diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.test.tsx
index 1c35fd0b..22e51a0d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.test.tsx
@@ -647,5 +647,43 @@ describe('PlaceInspector', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('Participants')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  // ── Scroll / overflow (issue #1195) ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('FE-PLANNER-INSPECTOR-046: content area is a bounded flex scroll region', () => {
+    const longText = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. '.repeat(200);
+    const p = buildPlace({ id: 200, description: longText, notes: longText } as any);
+    render(<PlaceInspector {...defaultProps} place={p} />);
+    const scroll = screen.getByTestId('inspector-scroll') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(scroll.style.overflowY).toBe('auto');
+    expect(scroll.style.minHeight).toBe('0px');
+    // flex must allow the region to shrink/grow within the capped card
+    expect(scroll.style.flex).not.toBe('');
+    expect(scroll.style.flex).not.toBe('0 0 auto');
+  });
+
+  it('FE-PLANNER-INSPECTOR-047: long unbroken description wraps instead of clipping horizontally', () => {
+    const longWord = 'https://example.com/' + 'a'.repeat(300);
+    const p = buildPlace({ id: 201, description: longWord } as any);
+    const { container } = render(<PlaceInspector {...defaultProps} place={p} />);
+    const descDiv = container.querySelector('.collab-note-md') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(descDiv).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(descDiv.style.overflowWrap).toBe('anywhere');
+    expect(descDiv.style.wordBreak).toBe('break-word');
+  });
+
+  it('FE-PLANNER-INSPECTOR-048: description/notes do not shrink so the card scrolls instead of clipping', () => {
+    const longText = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. '.repeat(200);
+    const p = buildPlace({ id: 202, description: longText, notes: longText } as any);
+    const { container } = render(<PlaceInspector {...defaultProps} place={p} />);
+    const notes = Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.collab-note-md')) as HTMLElement[];
+    // Both description and notes containers must keep their natural height
+    // (flex-shrink: 0) — otherwise they compress inside the flex column and
+    // overflow:hidden clips the text with no scroll (issue #1195).
+    expect(notes.length).toBe(2);
+    for (const el of notes) {
+      expect(el.style.flexShrink).toBe('0');
+    }
+  });
+
 });
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx
index ab4f6ddb..30c93fc6 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceInspector.tsx
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export default function PlaceInspector({
           locale={locale} timeFormat={timeFormat} onClose={onClose} />
 
         {/* Content — scrollable */}
-        <div style={{ overflowY: 'auto', padding: '12px 16px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
+        <div data-testid="inspector-scroll" style={{ flex: '1 1 auto', minHeight: 0, overflowY: 'auto', WebkitOverflowScrolling: 'touch', overscrollBehavior: 'contain', padding: '12px 16px', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
 
           {/* Info-Chips — hidden on mobile, shown on desktop */}
           <div className="hidden sm:flex" style={{ flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 6, alignItems: 'center' }}>
@@ -253,14 +253,14 @@ export default function PlaceInspector({
 
           {/* Description / Summary */}
           {(place.description || googleDetails?.summary) && (
-            <div className="collab-note-md bg-surface-hover text-content-muted" style={{ borderRadius: 10, overflow: 'hidden', fontSize: 12, lineHeight: '1.5', padding: '8px 12px' }}>
+            <div className="collab-note-md bg-surface-hover text-content-muted" style={{ borderRadius: 10, overflow: 'hidden', flexShrink: 0, fontSize: 12, lineHeight: '1.5', padding: '8px 12px', wordBreak: 'break-word', overflowWrap: 'anywhere' }}>
               <Markdown remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm, remarkBreaks]}>{place.description || googleDetails?.summary || ''}</Markdown>
             </div>
           )}
 
           {/* Notes */}
           {place.notes && (
-            <div className="collab-note-md bg-surface-hover text-content-muted" style={{ borderRadius: 10, overflow: 'hidden', fontSize: 12, lineHeight: '1.5', padding: '8px 12px', wordBreak: 'break-word', overflowWrap: 'anywhere' }}>
+            <div className="collab-note-md bg-surface-hover text-content-muted" style={{ borderRadius: 10, overflow: 'hidden', flexShrink: 0, fontSize: 12, lineHeight: '1.5', padding: '8px 12px', wordBreak: 'break-word', overflowWrap: 'anywhere' }}>
               <Markdown remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm, remarkBreaks]}>{place.notes}</Markdown>
             </div>
           )}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export default function PlaceInspector({
         </div>
 
         {/* Footer actions */}
-        <div className="border-t border-edge-faint" style={{ padding: '10px 16px', display: 'flex', gap: 6, alignItems: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
+        <div className="border-t border-edge-faint" style={{ padding: '10px 16px', display: 'flex', gap: 6, alignItems: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap', flexShrink: 0 }}>
           {selectedDayId && (
             assignmentInDay ? (
               <ActionButton onClick={() => onRemoveAssignment(selectedDayId, assignmentInDay.id)} variant="ghost" icon={<Minus size={13} />}
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ function ParticipantsBox({ tripMembers, participantIds, allJoined, onSetParticip
 function PlaceInspectorHeader({ openNow, place, category, t, editingName, nameInputRef, nameValue, setNameValue,
   commitNameEdit, handleNameKeyDown, startNameEdit, onUpdatePlace, locale, timeFormat, onClose }: any) {
   return (
-        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: openNow !== null ? 26 : 14, padding: openNow !== null ? '18px 16px 14px 28px' : '18px 16px 14px', borderBottom: '1px solid var(--border-faint)' }}>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: openNow !== null ? 26 : 14, padding: openNow !== null ? '18px 16px 14px 28px' : '18px 16px 14px', borderBottom: '1px solid var(--border-faint)', flexShrink: 0 }}>
           {/* Avatar with open/closed ring + tag */}
           <div style={{ position: 'relative', flexShrink: 0, marginBottom: openNow !== null ? 8 : 0 }}>
             <div style={{