trip planner

I can't help with any specific software, although I'd be interested in knowing if any existed as well, BUT, I can add that we average about 50 mph on the road when travelling on highways 60-65 mph. The 50 mph average includes fueling stops, walk the dogs stops, and stretch your legs stops. Sometimes those are combined. We usually don't stop to eat as we have prepared meals we eat while travelling down the road.

You might be able to use the 50 mph as a guide and adjust it accordingly to the speeds and style of travel.

~Rick

trtog7 wrote:
Has anyone found a trip planner that you can set for a specific number of miles or hours you want to drive in a day?
Find it very hard to figure out where my next stop will be

https://ttp.aaa.com/TripTik/#

put in start and destination and it'll ask if you want to put in stops every few hours and how many hours.

FWIW, I've tried RVParky, RV Trip Wizard, Furkot, Roadtrippers and some others but still always end up coming back to Googlemaps coupled with a hard copy mapbook and my spreadsheet of the trip.

Generally speaking I detail all the places, near our route to the decided end destination, that over the years I've accumulated on a spreadsheet from research/readings/blogs/forums etc. Then I'll look at distances and depending on what it is we want to see/do decide whether it's an hour or two down the road and a one or two or more overnight stop or just a lunch stop and a couple hours or whatever. We leave quite a bit of wiggle room in our travels so if we arrive somewhere and enjoy it wanting to stay a day or two longer we can. Likewise some places we move on from faster so it all evens out at the end of the day we find.

With google maps it shows you the times and distances from your last POI to the next = simple. Also remember there's "my maps" as well in google and the option to layer.

What I've found with the various trip planners is that some don't make it easy to put in Overnight stops for recalculating, sometimes when you drag and change a stop from their predetermined route, when you add more in it messes it up, some are too restrictive on the number of stops max you can put in, and various other issues. Seems like each and every trip planner has some quirky thing or another that's not compatible for us.

Like all things nowadays, as RVers we can end up with information overload on choices for research. For us once we've decided where we are headed and what places we want to visit enroute its: Hard copy map book, googlemaps, free campsites.net, casino camper, Ultimatecampgrounds, sanidumps and gas buddy for the most part. For those needing info on particular CGs, I'd definitely check them out on RVParkreviews as well for overall feedback.

We are aware of many other resources but rarely use them unless for example looking for boondocking areas in Florida we'd look at the WMAs.

Everyone travels differently and has different levels of importance. For some the CGs/RV Resorts are of paramount importance on facilities, accessibility etc. For others it's something else that's more important such as fishing/kayaking/hiking/nature/quiet/dark skies/something else. For us we are totally off-grid independent and have no interest at this juncture in our lives of what's available at a specific resort/CG. In years to come that may change but for now .......

Happy Travels.

I like the Trailer Life campground program works great for planning out a trip. I put in a bunch of towns on the route to get a mileage figure.
bumpy

Here's one that is sort of what you are asking for...
https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-can-i-travel.htm
it's more as-the-crow-flies, but will give you an idea of where to look at about certain mileages. Like mentioned before, we average 50mph over the course of a day, whether we go 200 or 600 miles, no matter the speed limit (highways, mainly). ST

I'm using the Good Sam trip planner this year - but checking for the approximate next stop at https://obeattie.github.io/gmaps-radius/?lat=34.93602&lng=-97.291732&z=8&u=mi&r=250

enblethen wrote:
Find an old copy of Microsoft Streets and Trips. Believe the last one was 2012. I have been getting updates for it at times. Roads do not change that much. Some information does for campgrounds and other destinations.

yes streets and trips has some nice features we use to estimate times.
1) you can specify start or finish time time each day
2) you can specify what time or location or distance you want to stop at
3) you can adjust your average speed to a % of posted speed
4) you can specify how often and how long you plan for rest stops
5) you can enter tank size and fuel economy and it will tell you where to expect to stop for gas.
6) you can specify how long you want to stop each destination, either in hours, overnight or X days. So you can plan your route day by day,

We usually use streets and trips to plan our initial route, gives us a good estimate of when to leave, when to arrive etc. the adjust as necessary.

Yes, it's old, but in reality not that much change in roads.

just need to find a copy, 2013 was the last year it was published.

trtog7 wrote:
Has anyone found a trip planner that you can set for a specific number of miles or hours you want to drive in a day?
Find it very hard to figure out where my next stop will be

Try Garmin BaseCamp (it's FREE). Has both miles and hours/day settings. You can also set it for car mode and/or RV mode and it will accept the RV dimensions and weight limits. After you set your planed route, you can export it directly into your Garmin GPS.

I use ROADTRIPPERS it allows you to show attractions X miles from your planned road, it know some not all campsites, also have options for dinning etc.

Example is ur small RT in 2014 only 3000 miles with all the interesting places we wanted to see with my friends from Belgium :-)

Mind you we went in convertible and not rv so we stayed in motels and cottages at that time :-)

ktmrfs wrote:

enblethen wrote:
Find an old copy of Microsoft Streets and Trips. Believe the last one was 2012. I have been getting updates for it at times. Roads do not change that much. Some information does for campgrounds and other destinations.

yes streets and trips has some nice features we use to estimate times.
1) you can specify start or finish time time each day
2) you can specify what time or location or distance you want to stop at
3) you can adjust your average speed to a % of posted speed
4) you can specify how often and how long you plan for rest stops
5) you can enter tank size and fuel economy and it will tell you where to expect to stop for gas.
6) you can specify how long you want to stop each destination, either in hours, overnight or X days. So you can plan your route day by day,

We usually use streets and trips to plan our initial route, gives us a good estimate of when to leave, when to arrive etc. the adjust as necessary.

Yes, it's old, but in reality not that much change in roads.

just need to find a copy, 2013 was the last year it was published.

A computer geek friend found a site to download a 2013 version of S&Ts. It is out there somewhere.

As you say, roads don't change much. There are new intersection layouts, sections of highway re aligned, businesses that come & go, but the basics are there.

The trip is worked out on S&Ts. This year it is Alaska. 140+ days, 14,000 miles all planned out on the "Master file". From that once the trip starts a "Daily file" is created from that each evening & is used for navigating & often making changes on the fly.

The stand alone GPS gets the intended end of day location & is left to complain when we go off its preferred route as we go along.