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 spot hidden trip load, choose support, and plan a lower-load trip before travel day.

Already have one real trip? See Starter Kit — $69.

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Planning support only. Not medical advice, medical clearance, 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?

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

Choose the right support

Start free, use a self-guided plan for one real trip, or choose specialist review 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.

Support ladder

Start with the lowest useful level of support.

The detailed router now lives on Start Here. This is the simple version.

Free

Free Mini-Check

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

Higher stakes

Advisory — $249

Best when the trip is close, costly, complex, fragile, or hard to get wrong.

Not sure which level fits this trip?

One real trip

Have one trip in front of you? Turn it into a Trip Snapshot.

The Trip Fit Check & Starter Kit helps you map the trip load, find pressure points, and leave with a practical reference for pacing, flare moments, and recovery planning.

  • Map route, timing, accommodation, comfort needs, and recovery risk.
  • Find what looks manageable, too full, or fragile.
  • Build a lower-load Trip Snapshot for the trip in front of you.
Still choosing?

Not every destination asks the same thing from your body.

Use Destination Fit Guides when you are still comparing places. Once one trip is real, come back to 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 you plan and decide. It does not replace your clinician, emergency services, or medical clearance when those are needed.

TBL can help you:

  • Spot hidden trip load before you commit.
  • Choose the support level this trip needs.
  • 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 clearance or fitness-to-travel certification.
  • Emergency care 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 the worry is still vague. Use Start Here if you are not sure whether you need the Mini-Check, Starter Kit, Advisory, Destination Fit Guides, or a tool.

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 clinician.

When should I use Start Here?

Use Start Here when you are not sure which Ticked Bucket List step fits your trip. It helps route you to the Free Mini-Check, Starter Kit, Advisory, Destination Fit Guides, or Tools.

Start with the lowest-effort step.

Use the free Mini-Check first, or use Start Here if you are not sure which TBL path fits this trip.

Already have one real trip? See Starter Kit — $69.

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