Add ability to track expenses made by other people within a shared budget, without requiring them to have accounts or transactions in the system.
Use Case:
Shared budgets (especially Travel budgets) need visibility into the total group spending, not just your own transactions. When multiple people contribute to expenses, you want to see the complete picture of what was spent.
Feature Overview:
Allow users to manually add “virtual expenses” - records of money spent by others that aren’t linked to actual transactions. These would be displayed within the budget view to show the total spending across all participants.
Key Benefits:
See complete budget totals including other people’s contributions
- Useful for travel groups where everyone pays for different things
- Track who paid what without requiring everyone to use the app
- Get accurate total spending for shared activities
- Better budget visibility for group expenses
Example Scenario:
On a group trip, you pay for hotels ($500), your friend pays for rental car ($300), another friend covers restaurants ($200). You can add their expenses as virtual entries to see the total trip budget of $1000, not just your $500.
