How the trip planner works

Roadlegs turns a start, an end and the places in between into a plan you can drive: one leg a day, with times, breaks, fuel, weather and a place to sleep. It is free and works in the browser.

Open the planner

Five steps

1. Add stops

   Search for a start and an end, or click the map. Paste coordinates or a map link, or add several places from a list, one per line. Drag the route line to bend it through a road you prefer; that point is passed, not a stop.

2. Pick your vehicle

   Motorcycle, car or campervan. Each has its own daily limits and pace, and a campervan is routed with your height, weight and length so it avoids roads it cannot take.

3. Read the days

   The route is cut into daily legs with departure and arrival times, breaks, countries, climb and the curviness of the roads. Give the trip a start date to see the weather and sunrise and sunset for each day. Mark any stop as a night to end a day there, or add rest days.

4. Find fuel, food and a bed

   Search along the route or around a night for campsites, hotels, hostels, fuel, chargers, restaurants and sights. Fuel and breaks that fall close together are grouped, because filling up is a good moment to rest.

5. Share it or take it with you

   Share a live link to plan together, export GPX, KML or a calendar file, print the plan, or install the app to open saved trips offline.

Costs, from your own prices

Enter your fuel consumption and price, and a nightly budget for lodging, and every day shows what it costs. Roadlegs does not guess prices. Vignettes and toll roads are listed per country with a link to the official site.

Questions

Is the Roadlegs planner free?

Yes. Planning, splitting a trip into days, searching places, sharing and exporting cost nothing, and you do not need an account.

How does it decide where a day ends?

Each vehicle has daily limits for distance and driving time (for example 200 km and 5 hours on a motorcycle by default). The route is cut where a limit is reached, with breaks every two hours. You can change the limits, ask for an exact number of days, or mark any stop as a night.

Where do the routes, places and weather come from?

Routes come from the public Valhalla routing service on OpenStreetMap data, places such as campsites, hotels and fuel from the Overpass API, and weather, elevation, sunrise and sunset from Open-Meteo.

How many stops can a trip have?

Up to 20 points per trip, counting the start, the end, the nights and the places the route passes through.

Can I take the plan to my navigation device?

Yes. Export a GPX file with the route and the track (one track per day if you want), a KML file for Google Earth and similar apps, a calendar file with one event per day, or print the plan and save it as PDF.

Does it work without a connection?

Install it as an app from your browser and save the map along a trip: the plan and that map then open offline. Calculating a new route needs a connection.

Where are my trips stored?

In your browser. If you sign in, they are also kept on the Roadlegs server so they open on your other devices. A trip you share live is kept on the server with its two secret links.

Can I plan a trip together with someone?

Yes. Share a live link: everyone with the edit link changes the same trip and sees the others’ changes within seconds. A second link lets people watch without changing anything.

More

Guides for motorcycle trips, campervan routes and car road trips, ready-made routes, and the privacy page for what is stored.