Adding Places to Trips

Places can be added to your trip in a few ways. From places you already know, to exploring options on the map, to asking our Autopilot tool to make a suggestion along your route, building an exciting trip is at your fingertips!

Before we dive into the options below, you'll first want to pull your trip up.

  • On the desktop, select My Trips from the header of the Roadtrippers website to see your trips and click the trip you want to work on. This will load the trip on the "trip planner".
  • In our mobile app, go to the Profile section from the bottom menu, tap the trip you want to work on, and tap the trip bar at the bottom of the map to view your trip itinerary. 

From Search Results

If there's a specific place you want to add to your trip, you can search for it and add it to your trip from the search results. Searching works for cities/towns, street addresses, and points of interest.

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In the trip planner, click the itinerary tab. Now, click the blue Add a waypoint button floating at the of the list of stops to open the "Add Waypoint" search field. You can then type the name or address of the place you'd like to visit. A drop-down list will appear suggesting places based on what you're typing, and you can select the appropriate result to add it to your trip.

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If you have dates saved to your trip, you'll also see a blue circle + button to the right of each date or date range segment. Clicking the + button shown there will open the search field and when you select a place to add, it will be placed within that date.

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If you have dates saved to your trip and you clicked Add from the floating Add a waypoint button at the bottom of the planner or under an empty date range segment of multiple days, we'll use our logic to automatically assign the waypoint to a date on your trip.

Don't worry - you can easily move it to a different date if you don't like where we put it! To move it to a different date, you can drag and drop the waypoint within the itinerary or click the waypoint to view the waypoint details and change the date there.

Let Autopilot Suggest a Waypoint Along Your Route

If you're a Premium member, let Autopilot suggest a waypoint along your route! 

To learn more on how to use Autopilot to enhance a trip you've already planned, see our guide: Using Autopilot to Enhance a Trip

From Categories on the Map

If you need a reminder of how to browse categories, check out this article: Discover Places

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After selecting a category on the map with your trip opened, places will appear on the left hand sidebar as well as on the map as pins or small circles. Click the + button on a place from the side bar to add it to your trip. web-explore-add-place-sidebar.png

Click on a place on the map and you'll see a small infobox with an Add stop button.

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  Distance From Route

Opening categories on a route will automatically set a default radius of 30 miles on the desktop site and 5 miles in the mobile app. This is represented by the shaded area along your route line. This radius limits where places load when exploring categories while planning a trip. You can use map controls to indicate how far off your route you are willing to travel to visit places.

From Place Pages

If you need a refresher of the info available on Place Pages, check out this article: Place Pages 

Don't forget, you can zoom in/out and move the map around to see more places on different areas of your trip!

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From the explore tab, you can click a place, either from the list on the left or from the infobox that displays after an initial click on the map, to go to the Place Page. From there, you can learn more about the place and click the Add to Trip button to add it to your trip.

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