I have been researching trip planners. There are several IOS apps, the Good Sam planner (lapsed member so cannot check it), google trips, RV Trip Wizard, etc that I've looked at and none seem to provide this basic feature: If I plan to travel between Point A and Point B but will stop for lunch for 1.5 hours in between, how do I plug in that layover to plan my arrival time at Point B?I have not seen that offered in any of the above apps. For instance, I looked at the RV trip Wizard Demo Stop Details screen and it only gives you the option to stop in days.Other apps also only calculate driving time but not total travel time. What trip planner allows you to plan real travel time? Am I missing something?

I've looked at various and I always just come back to Google Maps and plan the time myself.

I use an older version of Delorme Street Atlas 2015 and Topo Maps. To bad that Garmin bought DeLorme a few years ago and dumped their best products like the trip planning software. If you can find the software available some where I recommend you buy it, I have found it works great on my laptop for both trip planning and navigation. You will also need the GPS puck or antenna to place on the two vehicle dash board (it plugs into to a USB port on the laptop).In my discussions with other DeLorme users, they had not found any other product that is available today that does anything like this software. We are still looking!

I'm using an older version of Streets and Trips and that will work.

I use Google maps and make a Exel spread sheet but more for planning which day I'll be where and how much driving time. I don't worry much about stopping for lunch, schedule not that tight. I will say Google is usually wrong on time, I look at the mileage and figure average 50mph. 600 miles = 12 hrs driving and it's usually pretty close.

I still use the old Trailer Life trip planner from Undertow, circa 2011, which will do this. Wish GS/TL hadn't parted ways with Undertow - it was a great product.

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ReneeG
Explorer
Jul 30, 2018
ppine wrote:
a motivated person with a map.

Agree! That's all I need and Google Maps.
ppine
Explorer II
Jul 30, 2018
a motivated person with a map.
padredw
Nomad
Jul 30, 2018
I still use the old Trailer Life trip planner from Undertow, circa 2011, which will do this.

Wish GS/TL hadn't parted ways with Undertow - it was a great product.

I am with MKC on this one. Of course, I use Google Maps and Google Earth but neither offers the "trip planning" that the Trailer Life program does--I'm thinking of "trip planning" as on my home computer when I am laying out my itinerary.

I haven't found anything to really compare with the Trailer Life/Undertow product.
mkc
Explorer
Jul 30, 2018
I still use the old Trailer Life trip planner from Undertow, circa 2011, which will do this.

Wish GS/TL hadn't parted ways with Undertow - it was a great product.
Farmboy666
Explorer
Jul 29, 2018
I use Google maps and make a Exel spread sheet but more for planning which day I'll be where and how much driving time. I don't worry much about stopping for lunch, schedule not that tight. I will say Google is usually wrong on time, I look at the mileage and figure average 50mph. 600 miles = 12 hrs driving and it's usually pretty close.
dalenoel
Explorer II
Jul 29, 2018
I'm using an older version of Streets and Trips and that will work.
timandsusan
Explorer
Jul 29, 2018
I use an older version of Delorme Street Atlas 2015 and Topo Maps. To bad that Garmin bought DeLorme a few years ago and dumped their best products like the trip planning software. If you can find the software available some where I recommend you buy it, I have found it works great on my laptop for both trip planning and navigation. You will also need the GPS puck or antenna to place on the two vehicle dash board (it plugs into to a USB port on the laptop).
In my discussions with other DeLorme users, they had not found any other product that is available today that does anything like this software. We are still looking!
ReneeG
Explorer
Jul 29, 2018
I've looked at various and I always just come back to Google Maps and plan the time myself.

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