In the title double proton-transfer salt, C12H12N2 2+·2C8H7O4 -, consisting of a 1:2 ratio of 4,4'-(ethene-1,2-diyl)dipyridinium cations (trans bipyridinium ethyl-ene) to 2-hy-droxy-3-meth-oxy-benzoate anions (o-vanillate), the complete cation is generated by crystallographic inversion symmetry and it is linked to adjacent o-vanillate anions by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming trimolecular assemblies. The trimers are linked by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds as well as aromatic π-π stacking inter-actions into a three-dimensional network. The anion features an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond.