Our favorite road trip planner is RVParky, what's yours? 

Yay! We are on the road. We won't be doing a live show today, but promise to be somewhere next week where we will be able to live-stream episode 264 of What Does This Button Do?

We plan to be gone about 6 weeks, and it's important to me that we have an overview of where we're going and when. I don't need to plan every detail, I'm a big picture kind of gal. I find that RVParky suits my needs perfectly. 

It's important to know what kind of travel planner you are in order to find the right tool for you.

#1 = all you know is you’re headed West

#3 = you have major stops mapped and scheduled 

#5 = you have reservations for every night, and every turn is mapped out in your GPS

There are several popular road-trip planning tools out there

• RVParky - $20/year
• Roadtrippers - free for up to 7 stops, part of RoadPass Pro $36/year
• RVTripWizard - part of RV Life Pro $65/year 
• Furkot.com - free, $15/year for special features

I use RVParky for my planning. I love how easy it is to add stops, set the number of nights we'll stay there and then see exactly when we will reach our next destination. For example, here is the first week of our current trip. Notice the driving time and mileage in between stops and the Dates and number of nights at each stop. Those are exactly the things I want to know when planning my trip.

Did you also notice the "Auto-Split" button? There is a setting for how many miles you want to travel in a day. If your plan goes over ...

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