Whether you're just getting started or have your entire itinerary mapped out, our Dates feature will keep you on track!
To add dates to your trip, open the trip itinerary then click or tap the Add Dates button at the top of the trip itinerary and enter your start and end dates.
After you add dates, you'll be asked if you would like to keep your trip public, or set it to private. You can learn more about privacy settings and how they affect visibility here.
After setting a date range for your trip, we'll schedule your existing stops with a suggested date. Don't worry - you can easily adjust the date afterward! When you want to add more stops you can either let Roadtrippers insert it where we think makes sense or you can add the stop directly to a date of your choosing.
Click the tabs below to dig into the details of using dates on our website or our mobile apps below.
Our website offers the most tools for managing trip dates, so if dates are important to you, we recommend making edits there! Changes in dates will show when you open your trip on the mobile app later.
Let Us Suggest a Date
Click the floating blue "Add a Stop" button and type in a location then choose it from the dropdown list. We'll add the waypoint to your trip on a suggested date!
You'll see a notification pop up at the bottom of your itinerary to let you know what date that stop has been added to, and you can jump to that new stop from there too!
You can then move that stop (or any stop) to a different date by dragging and dropping or editing the date in the waypoint details! More info on how to do that here: Rearrange stops on your trip
Edit Waypoint Dates
There are a few ways to update the dates on your trip!
Shift your entire trip
To adjust your trip’s date range, click Edit Dates on your Itinerary. Select a new start date, and your entire trip will automatically shift to match!
Extend your trip
If you want to add a day or days to the end of your trip, simply update the date of any existing waypoint to the new date you’d like your trip to end. This will automatically extend your trip and update your final date. You can always rearrange your waypoints afterward, so don’t worry if you don’t actually plan to visit that waypoint on your new final day!
Editing a date range can only be done on our website (maps.roadtrippers.com) currently, although we plan to add this function to the app soon. If you're on mobile, open maps.roadtrippers.com in a web browser to use this feature!
Shifting stops between dates
If you're looking to move a few stops to a new day, click and grab the waypoint and you can drag and drop the within the itinerary.
Alternatively, you can click the waypoint name to open the waypoint details and change the date there.
Remove Dates
If dates are applied to your trip and you want to remove them, click Edit dates then click Remove trip dates. Removing dates cannot be undone, but you can add new dates later!
You'll be asked to confirm you want to clear dates. If yes, click Clear. If not, click Cancel to go back to your trip.
Daily Totals
If dates are applied to your trip, you'll see a daily totals line under each date so that you can easily see how many stops are scheduled, as well as the estimated distance and driving time for that day.
Let Us Suggest a Date
Tap the big blue floating Add a Waypoint button at the bottom of your itinerary to open the "Add a place" search field, type the place you want to add, and select it from the list. We'll automatically add it to your trip with a suggested date.
Add Directly to a Date
With dates saved to your trip, you'll also see a small blue circle + (Add Waypoint) button to the right of each day or date range segment. Tap this symbol to open the search field, type a place you want to add, and select it from the list. It will be added directly to your chosen date within the trip.
If you tap Add under an empty segment of multiple days, the waypoint will be added to one of the dates within that range using our date-assigning logic and you can move it to another date afterward.
Edit Waypoint Dates
To move a waypoint to a different date, you can drag and drop the waypoint within the itinerary as shown below. Alternatively, you ca tap the waypoint card or tap the pencil icon on an expanded waypoint to open the waypoint details and change the date there.
Hide Empty Days
If you've got empty dates on your trip and you would prefer those empty date boxes are not visible, you can hide those by tapping the Hide Empty Days button at the top of your itinerary:
Daily Totals
If dates are applied to your trip, you'll see a daily totals line directly below each date so that you can easily see how many stops are scheduled, as well as the estimated distance and driving time for that day.
Let Us Suggest a Date
Tap the big blue floating Add a Waypoint button at the bottom of your itinerary to open the "Add a place" search field, type the place you want to add, and select it from the list. We'll automatically add it to your trip with a suggested date.
Add Directly to a Date
With dates saved to your trip, you'll also see a small blue circle + (Add Waypoint) button to the right of each day or date range segment. Tap this symbol to open the search field, type a place you want to add, and select it from the list. It will be added directly to your chosen date within the trip.
If you tap Add under an empty segment of multiple days, the waypoint will be added to one of the dates within that range using our date-assigning logic and you can move it to another date afterward.
Edit Waypoint Dates
To move a waypoint to a different date, you can drag and drop the waypoint within the itinerary as shown below. Alternatively, you can tap the waypoint card or tap the pencil icon on an expanded waypoint to open the waypoint details and change the date there.
Hide Empty Days
If you've got empty dates on your trip and you would prefer those empty date boxes are not visible, you can hide those by tapping the Hide Empty Days button at the top of your itinerary:
Daily Totals
If dates are applied to your trip, you'll see a daily totals line directly below each date so that you can easily see how many stops are scheduled, as well as the estimated distance and driving for that day.
Heads Up!
Empty date boxes cannot be removed from your itinerary on our website, but they can be expanded or collapsed. If you're using our app, you can hide empty dates using the Hide Empty Dates tool at the top of the itinerary.