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# Leader Permissions

Leader Permissions determine which tools a trip leader can see and use inside the [Leader Console](/guides/core-features/program-management/trips/leader-console.md).

In the current Trips platform, these permissions are enforced in the leader-facing trip experience. When a permission is turned off, the related tab, action, or approval workflow is hidden or blocked for that leader.

## Permission list

| Permission                   | What it unlocks in the current Leader Console                               |
| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Manage Trip**              | Access to trip-level milestone management and other trip-level leader tools |
| **Manage Participants**      | View and manage the participant roster                                      |
| **Invite Participants**      | Send row-level and bulk participant invitations                             |
| **Manage Budget**            | Add, edit, and delete budget items                                          |
| **Manage Tasks**             | Create, edit, and delete trip tasks                                         |
| **Manage Task Templates**    | Create, edit, delete, and apply task templates                              |
| **View Task Completions**    | Open the Completions tab and task rosters                                   |
| **Approve Task Completions** | Approve or reject submitted task completions                                |
| **Send Manual Reminders**    | Send leader-side task reminders from task rosters                           |
| **Promote Leaders**          | Set another participant's role to **Leader**                                |

## How permissions behave

Leader permissions are resolved per leader. The current Trips code supports:

* trip-level leader permission defaults
* optional per-leader overrides

In practice, this means two leaders on the same trip can have different access if your account uses overrides.

## Default behavior

If a leader permission is not explicitly changed, the current Trips defaults are:

* all leader permissions are enabled
* **Promote Leaders** is disabled by default

## Examples

Here are a few important permission effects in the current UI:

* If **Invite Participants** is off, the leader cannot use **Invite all** or send row-level participant invitations.
* If **View Task Completions** is off, the leader cannot use the Completions tab.
* If **Approve Task Completions** is off, the leader can review completions but cannot approve or reject them.
* If **Promote Leaders** is off, the leader cannot change another participant's role to **Leader**.