Our trip planner looks for the most efficient route between waypoints by default. If you want to take a different route, on our desktop site you can easily customize the route by clicking and dragging it on the map.
- Hover your mouse over the route line on the map until a dot or a four pointed arrowappears.
- Click and drag the route to a new location.
- Release to drop a Via waypoint at that point. Via waypoints appear in your itinerary with the via symbol and can be rearranged or removed like regular waypoints.
- If the Via didn't get dropped at exactly the right spot, you can click the Via pin on the map to drag and drop it as needed.
This can be useful for quickly adjusting where a trip will go. For example, there may be a certain highway you want to take (or avoid). Drag the route off (or on) the highway for quick and easy customization of the trip.
Dragging is also useful if there are general areas you want to travel through, but not a specific place or stop.
You can also always drop a pin as another way to modify your trip’s route.
For broader route customization like avoiding highways or toll roads, click the Routing options button in the button grid at the top of the itinerary.