# Unable to create new trip **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 25, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949 "2022-02-25T02:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/1 "2022-02-25T02:58:12Z")
Today, when I click on the “create new trip” button at trips page [https://www.inaturalist.org/tripsall](https://www.inaturalist.org/tripsall) it shows me is a whaleshark. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/1/1/113d865325ef39afcfb72c9d47d5de04d214dbe6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ahospers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ahospers/32/1483_2.png) [@ahospers](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ahospers)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/2 "2022-02-25T18:06:10Z")
[https://www.inaturalist.org/trips](https://www.inaturalist.org/trips) This usefull option is not really encouraged but you are rigth, it does not work. Do you use trips often for research or statiscis (occupancy model??) ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/3 "2022-02-25T18:09:18Z")
I used it a couple of times and it was simple and pretty useful if you want to write a journal post about event, I didn’t touch statistis since I got my diploma, hard science is not for me, but trips can be used to see what wasn’t found (while it was being looked for) which is abcent from the rest of iNat. ---
**Author:** ![ahospers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ahospers/32/1483_2.png) [@ahospers](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ahospers)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/4 "2022-02-25T21:34:08Z")
I was wondering if it was used as it keeps the statiscial information (trefkans, occupancy model) [https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/trips](https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/trips) for research ( i tried to quote and as stated earilier, the other forums or more clear what they are going to do) > Given that there are trip reports dating back to at least 2014 (I checked the raw data they were created in 2014, they are not newly created historical records), it appears to have been around for some time. > I think it is just really unknown. I consider myself relatively up to speed on site functionality, and I had no idea this was there. ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/5 "2022-02-25T21:37:32Z")
I think it was there from the start or around that (there was I think a journal post about them and a topic somewhere on the forum too), but then staff decided iNat don’t need trips, so there’s no button to open them, but they’re still available via link (and shown in journal feed alongside regular posts). ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/6 "2022-02-25T23:17:25Z")
Made a github issue here: [https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/3389](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/3389) ---
**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/7 "2022-02-26T21:46:56Z")
I see Loarie posted his trip and now they’re working! ---
**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unable-to-create-new-trip/29949/8 "2022-02-26T21:51:25Z")