How to save places from WhatsApp to a map
By the Pocket Places team · Updated · 3 min read
Every trip has a group chat. Yours has six people, 400 messages and a name with a flag in it.
Somewhere in there are the places everyone wants to go. A TikTok of a pizzeria. A Google Maps link to a rooftop. A reel someone swears by.
You want them all on one map before they scroll away. Doing it link by link takes an evening, and someone always posts three more.
Here are two quicker ways, both with Pocket Places.
The short answer
You save them to a map in Pocket Places, not to your Google Maps lists. Share a place’s link from WhatsApp straight to Pocket Places, or mention @zapia in the chat and ask Zapia for places to save. Share the map back to the group with a link, and tap Directions on any spot to open it in Google Maps.
What is Pocket Places?
Save spots from posts to a map
Pocket Places is a free app for iPhone and Android. It keeps every spot you want to visit on a map of its own.
Share an Instagram or TikTok post, and it finds the spots in it. Connect Zapia, and ask Zapia to save its picks there too.
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Way 1: share links from WhatsApp to Pocket Places
Pocket Places reads Instagram posts and reels, TikTok videos and Google Maps links. Share one from WhatsApp, and it finds the places in it.
A reel with five places in it gives you five places. You check them, then save.
Way 2: ask Zapia in the group
Zapia is an AI assistant you can use inside WhatsApp. Connect it to Pocket Places once, then mention @zapia in any chat.
- 1In Zapia, open the side menu, tap Connectors, then Request connector.
- 2Paste pocketplaces.app/mcp, then sign in to Pocket Places and allow it. Connecting is free.
- 3Link WhatsApp under Connectors → WhatsApp.
- 4In the group, type “@zapia make me a map of 5 pizzerías in Buenos Aires.”
@zapia make me a map of 5 pizzerías in Buenos Aires.
Made a listMade Pizza in Buenos Aires with 5 places: Güerrín, El Cuartito, Las Cuartetas and 2 more.
Try asking
Why a map beats scrolling the group chat
Everything in one place
Links from five people end up on one map, sorted by city.
Matched to real listings
We match recommendations to real place listings before saving them, so each one saves with its address and hours.
Ready on the trip
Tap Directions on any spot, and it opens in Google Maps. The map opens with no signal too.
Tips for collecting places from a group chat
Make one list per trip
Call it “Lisbon, May” and add to it as the chat goes.
Save as you go
Share each link the day it’s posted. Waiting until the end means scrolling 400 messages.
Ask Zapia to fill the gaps
Missing dinner on day 2? Ask @zapia for three options in the area you’re staying.
Ask Zapia in WhatsApp. Save a map.
Connect Pocket Places to Zapia. Then ask @zapia to save the group’s list, and it’s on your map before the next message.
Connect ZapiaQuestions
What is Pocket Places?
A free app for iPhone and Android. It keeps every spot you want to visit on one map. It saves spots from Instagram and TikTok posts, and the places you ask your AI to save.
Does Pocket Places save to my Google Maps lists?
No. It saves places to your map in Pocket Places and leaves your Google Maps lists as they are. Every saved spot has a Directions button that opens it in Google Maps.
Which links can I share from WhatsApp?
Instagram posts and reels, TikTok videos, and Google Maps places. We find the places in each one.
Does Zapia need a paid plan?
No. Any Zapia plan works, the free one included, and connecting Zapia is free on every Pocket Places plan.
Can I share the map with friends?
Yes. Share any list or trip with a link from the app. Friends with Pocket Places can save the list, or plan the trip with you.