Clinician-founded · Pain-informed · Traveller-first

Travel with a plan your body can realistically handle.

For travellers with chronic pain, fatigue, or flare-prone conditions, Ticked Bucket List helps you spot hidden trip load before travel day.

Clinician-founded planning support. Not medical advice, clearance, or emergency care.

Traveller reviews a Ticked Bucket List planning page on a laptop at home.
Where trips get heavy

Trips often get hard before the main activity starts.

Small loads stack: timing, bags, transfers, queues, sleep, meals, sensory load, and recovery.

Energy

Early starts, long days, and low reserves can make simple choices harder.

Walking & transfers

Airports, stations, bags, stairs, and hotel distance can quietly add load.

Waiting & queues

Standing, sitting, delays, and crowds can drain capacity before arrival.

Sleep disruption

Time zones, noise, late meals, and poor sleep can lower tolerance.

Recovery cost

The trip may be possible, but the after-cost may be too high.

How TBL helps

Check the trip before the trip tests you.

TBL turns a vague worry into clearer planning decisions: what to protect, what to simplify, and what needs a backup.

1

Scan the trip load

Count the parts most likely to drain capacity.

2

Find pressure points

See what looks manageable, overloaded, or fragile.

3

Leave with a Trip Snapshot

Carry a practical reference for trip-day decisions.

See the full method
Green / Amber / Red Trip Fit signal A simple read on whether the trip looks manageable, needs redesign, or needs more support.
Red-to-Amber planning Reduce the heaviest demands first so the trip does not depend on a perfect body day.
Recovery Runway Plan after-travel recovery before the trip begins.
TBL Trip Fit Check, Trip Snapshot, and Starter Kit screens.
Choose your path

Start with the level of support this trip needs.

Use the free check for a quick read, the Starter Kit for self-guided planning, or Advisory when the trip is harder to get wrong.

Free Quick first read

Mini Fit Check

Free

  • Best when energy is low or the trip is early-stage.
  • Get a quick first read on trip pressure.
  • Choose this if you need a low-friction start.
Start free Mini Fit Check
Higher-stakes Specialist input

Trip Fit Check + Pain Specialist Advisory

$249 per trip

  • Best for close, fragile, complex, or costly trips.
  • Includes pain-specialist review after intake.
  • Choose this when the trip is hard to get wrong.
See Advisory
Visual proof

What changes when the trip is planned around capacity?

Before

Early flight. Long wait. Hotel far away. Walking-heavy first day. No recovery buffer.

After

Later departure. Shorter transfer. Closer stay. Low-load arrival day. Protected recovery window.

Reduced load

Fewer stacked demands before symptoms force the decision.

Why this matters

The goal is not a perfect trip. The goal is to reduce avoidable load while there is still time to change the plan.

Dr Timothy Murithi Mwiti, founder of Ticked Bucket List.
Clinician-founded trust

Built by a pain specialist for travellers who need more than generic tips.

  • Pain specialist and anaesthesiologist
  • Clinician-founded method
  • Planning support for flare-prone travel

Created by Dr. Timothy Murithi Mwiti, TBL translates chronic pain practice into practical pre-trip planning.

Fit and boundaries

Planning support, with clear limits.

TBL helps with travel planning decisions. It does not replace medical care.

TBL can help with

  • Trip load planning
  • Pacing decisions
  • Backup planning
  • Recovery planning
  • Support-level decisions

TBL does not provide

  • Emergency care
  • Medical clearance
  • Diagnosis
  • Prescribing or medication changes
  • Replacement for your clinician
Questions

Quick answers before you choose.

Is this medical advice?

No. TBL provides planning and decision support only. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, prescribing, medication-change guidance, medical clearance, emergency care, or a replacement for your treating clinician.

Which option should I start with?

Start free if energy is low or the trip is early-stage. Choose the Starter Kit for self-guided planning. Consider Advisory if the trip is close, complex, fragile, expensive, or emotionally important.

Can I reuse the Starter Kit?

Yes. The Starter Kit is designed as a reusable planning system. You can apply the same Trip Fit Check, Trip Snapshot process, and recovery planning logic to future trips.

When should I consider Advisory?

Consider Advisory when the trip is near-term, medically complicated, expensive to change, fragile, emotionally important, or has gone badly before. It adds pain-specialist review after intake.

Start with the level of support this trip needs.

Compare the routes, or begin with the free Mini Fit Check if you need a low-energy first step.

Already know you want the Starter Kit?

Planning support only — not medical advice, medical clearance, diagnosis, prescribing, medication changes, or emergency care. New, severe, or rapidly worsening symptoms require urgent or emergency care as appropriate.