diff --git a/core/qthelper.cpp b/core/qthelper.cpp
index f8c06d755..25c5fd7ce 100644
--- a/core/qthelper.cpp
+++ b/core/qthelper.cpp
@@ -1018,15 +1018,23 @@ extern "C" char *get_current_date()
 	return copy_qstring(current_date);
 }
 
-QString get_trip_date_string(timestamp_t when, int nr, bool getday)
+QString get_trip_string(const dive_trip *trip)
 {
+	if (!trip)
+		return QString();
+
+	int nr = trip->dives.nr;
+	timestamp_t when = trip_date(trip);
+	bool getday = trip_is_single_day(trip);
+
 	QDateTime localTime = timestampToDateTime(when);
 
+	QString prefix = !empty_string(trip->location) ? QString(trip->location) + ", " : QString();
 	QString suffix = " " + gettextFromC::tr("(%n dive(s))", "", nr);
 	if (getday)
-		return loc.toString(localTime, prefs.date_format) + suffix;
+		return prefix + loc.toString(localTime, prefs.date_format) + suffix;
 	else
-		return loc.toString(localTime, "MMM yyyy") + suffix;
+		return prefix + loc.toString(localTime, "MMM yyyy") + suffix;
 }
 
 static QMutex hashOfMutex;
diff --git a/core/qthelper.h b/core/qthelper.h
index b703a38b4..9ea51f312 100644
--- a/core/qthelper.h
+++ b/core/qthelper.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "subsurface-time.h"
 
 struct picture;
+struct dive_trip;
 
 // 1) Types
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ QString get_dive_date_string(timestamp_t when);
 QString get_first_dive_date_string();
 QString get_last_dive_date_string();
 QString get_short_dive_date_string(timestamp_t when);
-QString get_trip_date_string(timestamp_t when, int nr, bool getday);
+QString get_trip_string(const dive_trip *trip);
 QString getUiLanguage();
 void initUiLanguage();
 QLocale getLocale();
diff --git a/qt-models/divetripmodel.cpp b/qt-models/divetripmodel.cpp
index 789fb3b55..539cf98ff 100644
--- a/qt-models/divetripmodel.cpp
+++ b/qt-models/divetripmodel.cpp
@@ -119,14 +119,10 @@ QVariant DiveTripModelBase::tripData(const dive_trip *trip, int column, int role
 		switch (column) {
 		case DiveTripModelBase::NR:
 			QString shownText;
-			bool oneDayTrip = trip_is_single_day(trip);
 			int countShown = trip_shown_dives(trip);
 			if (countShown < trip->dives.nr)
 				shownText = tr("(%1 shown)").arg(countShown);
-			if (!empty_string(trip->location))
-				return QString(trip->location) + ", " + get_trip_date_string(trip_date(trip), trip->dives.nr, oneDayTrip) + " "+ shownText;
-			else
-				return get_trip_date_string(trip_date(trip), trip->dives.nr, oneDayTrip) + shownText;
+			return get_trip_string(trip) + " " + shownText;
 		}
 	}