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title: Stories
slug: stories
summary: Write a trip story with the editor, add photos, videos and animated maps from the media gallery, export to PDF, publish, and understand likes and dislikes.
order: 4
updated: 2026-11-13
---

# Stories

Each trip can have a story: formatted text with photos, videos and animated maps. Stories are private until you make the trip public.

## How do I write a story?

Open a trip and choose the **Story** tab. Type in the editor; it saves automatically and you can also press **Save**. A story can have up to 60,000 characters.

The toolbar has **Bold**, **Italic**, **Link**, **Heading 1/2/3**, **Bullet list**, **Numbered list**, **Undo**, **Redo**, **Insert media**, **Export to PDF** and **Save**. Markdown-style shortcuts work: `# ` for a heading, `- ` for a bullet list and `1. ` for a numbered list.

## How do I add photos, videos and maps to a story?

Press **Insert media**. The media gallery opens; choose files and insert them. Photos and videos appear as figures with an optional caption. Animated maps you render are saved in the gallery, so you can insert them in the same way. There is no live map embed inside the text.

## How does the media gallery work?

The gallery is available in the story editor and as the **Media** tab of the trip.

- **Upload photos:** JPG and PNG only. Add a caption with **Add caption...**.
- Videos you render show **Processing...** until they are ready; the gallery checks again automatically.
- Switch between grid and list, sort **Newest** or **Oldest**, **Select all**, **Delete selected** (files used in the story cannot be deleted) and **Download selected**.
- File size and total storage depend on your plan (see [Introduction](/help/introduction)).

## How do I export a story to PDF?

Press **Export to PDF** in the story editor. You can also export many stories at once from the trips list, see [Trips](/help/trips). A public post also has a "download PDF" option in its share menu.

## How do I publish a story?

There is no separate publish button. Set **Trip privacy** to **Public** in the trip's **Settings** tab. The trip needs a position and a non-empty story to show in the public feed. Share the link with the share menu: **copy link**, **share to Facebook** or **share to LinkedIn**. See [Feed](/help/feed).

## What are likes and dislikes?

Signed-in readers can give a post a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. A dislike asks for a reason (for example Spam, Violence, Nudity, Bullying and threats, Not travel related). The post is then hidden from that reader. Posts with dislikes are reviewed by an administrator, who can keep, hide or remove them. This keeps the public feed pleasant for everyone.

## Related pages

- [Trips](/help/trips)
- [Maps](/help/maps)
- [Feed](/help/feed)