Paredes de Coura · Portugal · August 2026

Our first campaign — Happened on the ground.

We stepped out from behind the screen to meet the people who split trips, camping, meals, rounds, and everything in between.

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BananaSplit team with campers by the river in Paredes de Coura

Shared money, in its purest form.

A festival concentrates everything BananaSplit exists for: friends on a trip, dozens of small payments, and the wish not to let a bill ruin the moment.

That is why we went to Paredes de Coura. Not to set up a perfect stall, but to listen, talk, and test our idea where it has to work — a festival.

This is how it happened.

This campaign was not made with money alone. It was made with heart.

BananaSplit team gathered by the river in Paredes de Coura — The team on the ground, before it started.

BananaSplit team setting up the campaign by the river — The setup, in the shade of the trees.

Team preparing BananaSplit campaign signs, blankets, and coolers — Signs, blankets, and coolers. All handmade.

Participants with faces blurred answering the BananaSplit campaign — Four questions, right there by the river.

Cardboard BananaSplit sign with a QR code by the river — A sign, a QR code, and a Super Banana Bock.

The last details before starting.

BananaSplit team organising campaign gear next to the cars — The starting point.

People resting in the sun by the river in Paredes de Coura — Sun, grass, and shared moments.

Groups on the grass by the Paredes de Coura river — The river filled up early.

People on blankets and inflatables in the shade by the river — The shade, the blankets, and the bills still to settle.

Participants with faces blurred in the BananaSplit campaign at night — The campaign kept going into the night.

Two BananaSplit team members with the campaign sign at night — Our mobile post in the village.

BananaSplit team member holding up the campaign sign — From the river to the village, always with cardboard.

Team member in a BananaSplit t-shirt in the village of Paredes de Coura — The laughs.

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The group is dynamic. So are the bills.

Transport, stays, supermarket runs, meals, and drinks pass through different people. BananaSplit keeps it all in the same group and shows, without drama, who paid and who owes.

Create the group before the trip and add everyone.
Create guests for people who do not want to install the app and keep everyone in the bills.
Log transport, camping, supermarket runs, and rounds as they happen.
Split each expense only among who took part — not everything has to be even.
See spending by category and find out if the group spent more on drinks or on a place to sleep.
Check the balances at the end and make as few transfers as possible.

Paredes de Coura × BananaSplit

What did BananaSplit do in Paredes de Coura?

It took a guerrilla campaign to the river and the village, talked with more than 400 people, and showed how the app helps groups split expenses at festivals, on trips, and in other shared moments.

Does BananaSplit help split expenses at a festival?

Yes. You can create a group, log transport, stays, supermarket, meals, and drinks, choose who took part in each payment, and follow the group balances.

How can I join the BananaSplit campaign?

This is not an online campaign. Participation happens in person, with the BananaSplit team, during the Paredes de Coura operation from 9 to 16 August 2026. If you are with us on site, the team helps you open the experience and answer the four questions.

Is BananaSplit part of Festival Paredes de Coura?

No. BananaSplit is not a sponsor, partner, or official representative of Festival Paredes de Coura. This was an independent initiative from our team.

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