Planning Holiday Light Tours with MyRouteOnline

Every December, limo and private transportation companies gear up for one of their most festive (and profitable) services of the year: Holiday Light Tours.
These tours, where clients are chauffeured through neighborhoods adorned with dazzling Christmas lights, are wildly popular with families, couples, and groups looking for a magical night out. But behind the scenes, planning holidays light tours is anything but simple.

The Hidden Complexity of a Holiday Light Tour

While these tours might appear effortless to clients, they require significant logistical planning:

1. Each route includes dozens of residential stops
2. Not all homes keep their lights on or up to date, so each location must be scouted manually
3. Multiple vehicles run at the same time, each needing a unique but efficient route
4. Routes must be shared with drivers and updated quickly if displays go dark or new locations are added
5. Navigation needs to be precise, not approximate, to avoid missed stops and delays

For businesses that only offer this seasonal service a few weeks out of the year, there’s often little time to plan and no margin for error.

A Smarter Way to Plan Tours

Designed for businesses that manage multi-stop tours, MyRouteOnline helps turn a list of addresses into an optimized route that can be shared directly with drivers.
Here’s how it solves key challenges of Holiday Light Tour planning:

1. Multi-Stop Optimization
   Input a full list of scouted addresses and instantly get the most efficient driving route, reducing fuel, time, and backtracking.
2. Split Routes for Multiple Vehicles
   Divide stops across several drivers to serve multiple customers at once. This makes it easy to scale up for busy nights.
3. Mobile-Friendly Navigation
   Send the route directly to a driver’s phone, with links that open in Google Maps or Waze for easy turn-by-turn guidance.
4. Custom Start/End Locations
   Start all routes from your garage, depot, or pickup point, whatever works for your operation.
5. Real-Time Flexibility
   Make last-minute changes if a light display goes dark or a client makes a special request. Update the route and resend in seconds.

Why It Matters

Holiday Light Tours aren’t just a seasonal revenue boost but rather a chance to create lasting memories for customers. But when route planning is done manually, it opens the door to inefficiencies, missed stops, and unhappy clients.
With MyRouteOnline, limo companies and seasonal tour providers can spend less time mapping and more time delivering unforgettable experiences.
Planning tours this December? Try MyRouteOnline and see how easy route management can be, so you can focus on what matters most: spreading holiday cheer.