The road trip planner Google Maps refused to build

Start by sketching your route as a list of stops, then group them into days based on driving time and where you want to sleep. RoadTripPlanner does this in one canvas: drop pins on the map, drag them between days, and let the planner suggest realistic driving distances. You can add notes, fuel costs and photos to every stop.

RoadTripPlanner is built specifically for UK road trips like the North Coast 500, Northumberland 250 and the Lake District. Unlike Google Maps it supports unlimited stops, day grouping, offline PDF export and shareable itineraries — so you can hand a plan to friends or family before you leave.

Yes. The full NC500 has more than 80 worthwhile stops between Inverness, Applecross, Durness and John o' Groats — well past Google Maps' 10-stop ceiling. Use our NC500 template as a starting point, customise it with your own NC500 campsites and wild swims, and export the result as a PDF for the road.

Google Maps caps trips at 10 stops, has no concept of days, and can't capture notes, photos or fuel costs. RoadTripPlanner is purpose-built for multi-day road trips: unlimited stops, day-by-day itineraries, collaborative editing, photo notes per stop, and one-click PDF or share-link export.

Yes — every itinerary can be exported as a printable PDF with maps, day summaries, notes and a stops list. Handy for passengers, for guesthouses that want a printed plan, or for travelling somewhere with patchy mobile signal.

RoadTripPlanner works in every country. We have built-in templates for popular European routes including a Northern Spain road trip across the Picos de Europa and the Cantabrian coast, but you can plan a road trip anywhere you can drive.

You can add unlimited stops to a single trip, organise them into as many days as you need, and reorder them with drag-and-drop. There's no soft cap that breaks routing the way Google Maps does at 10 stops.

Our Northumberland 250 and Northumberland coastal route templates flag well-known wild camping spots, official campsites in Northumberland, and the best campsites in Northumberland for vans and tents — including dark-sky pitches inside the National Park.