Clinician-founded · Pain-informed · Traveller-first

Check whether this trip fits your body before you commit.

Ticked Bucket List helps travellers with chronic pain, fatigue, or flare-prone conditions check one real trip before they commit too much money, energy, or recovery time.

See what to protect, what to reduce, and how much to plan into each day.

Six quick questions. No login. No email required. Result appears on-screen.

Planning help only. Not medical advice, medical approval to travel, or emergency care.

Traveller reviews a Ticked Bucket List trip planning page on a laptop at home.
Hidden trip load

The hard part is often not the destination. It is the load around it.

Many trips look manageable on paper. The harder part is often the walking, waiting, heat, timing, comfort, and recovery load around the main plan.

Movement

Walking and transfers

Airport distance, stairs, queues, transport changes, and long standing time.

Sensory

Noise, heat, and crowds

Busy terminals, bright places, hot weather, smells, and limited quiet space.

Timing

Early starts and tight plans

Back-to-back days, short connections, late arrivals, and no recovery buffer.

Comfort

Seats, beds, and pacing

Long sitting, poor sleep setup, limited breaks, and hard-to-change bookings.

Backup

Flare-day decisions

What to downgrade, what to cancel, and how to protect the main reason for travel.

The shift

From hoping the trip works to planning what protects it.

Before

The trip looks fine, but the hidden load is scattered across flights, accommodation, activities, recovery time, and flare risk.

After

You have a clearer view of what matters most, what to lighten first, what to protect, and what to do if symptoms rise.

Not sure where your hidden trip load is?

Need a fuller chooser? Use Start Here.
What TBL helps you do

Make the trip easier to judge, shape, and protect.

TBL is not here to make you read everything. It helps you reduce uncertainty before energy, money, recovery time, or emotional bandwidth is already spent.

1

Spot hidden trip load

Bring the walking, timing, sensory, comfort, and recovery demands into view before you commit.

2

Know the next step

Start with the free check. If the trip has several pressure points, move to the Starter Kit. Use Advisory only when the stakes are higher.

3

Build a lower-load plan

Shape the route, pace, backups, flare-moment decisions, and recovery plan around what your body may need.

Simple path

Start free. Move up only if this trip needs more.

The Mini-Check gives one next step. Most visitors should begin there instead of comparing every option.

Free

Free Mini-Check

Best when the worry is vague, energy is low, or the trip is early.

Higher stakes

Advisory — $249

Best as a high-stakes upgrade when the trip is close, costly, complex, fragile, or hard to get wrong.

One real trip

Have one trip in front of you? Build one simple trip plan.

The Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit is the $69 self-guided paid step. It helps you plan how much to do each day, stay comfortable, have a backup for bad days, make smart travel-day choices, and protect recovery.

  • Map route, timing, accommodation, comfort needs, and recovery risk.
  • Find what looks manageable, too full, or fragile.
  • Create one simple trip plan for the trip in front of you.
Still choosing?

Not every destination asks the same thing from your body.

Use Destination Fit Guides only when you are still comparing places. Once one trip is real, start with the free Mini-Check or use the Starter Kit.

Browse Destination Fit Guides.
Dr Timothy Murithi Mwiti, founder of Ticked Bucket List.
Clinician-founded trust

Built by a pain specialist for real-world travel decisions.

TBL is designed around the practical load that people with chronic pain and fatigue manage before, during, and after travel. The goal is not to promise a symptom-free trip. The goal is to help you make the trip easier to judge, shape, and protect.

  • Clinician-founded
  • Pain-informed
  • Capacity-first
  • Planning support only
Boundaries

Clear planning support. Clear medical boundaries.

TBL helps with travel planning. It does not replace your clinician, emergency services, or medical approval to travel when those are needed.

TBL can help you:

  • Spot hidden trip load before you commit.
  • See what to protect, reduce, and plan around.
  • Build pacing, backup, and recovery plans.
  • Prepare clearer questions for travel providers or clinicians.

TBL does not provide:

  • Medical advice, diagnosis, or prescribing.
  • Medication-change guidance.
  • Medical approval to travel or fitness-to-travel certification.
  • Emergency care, legal advice, insurance advice, or full-service travel booking.

New, severe, or rapidly worsening symptoms need urgent or emergency care as appropriate.

Quick answers

Common questions before you start.

What should I do first?

Start with the free Mini-Check if your energy is low, the trip is early, or you are not sure what the trip needs from you. It gives one next step. If you already have one real trip and want to build the plan now, see the Starter Kit — $69.

Is this medical advice?

No. TBL provides planning help only. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, prescribing, medication-change guidance, medical approval to travel, emergency care, insurance advice, legal advice, or a replacement for your clinician.

When should I use the Starter Kit?

Use the Starter Kit when one trip is real and you need more than a quick result. It helps you turn the trip into one simple plan with pacing, comfort, backup, travel-day, and recovery choices.

Start with the free check.

Use the Mini-Check to see what to protect, what to reduce, and how much to plan into each day.

Planning help only — not medical advice, medical approval to travel, diagnosis, prescribing, medication changes, insurance advice, legal advice, or emergency care. New, severe, or rapidly worsening symptoms need urgent or emergency care as appropriate.