RoadTripDesk features
RoadTripDesk is built for the part of a road trip that starts before the engine does: deciding where to go, how far to drive each day, where to stay and how to keep the itinerary understandable as plans change.
Plan a road trip across several days
Add a start, destination and the places you want to visit in between. Set the hours you normally want to drive, add breaks and let the itinerary develop into realistic travel days instead of one enormous route.
Each day can show its own driving distance and estimated driving time, while stops can be moved between days as you refine the trip.
Keep stops, notes and timing together
A stop can be an attraction, a city, a viewpoint, a restaurant idea, a hotel, a campground or simply somewhere you do not want to forget. Keep notes with the stop and see it in the same planner as the route.
Stops can include a planned duration, so the itinerary is not based on driving time alone. The goal is to make the day readable: when you leave, when you arrive and how the things you want to do fit between those moments.
Plan overnight stays explicitly
Mark a stop as a planned overnight and choose how many nights you expect to stay. A multi-night stay remains visible across the relevant days. When there is no planned overnight before the driving day ends, RoadTripDesk can still add an automatic overnight so the schedule does not pretend you can drive forever.
Learn more about overnight stop planning →
Understand local time on long trips
Long road trips can cross time zones without the traveller thinking about it until the clock changes. RoadTripDesk stores a local time zone for stops and can indicate when the route enters a new one. Arrival and departure times are shown in local time while driving duration remains elapsed travel time.
See road trip time-zone planning →
Share the latest version of the trip
Invite travel companions to a shared trip when you want to plan together, or use a view-only link when someone only needs to follow the current plan. A shared bucket list can collect ideas before they become fixed route stops.
Explore sharing and collaboration →
Bring routes from other tools
RoadTripDesk can import common route-point formats including GPX, KML and CSV. It also includes an importer for compatible Microsoft Streets & Trips journey files, including some legacy files created many years ago.
Turn the plan into something you can use
The route is only one view of the trip. RoadTripDesk also builds a day-oriented itinerary and roadbook with stops, local timing, driving summaries and overnight information. It is designed to remain useful when you leave the planning desk and start travelling.
Start with the whole trip in one place.
RoadTripDesk is opening access gradually. Join the launch list and we will let you know when access is available.