diff --git a/backend/trip/alembic/versions/7e331b851cb7_trip_currency.py b/backend/trip/alembic/versions/7e331b851cb7_trip_currency.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..748854a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/trip/alembic/versions/7e331b851cb7_trip_currency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Trip currency
+
+Revision ID: 7e331b851cb7
+Revises: 26c89b7466f2
+Create Date: 2025-08-23 15:06:50.387366
+
+"""
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import sqlmodel.sql.sqltypes
+from alembic import op
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "7e331b851cb7"
+down_revision = "26c89b7466f2"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    with op.batch_alter_table("trip", schema=None) as batch_op:
+        batch_op.add_column(sa.Column("currency", sqlmodel.sql.sqltypes.AutoString(), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    with op.batch_alter_table("trip", schema=None) as batch_op:
+        batch_op.drop_column("currency")
diff --git a/backend/trip/models/models.py b/backend/trip/models/models.py
index ec8d39c..6416b42 100644
--- a/backend/trip/models/models.py
+++ b/backend/trip/models/models.py
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ class PlaceRead(PlaceBase):
 class TripBase(SQLModel):
     name: str
     archived: bool | None = None
+    currency: str | None = settings.DEFAULT_CURRENCY
 
 
 class Trip(TripBase, table=True):
@@ -294,6 +295,7 @@ class TripReadBase(TripBase):
             image_id=obj.image_id,
             days=len(obj.days),
             collaborators=[TripMemberRead.serialize(m) for m in obj.memberships],
+            currency=obj.currency if obj.currency else settings.DEFAULT_CURRENCY,
         )
 
 
@@ -318,6 +320,7 @@ class TripRead(TripBase):
             places=[PlaceRead.serialize(place) for place in obj.places],
             collaborators=[TripMemberRead.serialize(m) for m in obj.memberships],
             shared=bool(obj.shares),
+            currency=obj.currency if obj.currency else settings.DEFAULT_CURRENCY,
         )
 
 
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.html b/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.html
index f1e2bce..29b27a1 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.html
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="mt-4">
               <p-floatlabel variant="in" class="md:col-span-2">
-                <p-select [options]="currencySigns" optionValue="s" optionLabel="c" inputId="currency" id="currency"
-                  class="capitalize" formControlName="currency" [checkmark]="true" [showClear]="true" fluid />
+                <input id="currency" formControlName="currency" pInputText fluid />
                 <label for="currency">Currency</label>
               </p-floatlabel>
             </div>
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts b/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
index 02d88c7..2e07042 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/components/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   markerClusterGroup?: L.MarkerClusterGroup;
   gpxLayerGroup?: L.LayerGroup;
   settings?: Settings;
-  currencySigns = UtilsService.currencySigns();
   doNotDisplayOptions: SelectItemGroup[] = [];
 
   places: Place[] = [];
@@ -117,8 +116,6 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     private router: Router,
     private fb: FormBuilder,
   ) {
-    this.currencySigns = UtilsService.currencySigns();
-
     this.settingsForm = this.fb.group({
       map_lat: [
         "",
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.html b/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.html
index 4c89196..6a81449 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         severity="help" />
       <span
         class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-xs md:text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded min-w-fit dark:bg-gray-400">{{
-        (totalPrice | number:'1.0-2') || '-' }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+        (totalPrice | number:'1.0-2') || '-' }} @if (totalPrice) { {{ trip.currency }} }</span>
     </div>
   </div>
 </section>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
           </td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('price')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.price) {<span
               class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
-              tripitem.price }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>}</td>}
+              tripitem.price }} @if (tripitem.price) { {{ trip.currency }} }</span>}</td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('status')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.status) {<span
               [style.background]="tripitem.status.color+'1A'" [style.color]="tripitem.status.color"
               class="text-xs font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
           </td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('price')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.price) {<span
               class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
-              tripitem.price }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>}</td>}
+              tripitem.price }} @if (tripitem.price) { {{ trip.currency }} }</span>}</td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('status')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.status) {<span
               [style.background]="tripitem.status.color+'1A'" [style.color]="tripitem.status.color"
               class="text-xs font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
         @if (selectedItem.price) {
         <div class="rounded-md shadow p-4">
           <p class="font-bold mb-1">Price</p>
-          <p class="text-sm text-gray-500">{{ selectedItem.price }} {{ currency$ | async }}</p>
+          <p class="text-sm text-gray-500">{{ selectedItem.price }} @if (selectedItem.price) { {{ trip.currency }} }</p>
         </div>
         }
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
               <span
                 class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded dark:bg-gray-100/85">{{
                 p.price || '-'
-                }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+                }} @if (p.price) { {{ trip.currency }} }</span>
 
               @if (trip.collaborators.length) {
               <span class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded dark:bg-gray-100/85">{{ p.user
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
           </div>
           <div class="flex items-center gap-2 flex-none">
             <span class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-md min-w-fit dark:bg-gray-100/85">{{
-              getDayStats(d).price || '-' }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+              getDayStats(d).price || '-' }} @if (getDayStats(d).price) { {{ trip.currency }} }</span>
             <span class="bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 text-sm px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-md dark:bg-blue-100/85">{{
               getDayStats(d).places }}</span>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts b/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts
index 54fa5e6..a8ab52a 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/components/shared-trip/shared-trip.component.ts
@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@ import { InputTextModule } from "primeng/inputtext";
     FormsModule,
     MultiSelectModule,
     CheckboxModule,
-    AsyncPipe,
   ],
   templateUrl: "./shared-trip.component.html",
   styleUrls: ["./shared-trip.component.scss"],
 })
 export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
   token?: string;
-  currency$: Observable<string>;
   statuses: TripStatus[] = [];
   trip?: Trip;
   places: Place[] = [];
@@ -180,7 +178,6 @@ export class SharedTripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
     private utilsService: UtilsService,
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
   ) {
-    this.currency$ = this.utilsService.currency$;
     this.statuses = this.utilsService.statuses;
     this.tripTableSearchInput.valueChanges
       .pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(), debounceTime(300))
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.html b/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.html
index d99a817..2181223 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
       <span
         class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-xs md:text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded min-w-fit dark:bg-gray-400">{{
-        (totalPrice | number:'1.0-2') || '-' }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+        (totalPrice | number:'1.0-2') || '-' }} @if (totalPrice) { {{ trip?.currency }} }</span>
     </div>
   </div>
 </section>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
           </td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('price')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.price) {<span
               class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
-              tripitem.price }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>}</td>}
+              tripitem.price }} @if (tripitem.price) { {{ trip?.currency }} }</span>}</td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('status')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.status) {<span
               [style.background]="tripitem.status.color+'1A'" [style.color]="tripitem.status.color"
               class="text-xs font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
           </td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('price')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.price) {<span
               class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
-              tripitem.price }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>}</td>}
+              tripitem.price }} @if (tripitem.price) { {{ trip?.currency }} }</span>}</td>}
           @if (tripTableSelectedColumns.includes('status')) {<td class="truncate">@if (tripitem.status) {<span
               [style.background]="tripitem.status.color+'1A'" [style.color]="tripitem.status.color"
               class="text-xs font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded">{{
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@
         @if (selectedItem.price) {
         <div class="rounded-md shadow p-4">
           <p class="font-bold mb-1">Price</p>
-          <p class="text-sm text-gray-500">{{ selectedItem.price }} {{ currency$ | async }}</p>
+          <p class="text-sm text-gray-500">{{ selectedItem.price }} @if (selectedItem.price) { {{ trip?.currency }} }
+          </p>
         </div>
         }
 
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@
               <span
                 class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm font-medium me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded dark:bg-gray-100/85">{{
                 p.price || '-'
-                }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+                }} @if (p.price) { {{ trip?.currency }} }</span>
 
               @if (trip?.collaborators?.length) {
               <span class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm me-2 px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded dark:bg-gray-100/85">{{ p.user
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@
           <div class="flex items-center gap-2 flex-none">
             <span
               class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-sm px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-md min-w-fit group-hover:hidden dark:bg-gray-100/85">{{
-              getDayStats(d).price || '-' }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+              getDayStats(d).price || '-' }} @if (getDayStats(d).price) { {{ trip?.currency }} }</span>
             <span
               class="bg-blue-100 text-blue-800 text-sm px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-md group-hover:hidden dark:bg-blue-100/85">{{
               getDayStats(d).places }}</span>
@@ -649,7 +650,7 @@
         <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
           <span
             class="text-center bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 text-xs px-2.5 py-0.5 rounded-md group-hover:hidden dark:bg-gray-100/85">-
-            {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+            {{ trip?.currency }}</span>
 
           <div class="hidden shrink-0 sm:flex sm:flex-col sm:items-end">
             @if (!m.invited_at) {
diff --git a/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.ts b/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.ts
index da205b7..38ebbd6 100644
--- a/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/components/trip/trip.component.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ import { TripInviteMemberModalComponent } from "../../modals/trip-invite-member-
   styleUrls: ["./trip.component.scss"],
 })
 export class TripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
-  currency$: Observable<string>;
   tripSharedURL$?: Observable<string>;
   statuses: TripStatus[] = [];
   trip?: Trip;
@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@ export class TripComponent implements AfterViewInit {
     private utilsService: UtilsService,
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
   ) {
-    this.currency$ = this.utilsService.currency$;
     this.statuses = this.utilsService.statuses;
     this.tripTableSearchInput.valueChanges
       .pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(), debounceTime(300))
diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.html b/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.html
index 4388024..7a449e1 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.html
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-<div pFocusTrap class="grid items-center gap-4" [formGroup]="tripForm">
-  <p-floatlabel variant="in">
+<div pFocusTrap class="grid md:grid-cols-4 items-center gap-4" [formGroup]="tripForm">
+  <p-floatlabel class="md:col-span-3" variant="in">
     <input id="name" formControlName="name" pInputText fluid (keyup.enter)="closeDialog()" />
     <label for="name">Name</label>
   </p-floatlabel>
 
+  <p-floatlabel variant="in">
+    <input id="currency" formControlName="currency" pInputText fluid />
+    <label for="currency">Currency</label>
+  </p-floatlabel>
+
   @if (tripForm.get("id")?.value === -1) {
-  <div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-2">
+  <div class="grid md:col-span-4 grid-cols-2 gap-2">
     <p-floatlabel variant="in">
       <p-datepicker id="from" formControlName="from" [iconDisplay]="'input'" [showIcon]="true" appendTo="body" fluid />
       <label for="from">From</label>
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@
   </div>
   }
 
-  <div class="grid place-items-center">
+  <div class="md:col-span-4 grid place-items-center">
     @if (tripForm.get("image_id")?.value) {
     <div class="max-w-80 max-h-80 relative group cursor-pointer" (click)="fileInput.click()">
       <img [src]="tripForm.get('image')?.value"
diff --git a/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.ts b/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.ts
index c2b267c..3b3bf8a 100644
--- a/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/modals/trip-create-modal/trip-create-modal.component.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class TripCreateModalComponent {
       id: -1,
       name: ["", Validators.required],
       image: "",
+      currency: null,
       image_id: null,
       from: null,
       to: null,
diff --git a/src/src/app/services/utils.service.ts b/src/src/app/services/utils.service.ts
index 8cf09f5..8ec6648 100644
--- a/src/src/app/services/utils.service.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/services/utils.service.ts
@@ -61,14 +61,4 @@ export class UtilsService {
     const latlng = `${latMatch[1]},${lngMatch[1]}`;
     return [place, latlng];
   }
-
-  static currencySigns(): { c: string; s: string }[] {
-    return [
-      { c: "EUR", s: "€" },
-      { c: "GBP", s: "£" },
-      { c: "JPY", s: "¥" },
-      { c: "USD", s: "$" },
-      { c: "CHF", s: "CHF" },
-    ];
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/src/app/shared/place-box/place-box.component.html b/src/src/app/shared/place-box/place-box.component.html
index b552a56..4403a09 100644
--- a/src/src/app/shared/place-box/place-box.component.html
+++ b/src/src/app/shared/place-box/place-box.component.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
                 <div class="flex flex-col mb-4">
                     <span class="text-gray-500">Price</span>
-                    <span>{{ selectedPlace.price || '-' }} {{ currency$ | async }}</span>
+                    <span>{{ selectedPlace.price || '-' }} @if (selectedPlace.price) { {{ currency$ | async }} }</span>
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="flex flex-col mb-4">
diff --git a/src/src/app/types/trip.ts b/src/src/app/types/trip.ts
index e685109..e3ee3b5 100644
--- a/src/src/app/types/trip.ts
+++ b/src/src/app/types/trip.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export interface TripBase {
   user: string;
   days: number;
   collaborators: TripMember[];
+  currency: string;
 }
 
 export interface Trip {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Trip {
   user: string;
   days: TripDay[];
   collaborators: TripMember[];
+  currency: string;
 
   // POST / PUT
   places: Place[];