Exclusive Trip Planner: AWESOME!!!!

Hello,

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Thanks,
Stacy
Good Sam Care Team

Have to agree with FunTwoDrv. That would be a nice feature to use when planning a trip.

Hello FunTwoDrv,


Thank you for contacting Good Sam and providing your feedback on the Trip Planner. I will forward your input to the proper team for review.
Let us know if you have any other concerns, we are happy to assist.

Thank you,
Ella
Good Sam Care Team

I used it yesterday to plan a trip from Santa Fe to Boone. Unless I just missed it, the one "tool" this, and most other trip planners, fall short on is daily travel. It would help me if one of the questions asked is how many miles or hours do you travel per day. Then, along with all the information it provides, it would give you your daily "weigh point" so I could then pick the campground for the night.
The two things I did like is the list of campgrounds within x miles of the route and the propane and bridge alerts.

Regards,
Gary

jerryjay11,

Thank you for contacting Good Sam and providing your feedback of the Trip Planner. I am sorry to hear you have re-routing issues with the trip planner. If you would like assistance, please send a private message with your phone number.

Thanks,
Stacy
Good Sam Care Team

I have been using the Route Planner for several years now and for the most part (97 % I'd say) it is very helpful. I've used it to travel the east coast and across the country. Yes it does find many attractions along your route, though it is good to use other sources that along with the planner. As with any GPS unit you need to be aware that sometimes it will route you on roads you may not want to travel.

An example would be on my our trip across the U.S. we need to get of the highway for a needed pit stop. When we returned to our trip the GPS found a shorter (by miles) route which routed us up a winding, mountain road. I ended driving 10-15 miles before I found a place to turn around.

Another issue is when you drag a route (creating a waypoint) on the planner so you can take a preferred highway then transfer it to your GPS it directs you to exit the highway at each waypoint and then back on. You have to remember to "Skip" the next portion of the route before it sends you off an exit.

Another issue we had was on Route 287 south in New Jersey. A route we use to avoid New York city and G.W. bridge when traveling to New England. I wanted to get to the NJ Turnpike via the highway, instead our Good Sam Gps trip planner routed us off R2987 and through a city residential area with hills, turns, and traffic lights. It cost us about one hour to get back to the highway.

So I wouldn't rate the trip planner "AWESOME", just one tool I use when traveling, with the understanding of the glitches in the routing.

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eswindle,

Thank you for contacting Good Sam and providing your feedback regarding our Plan a Trip feature found on our Good Sam Club page.

Thanks,
Stacy
Good Sam Care Team

Whatever works and makes life more fun and easier is OK with me! (I still prefer paper maps though).

We use it all the time along with googles.