Plans & Right now

The Plans tab gives you a reason to get together: small meet-ups at public places, and Right now — a quick look at who's free in the next hour. This guide explains both.

1. What is a plan?

A plan is a small meet-up at a public venue or area, at a set time: coffee, drinks, a walk, a film, the gym, or something else. Plans appear as cards on the Plans tab and as markers on Discover's neighbourhood map.

On the Plans tab you can filter by type (All, Coffee, Drinks, Walk, Movie, Gym) or see the plans you've Joined. Your plans collects everything you host or have joined.

2. Joining a plan

1. Open a plan card to see its details: name, type, venue or area, time, how long it runs, who's hosting and how many places are left.
2. Tap Join. If the host confirms each request, your request goes to them and you'll get an alert when it's confirmed. You can withdraw a request at any time.
3. If a plan is full, you can't join until a place frees up.

You can leave a plan at any time — your place goes back to the group, and you can join again if there's still room. Each plan also links to Safe Meet, so you can set a check-in with a trusted contact before you go (see Safety).

Joining a plan doesn't check you in on Discover. If you also want to be visible nearby, check in separately.

3. Creating a plan

Tap Create a plan on the Plans tab and fill in:

• Name — a short title for the plan.
• Type — Coffee, Drinks, Walk, Movie, Gym or Something else.
• Public venue or area — a café, bar or landmark. Keep it public; the exact meeting point can be agreed in chat.
• When — a day and a time in the future, and how long (1–4 hours).
• Group size — including you, from 2 up to 16.
• A little more about it — an optional note.
• Who can join — Anyone can join (places are confirmed instantly until the plan is full) or I confirm each request.
• Optionally, use your current location so people nearby see the plan. Only the venue text is shown to others.

Free members can host a limited number of plans each week; CruiseCtrl+ removes that limit. If you've reached it, the app tells you.

4. Hosting

• If you confirm each request, open your plan to see Requests to join and tap Confirm or Decline. Capacity is checked again when you confirm.
• You can cancel a plan. Everyone who joined loses their place and the plan disappears; this can't be undone.
• You can invite someone to a plan from their profile (Invite to a plan) or from a chat (Share a plan in the attachment sheet). They see the time, place and who's hosting.

5. Plan rules

Plans follow our Community Guidelines, plus a few specifics:

• Public places only. Never share a private address in a plan.
• Be honest. Don't advertise a plan you're not going to, or describe it misleadingly — people may travel to attend.
• No contact details or promotion. Don't post phone numbers, messaging handles or links, and don't use plans to advertise a business or charge for entry.
• Blocks apply. People you've blocked, or who blocked you, can't see or join your plans, and you won't see theirs.

If a plan breaks these rules, report the host from their profile. See Reporting & blocking and the Notice & Action policy.

6. What is Right now?

Right now, opened from the Plans tab, answers one question: who's free in the next hour? It's opt-in — nobody appears there without choosing to — and it works at any time of day.

• Tap I'm around to be listed for an hour. After that you drop off on your own — tap it again to stay another hour, or tap Leave to go earlier. No one stays listed by mistake.
• Around now lists the people who are around, nearest first, with an approximate distance.
• What people want shows their notes, nearest first.

7. Posting a note

1. Open Right now and type what you're up for in Your note — up to 140 characters (for example, "A coffee somewhere near the canal").
2. Tap Post for an hour. Posting also lists you as around.
3. Your note shows how many minutes it has left and disappears after an hour. You can remove it earlier with Remove post. Posting a new note replaces your old one.

Posting needs a verified profile. Free members have a weekly number of notes (the app shows how many are left); CruiseCtrl+ members can post without that limit. Notes follow the Community Guidelines — keep contact details out of them and move the details to a private chat.

8. Pinging and messaging

From Right now you can tap Ping next to someone to let them know you're around too. They get a notification with your name. You can ping the same person once every few hours. Or tap Message to open a chat.

Blocks apply here as everywhere else: blocked people don't see each other in Right now and can't ping each other.

9. Notifications

Choose which alerts you get under Settings → Account → Notifications: Plans (joiners and plans starting soon) and Right now (pings and when it's busy near you) can each be switched off. Quiet hours mutes non-alarm notifications during hours you choose.