diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.helpers.ts b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.helpers.ts
index 46ef9b9f1..98fe596dc 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.helpers.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.helpers.ts
@@ -410,3 +410,15 @@ export function formPin(form: Pick<PlaceFormData, 'lat' | 'lng'>): { lat: number
   if (!Number.isFinite(lat) || !Number.isFinite(lng) || Math.abs(lat) > 90 || Math.abs(lng) > 180) return null
   return { lat, lng }
 }
+
+/**
+ * The category a picked place already carries, as the form's value, when this server
+ * has it. A place saved in a collection keeps its category_id, and categories are the
+ * server's own, so it fits the trip as it stands. Guessing from the place's kind
+ * instead dropped it (#3074).
+ */
+export function savedCategoryId(result: Record<string, unknown>, categories: readonly { id: number }[]): string | null {
+  const id = result.category_id
+  if (typeof id !== 'number') return null
+  return categories.some(c => c.id === id) ? String(id) : null
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.test.tsx
index a9669091f..368c38965 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.test.tsx
@@ -2378,6 +2378,36 @@ describe('PlaceFormModal on the dialog frame', () => {
     expect(onClose).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('FE-PLANNER-PLACEFORM-125: a place picked from a collection keeps the category it was saved under (#3074)', async () => {
+    withCollections();
+    vi.spyOn(collectionsApi, 'get').mockResolvedValue({
+      collection: { id: 1, owner_id: 1, name: 'Tokyo 2026', color: '#ec4899' },
+      places: [
+        {
+          id: 10,
+          collection_id: 1,
+          name: 'Zebra Cafe',
+          status: 'idea',
+          lat: 35.66,
+          lng: 139.7,
+          category_id: 7,
+          category: { id: 7, name: 'Must see', color: '#f59e0b', icon: 'Star' },
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    const onSave = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    // A cafe saved as "Must see": the guess from its kind would be the cafe category.
+    const categories = [
+      { id: 3, name: 'Cafe', color: '#7c3aed', icon: 'Coffee' },
+      { id: 7, name: 'Must see', color: '#f59e0b', icon: 'Star' },
+    ];
+    render(<PlaceFormModal {...defaultProps} categories={categories} onSave={onSave} />);
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByText('Zebra Cafe'));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /^Add$/i }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSave).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(onSave).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ name: 'Zebra Cafe', category_id: '7' }));
+  });
+
   it('FE-PLANNER-PLACEFORM-099: Escape with nothing open closes the dialog', () => {
     const onClose = vi.fn();
     render(<PlaceFormModal {...defaultProps} onClose={onClose} />);
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.tsx
index 556ca8684..c21349e78 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/PlaceFormModal.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { weekFromPeriods } from './placeHours'
 import type { PlaceOpeningHours } from '@trek/shared'
 import {
   DEFAULT_FORM, endsBeforeStart, findDuplicatePlace, formPin, mergeResult, parseCoordinatePair, placeEditForm, placeFormPayload,
-  prefillForm, type PlaceFormData, type PlacePrefill,
+  prefillForm, savedCategoryId, type PlaceFormData, type PlacePrefill,
 } from './PlaceFormModal.helpers'
 import { useNewCategory, usePlaceForm } from './usePlaceForm'
 import { usePlaceSearch } from './usePlaceSearch'
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ function usePlaceFormModal(props: PlaceFormModalProps) {
     setForm(prev => {
       const merged = mergeResult(prev, result, autoFilledRef.current)
       if (prev.category_id && !categoryGuessedRef.current) return merged
+      // A place from a collection brings the category it was saved under (#3074).
+      const saved = savedCategoryId(result, categories || [])
+      if (saved) {
+        categoryGuessedRef.current = false
+        return { ...merged, category_id: saved }
+      }
       return { ...merged, category_id: guessedCategory(result) }
     })
     setPickedSource(label)