What trip planned do you use

[woodworker414]

Good evening everyone. I have tried to use the Good Sam Trip Planner. AsI type this I am at my campsite in Bushnell, FL, in my Class C. The C has been such a great winter home for almost 3 months. I do a lot of trip planning while out in the C.
Was wondering which trip planner do you use?
How much trip planning do you do whild on the road in the C.

[woodworker414]

Thanks everyone for the replies. DDDUUUHHHH, I don't know why, but I had kinda drifted away from the atlas and state maps. And you won't go wrong using a state map. I will be going through my pile of state maps.
2gypsies, I too, like to hit the back roads. That is where you see real America.

[2gypsies1]

I've always started with a good road atlas or individual state map. It's a lot easier to see what's out there and the road directions than using a computer-based trip planner. When we get the route defined then I put it in the GPS.

You'd never see anything if you just put in from A to B and take off. We like to meander the secondary roads.

[SAR_Tracker]

I figure out how far I want to go in a given day, find a nearby town and search for amenities nearby. Do this for each leg of the trip in advance. It's always worked well for me.

[DrewE]

I use the Rand McNally Large Scale road atlas, AAA tourbooks, Google maps, etc. For me, the lower-tech (or at least lower-integration) approach seems to work out pretty well. Often the planning is only in rather broad strokes (i.e. destinations and a rough idea of a possible route), with more specific routing and such being figured out on the day of travel.

For weekend trips, often the planning is dictated by what state parks in the area have sites available that look reasonable for my RV...and have hiking trails or whatever available that look reasonable to me.

[MobileBasset]

I have used the Good Sam planner. It worked well for me when I took a trip,from FL to NY and back. I plan all my trips before I leave home.