You're the one making your family's vacation photo book. Your phone has the sandcastles, but Grandma captured dinner and your sister caught the kids laughing together. Those pictures are still scattered across phones and messages. Use sync.camera to bring your family's views together during the trip, so you can choose favorites afterward without chasing everyone for the shots you remember.
What is hard right now
- I'm making the book, but half the photos are still on everyone else's phones.
- Grandma uses Android. We use iPhones. I need a way for everyone to join.
- I know my sister took that photo of us with the kids, but I can't find it among all the other pictures.
- I want our family memories collected without putting them on an ad-supported social feed.
Scenarios
Get the family into one album on arrival
While your family settles into the holiday rental, create an event, name it for your trip, and pick an end time. Share its QR code or eight-character invite before everyone heads out for the first afternoon together.
Grandma can join on Android and your sibling can join on iPhone. Guests can open the invite link in any modern phone browser, with no account required. Installing the app is optional. Your family has a shared place to contribute from the start.
Give beach days and sightseeing their own stages
One day is all sandy feet and ice cream. The next is a walk through town with your family stopping at every bakery. Use Moments to split your trip event into stages for those different days or outings.
Each Moment has its own QR code and reveal timing. Your relatives can move between them without switching apps. You can collect the trip's different chapters this way, then decide how to tell the story when you design your book separately.
Choose when the family sees the trip photos
At dinner, the cousins want to compare their pictures from the day. Choose During so your family can see photos live as they are taken, ready to enjoy together that evening.
If you'd prefer to save the reveal until you're home, set your event's end time accordingly and choose After the event. The gallery unlocks when the event ends. For a later reveal, choose Additional delay to unlock it a set number of hours after the event ends.
Find your sister's candid shots when planning the book
Back home, you're choosing pictures for the book and remember your sister photographing the kids with their grandparents. Filter by photographer to narrow the album to her contributions and look for that moment.
Export your favorites as you choose which memories to include. sync.camera handles the collection and selection step for your vacation photo books. Next, use your family's chosen photo-book service to design and print the book.
Features that make this work
QR code invites
Share the trip's QR code at the holiday rental so your relatives can join. No account required for guests.
Cross-platform joining
Your family can open the invite link in any modern phone browser. The iOS or Android app is optional.
Reveal modes
Let your family see photos during the trip, when the event ends, or a set number of hours afterward.
Export your favorites
Export the family photos you want to consider for your book, from the first beach walk to the last dinner together.
Privacy controls
Collect your family's trip memories with this privacy commitment: We don't sell your photos or your data. No ads. No cross-app tracking.