What does the Free Mini-Check tell you?
Use this page if you want to know what the six-question Mini-Check gives you before you start, or how to use the result afterwards.
The Free Mini-Check gives you a quick Trip Fit read for one trip. It shows what to protect first, how full to make the plan, a lower-load version, what not to add, when to switch early and the next useful planning step. It is a starting signal for planning, not a medical verdict or a prediction of how your body will respond.
The Mini-Check supports travel planning only. It does not diagnose, predict a flare, set a medical activity limit, provide clearance to travel or replace advice from the appropriate clinician or provider.
Your result turns a vague trip worry into a few planning decisions.
The result is designed to be read in order. You do not need to interpret a medical score or work out what each part means on your own.
A protection level summarises how much simplification or protection the current version of the trip may need as a planning prompt.
The result identifies the part of the trip worth protecting before you add more activities or commitments.
You get a practical guide for how full to make each day. Treat it as a planning ceiling, not a medical limit or a promise about tolerance.
The result gives a lower-load version of the trip and points out what is better left out rather than added automatically.
You get an early trigger for moving to the lower-load version instead of waiting until several parts of the plan have already become difficult.
The result explains why the read makes sense and gives one next planning action. You can then copy or print the result for reference.
Use it to make the plan smaller or clearer before adding more.
Protect the first priority
Start with the part the result says matters most. Do not treat every activity, booking or expectation as equally important.
Build the easier version now
Decide what can be shorter, lighter, closer or optional while you still have room to change it without extra pressure.
Know when you will switch
Keep the switch point visible. If that trigger appears, use the lower-load version rather than renegotiating the whole day in the moment.
Keeping the result: the Mini-Check lets you copy or print the result. Its save-on-this-device control uses the browser on that device, so do not treat it as account sync or as the only copy of something you need later.
When is the Mini-Check enough?
The dividing line is not whether a trip feels important. It is whether you only need a quick first read or several connected parts now need one plan.
Stay with the Free Mini-Check when
- you are still unsure what needs attention first;
- you want a quick read before doing more planning;
- one broad concern is enough to act on for now;
- the result gives you a clear change you can make without a larger planning system.
Use the Starter Kit when
- one real trip now has several connected decisions;
- travel day, accommodation, pace, backup choices and recovery need to fit together;
- changing one part affects other parts of the plan;
- you want one reusable self-guided structure rather than several separate checks.
A Mini-Check result does not by itself establish that you need Trip Decision Review. If you later have a developed trip, one important decision and an approaching meaningful commitment, use the current support route at that stage rather than treating a Mini-Check result as an automatic escalation.
What the result means, and what it does not.
Use it as a planning prompt
The result helps you decide what to protect, reduce, leave optional or change earlier in the current trip plan.
Do not use it as a health judgement
It cannot tell you that travel is medically suitable, predict symptoms, guarantee an outcome or replace decisions controlled by your clinician, insurer, airline, accommodation provider or another responsible authority.
Ready for the quick first read?
Answer six questions about one trip. No login or email is required before the on-screen result.
Ticked Bucket List provides travel-planning support only. It does not provide diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, medication guidance, medical clearance, emergency care, legal or insurance advice, provider guarantees or travel booking.
Written and reviewed by Ticked Bucket List. Mini-Check information checked 13 August 2026.