Eight friends, one villa, seven days. Tom had been on enough group trips to know what happens to the photos: they live on eight separate phones, three people promise to "make an album", and nobody ever does. This time he set it up properly before they'd even landed.
He created a single Heyvento event and shared the link in the trip group chat with one rule: "Dump your best photos here at the end of each day." One shared place, everyone's camera roll, no chasing. By dinner each night there was a growing gallery of the day from eight different points of view.
A reel every night, a song for the way home
Each evening Tom generated a quick highlight reel of that day's photos and dropped it in the chat — an instant recap that had everyone laughing before bed and set up the next day's plans. Then, on the flight home, he used the whole week's messages and captions to generate a custom song about the trip. By the time they landed, everyone had the song and a reel for every day.
“The daily reels became the best part of the evening. And the song? We still send it to each other whenever someone's having a rough week.”
— Tom
How Tom ran the trip
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Set it up before you leave
Create one event for the whole trip and share the link in the group chat so it's ready from day one.
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Make a daily routine
Ask everyone to drop their best photos at the end of each day — one shared gallery instead of eight camera rolls.
- 3
Use an album per day
Separate albums for each day keep things tidy and make daily reels quick to build.
- 4
Generate a nightly highlight reel
Each evening, turn that day's photos into a short reel and share it with the group for an instant recap.
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Make a full-trip song for the journey home
Use the week's photos and captions to generate a custom song — the perfect soundtrack for the trip back.