Multi-Stop Road Trip Planner

Stop Guessing, Start Driving and Plan the Perfect Multi-Stop Road Trip

Planning a road trip with a single destination is easy. Planning one with 8, 12, or 20 stops across several days is a different problem entirely and one that most mapping apps handle poorly. Enter your destinations in the wrong order and you’ll spend hours driving back and forth across the map rather than moving in a logical loop.
MyRouteOnline is a multi-stop road trip planner that solves this automatically. Enter all your destinations in any order and the optimizer sequences them into the smartest route, minimizing total drive time while ensuring you visit everything you want to see. Choose between the shortest route (fewest miles), the fastest (least time), or a balanced option that considers both.
For trips spanning multiple days, the planner breaks your route into daily segments, with each day’s journey beginning where the previous one ended. You get a complete, day-by-day travel itinerary, ready to navigate, print, or export to your phone.

Create your Road Trip

How to Plan a Road Trip with Multiple Stops

The process takes less than five minutes even for a complex multi-day itinerary. Sign up for a free account at myrouteonline with no credit card required. Enter your destinations: type them, paste a list, or import from a spreadsheet. Click Plan My Route, review the suggested sequence on the map, adjust any stops manually if needed, and save the itinerary. Export to the MyRoute app for turn-by-turn navigation, send to Google Maps, or print the full driving directions with arrival time estimates for each stop.

Who Uses MyRouteOnline for Road Trips

Families planning a driving holiday across multiple states or countries, wanting to maximize destinations without wasting days backtracking. Solo travellers on extended road trips who need a logical progression across a long list of places to visit. Couples planning bucket-list trips with a mix of cities, national parks, and scenic stops.
Tour operators and travel agents also use MyRouteOnline to plan multi-stop client itineraries, particularly for self-drive tours where clients need a day-by-day driving plan with recommended stops and estimated travel times between each.

Beyond Road Trips — Everyday Multi-Stop Errands

Not every multi-stop journey is a road trip. Sometimes it’s a Saturday with six errands like pharmacy, grocery store, post office, hardware store, dry cleaner, and you want to do them in the smartest way rather than driving past the same street three times. MyRouteOnline works equally well for this. The free tier on the MyRoute app supports routes of up to six stops directly from your phone.

Real-World Results

Planning a 10-Day Cross-Country Road Trip: A Real Example
A couple planning a 10-day driving trip across the American Southwest entered 22 destinations into MyRouteOnline. National parks, cities, roadside attractions, and overnight towns. Without optimization, their original planned order would have covered approximately 3,800 miles over 10 days. The optimized route covered the same 22 destinations in 2,950 miles, saving 850 miles of unnecessary driving, roughly equivalent to a full day eliminated from the itinerary.
They exported the day-by-day plan to the MyRoute app, navigated each day’s segment with turn-by-turn directions, and had time every afternoon to explore their destinations rather than arriving late from unnecessary detours.

FAQ about Road Trip Planner:

Can MyRouteOnline plan a road trip that spans multiple days?

Yes. The planner supports multi-day itineraries where each day’s route begins where the previous day ended. Set the maximum driving time or distance per day and the system divides your stops into daily segments accordingly.

Does MyRouteOnline work for international road trips?

Yes. MyRouteOnline works in any country where Google Maps data is available, covering virtually the entire world. It supports international address formats and can generate driving directions in multiple languages.

Can I fix the order of some stops while letting the optimizer sequence others?

Yes. You can lock specific stops in place, a first night’s accommodation or a time-sensitive reservation, and allow the optimizer to sequence the remaining stops around those fixed points.

How do I navigate once my road trip route is planned?

Export your route to the MyRoute app on your iOS or Android phone for turn-by-turn navigation. You can also send it to Google Maps or print the full driving directions with turn-by-turn instructions and arrival times for each stop.

Is there a limit to how many stops I can plan on a road trip?

The free MyRoute app supports up to six stops. Paid plans start at 50 address credits ($24 pay-as-you-go). For most personal road trips, the Basic plan at $19 per month is more than sufficient.