Roadtrippers

Roadtrippers is a road-trip planner that combines route building with place discovery, campground search, booking, and navigation. It suits travelers who want to shape a journey around worthwhile stops, especially in the regions its database covers, and it is particularly useful for groups and RV owners. The trade-off is a tightly capped free tier and monthly pricing once an itinerary outgrows a few stops.

Overview

Roadtrippers estimates fuel costs while you draw a route and finds places within a chosen distance of it. That approach favors exploratory trips over a simple point-to-point map: you can build the journey around attractions, food, lodging, or other stops rather than add them as an afterthought. Its location database spans millions of places in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, giving travelers in those markets the broadest reason to use it.

Autopilot adds recommendations based on real traveler insights. Suggested stops are optional, so it can accelerate discovery without taking control of the itinerary. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cincinnati and Chicago, Roadtrippers also combines planning with booking and navigation in one service.

Key features

Real-time trip collaboration lets invited friends work on the same plan, while shared itineraries and reservation import reduce the need to copy bookings into a separate document. Saved plans sync with the iOS and Android apps, and offline access helps when connectivity is unreliable. The web app remains the primary platform, but the mobile apps make an itinerary practical away from a desk.

RV routing uses a vehicle's dimensions, weight, and propane status to avoid unsuitable roads and hazards. That is a meaningful safety feature for motorhome users, although RV GPS functions are available only in the United States. Roadtrippers supports Apple CarPlay voice directions, extending navigation into a compatible car setup.

Campground search covers more than 50,000 campgrounds, with filters, reviews, and booking for thousands of sites. It is therefore more useful to campers than a general itinerary editor, though the booking coverage is not every campground in the index.

The plan limits materially shape the experience. Free allows one saved trip and three stops per trip; Basic allows three trips and 20 stops; Pro allows five trips and 50 stops; Premium allows unlimited saved trips and 150 stops per trip. A traveler planning one weekend can fit within Free, but multi-city routes, recurring trips, and detailed RV itineraries quickly push toward a paid tier.

Pricing

Eligible users who have never had a trial can receive one one-time seven-day trial with an annual plan. Monthly plans have no trial and are billed immediately, so the lower-commitment option offers less opportunity to evaluate paid features first. Premium removes the saved-trip ceiling but still limits each trip to 150 stops.

Platforms

Roadtrippers runs on the web and has Android and iOS apps. Saved plans synchronize with the mobile apps, and offline access supports use when a connection drops. Support includes guides, FAQs, troubleshooting articles, and a contact request option. Its privacy policy says collected data may include identity, contact, payment, technical, location, profile, and usage information; it describes safeguards against unauthorized access and contractual limits on service providers' processing.

Who it's for

Choose Roadtrippers if your road trip is organized around discovering places, campgrounds, or RV-safe roads rather than simply following the fastest route. It is well suited to couples or groups collaborating on a shared itinerary and to travelers in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Free is adequate for a single short plan, while regular travelers should budget for Basic, Pro, or Premium as stop and trip counts grow. It is a weaker fit for RV drivers outside the United States or anyone wanting unlimited detailed trips without a subscription.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Route-aware place discovery and fuel estimates make stop-led planning more useful than a bare map.
• Autopilot recommendations can speed up idea generation while leaving acceptance to the traveler.
• Real-time collaboration, reservation import, shared itineraries, and offline access support group and on-the-road use.
• RV routing accounts for vehicle constraints, and campground search includes filters, reviews, and booking.

Cons

• Free permits only one saved trip and three stops, limiting anything beyond a short outing.
• Every paid tier is monthly, and Premium still caps a trip at 150 stops.
• RV GPS features are restricted to the United States.
• The place database's stated coverage is limited to four countries.

Alternatives

For a fully free, open-source option across desktop and mobile, choose Pappus Travel Planner, which is GPL-3.0-or-later software. tabiori is a freemium planner available on a wider range of platforms, including Linux, macOS, and Windows. Jettova keeps trip planning free while bookings are paid to partners at their listed prices. Lambus offers a free basic platform with separate PRO features. Pilot is a free itinerary builder with route tools, reservation import, and real-time collaboration. For unlimited free searches without subscriptions, pick Rome2Rio. TravelMap is better suited to map-based travel blogging, while TREK is a free AGPL-3.0 self-hosted choice.

Browse more options in Travel Itinerary Apps.

Verdict

Roadtrippers is a strong choice for travelers who want route planning, discovery, campground research, and collaborative itineraries in one place, with extra value for U.S. RV drivers. Its decisive drawback is capacity: the free plan is tiny, paid plans cost monthly, and even Premium has a per-trip stop ceiling. Pick it for stop-rich road trips and shared planning; look elsewhere for a completely free, unrestricted planner or RV navigation outside the United States.