Easily collect money for a group trip

Cheddar Up makes fundraising and collecting money for your group trip easy. Simple to use, quick to set up — and FREE!

Trusted by 100,000+ groups and non-profits including

Start collecting trip payments in minutes

Cheddar Up was designed to make collecting money from groups straightforward and intuitive. Start collecting payments and donations in minutes — just create a page and share the link. All information is tracked automatically and easily exported to Excel.

Step 1: Create

Create a free account on Cheddar Up and set up your collection page for any group trip!

Step 2: Share

Share a custom link with your group through an email, website, or social media.

Step 3: Manage

Instantly track all payments and registrations. Withdraw funds directly to your organization’s bank account for free.

Everything in one place

Organizing a group trip involves more than just collecting payments. With Cheddar Up, create custom forms to collect contact information, waivers, meal preferences, and even chaperone sign-ups!

• Free for collectors

• All payments in one spot

• Include forms and waivers

Custom URL to share

Custom receipts and donor tracking

• Automatic reminders and follow-up

Features Perfect for Your Group

Cheddar Up offers even more great features you and your group will love.

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Multiple Payment Methods

Accept credit cards or eCheck/ACH. Paying is quick and easy. Best of all? Your payers don’t need to download an app or create an account.

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Easy Reporting and Messaging

No more spreadsheets! Use our reporting to see who’s paid and send automatic reminders to those who haven’t.

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Payment Plans

Give your group the option to pay for the trip in installments. Simply set up the amount and frequency, we’ll take care of the rest.

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Open Amounts

Fundraising for your trip? Choose from fixed-amount items or open-amount items to allow your community to give any amount they wish.

You’re in good company

Each month, Cheddar Up serves thousands of groups and communities across the US and Canada, helping them collect millions of dollars in payments (plus information) for just about anything. But don’t take our word for it, check out Cheddar Up reviews from our users.

Average 4.8 stars from over 2k ratings on iOS

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“Cheddar Up is used for our travel and team fees. We also use it for tournaments, coaches travel and banquet fees. It is so easy and families love using Cheddar Up.

Jeff Mielnicki

Cherry Creek Hockey Association

Cheddar Up is an alternative to Venmo and PayPal that’s made for groups

While we’re big fans of Venmo for paying back a friend and we admire PayPal’s sheer reach, collecting both payments and information from tens or hundreds or even thousands of people requires well…more. Here is a little background and a quick look at how Cheddar Up stacks up.

Cheddar Up
Venmo
PayPal
Made for groups
Friction-free payments and group tracking

No app necessary
Pay without downloading an app or creating an account

Payments and forms
Collect money AND information (no more separate forms)

Custom payment pages
Online payment pages for anything (events, dues, donations...)

Easy handoff
Easily pass the reigns or share duties with an online history

Item and collection-specific reporting
Detailed tracking makes reporting a breeze

Integrated point of sale
Online and in-person payments and tracking in one spot
Cheddar Up
Venmo
PayPal
Made for groups


No app necessary


Payments and forms


Custom payment pages


Easy handoff


Item and collection-specific reporting

Integrated point of sale

Ready to start?

Kick the tires

Create a free account and build a collection to see how easy it is to collect money.

Watch a demo

Learn everything you need to know to get started in six minutes!

See all features

Check out more features that help groups like yours collect payments and Information.

You’ll want to ask your group’s organizer for a link. For privacy reasons, it’s not possible to search for this on Cheddar Up.

Learn more about paying on Cheddar Up