking trip readiness through to the day of the trip.
The platform serves two sides of the market. For educators, the stated aims are reducing time spent on venue phone calls and email chains, chasing permission slips and collecting fees, with the site citing 10+ hours per week spent on field trip coordination and an example of a teacher running eight trips a year recovering 80+ hours; a "Teacher Time Audit Calculator" on the site estimates potential time savings. For venues, the stated aims are recovering revenue from uncollected fees, capturing pre-order merchandise sales and reducing manual coordination work. Feature coverage across tiers includes trip creation and management, digital permission slips, venue discovery and booking, parent communications, mobile app access, payment processing, pre-order merchandise, advanced reporting, multi-teacher management, school-wide overview, district analytics, custom integrations, dedicated support and professional services.
Business model
Two-sided platform serving teachers/schools and field trip venues, with tiered plans: a free "Simple" tier for individual teachers (unlimited trip slips, digital permission collection, basic parent communications, venue discovery and booking, coordination tools, mobile app access), a "School" tier with advanced capabilities, and a custom-priced "District" tier for superintendents and large districts that adds district-wide analytics and reporting, multi-school coordination, advanced user permissions, custom integrations, dedicated account management, professional services and training, and volume discounts on transaction fees [1].
Transaction-fee based: fees are charged only when money is collected through the platform, so free trips or trips not using TripSlip payment processing incur no fee. A transaction is defined as a parent paying field trip fees, merchandise or other charges through the platform. The company states there are no setup fees, monthly minimums or long-term commitments, plans can be changed at any time, and District plans include volume discounts based on annual transaction volume. Supported payment methods are major credit cards, debit cards and ACH bank transfers [1].
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Technology
Web and mobile platform generating digital permission slips with QR codes and unique shareable links distributed via email, text or Class Dojo; venue discovery with real-time availability and instant booking confirmation, automated parent communications, integrated payment processing (cards and ACH), pre-order merchandise sales, real-time trip coordination tracking, reporting and analytics, and custom integrations at the district tier [0][1][3].
Go-to-market
Self-serve entry through a free tier that lets individual teachers create trip slips without charge, with upsell to paid School and custom-priced District plans reached via a sales contact process. The site promotes a beta program for early users and a time-savings calculator as an acquisition tool, alongside a separate entry point positioning the platform to venues [0][1].
K-12 teachers organizing field trips, schools and school districts (including superintendents and multi-school administrators), parents who complete permission forms and pay online, and venues that host field trips and collect fees and merchandise pre-orders [0][1].
Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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primary sources listed
- Trip Sliptrytripslip.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Trip Slip do?
- TripSlip is a field trip coordination platform connecting teachers, venues and parents for booking, permissions and payments.
- Who founded Trip Slip?
- Trip Slip was founded by Achsha Jones in 2021.
- Who are Trip Slip's investors?
- Trip Slip's investors include ID Ventures, Techstars.
- Where is Trip Slip headquartered?
- Trip Slip is headquartered in Detroit, US.