Roadtrippers

Roadtrippers is a road-trip service for finding places, planning routes, booking, and navigation. Its route planner estimates fuel costs and helps locate places within a chosen distance of a route. The company says its database covers millions of places in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Autopilot uses traveler insights to suggest stops that users can accept or decline, and friends can collaborate on a trip in real time. Saved plans sync with the iOS and Android apps; the service is also available on the web. Plans set limits on saved trips and stops: Free includes one trip with three stops, Basic includes three trips with 20 stops each, Pro includes five trips with 50 stops each, and Premium allows unlimited trips with 150 stops each. Campground search lists more than 50,000 campgrounds, with filters, reviews, and booking for thousands of sites. RV routing takes vehicle dimensions, weight, and propane status into account to help avoid unsuitable roads and hazards; RV GPS is available only in the United States. Roadtrippers also supports reservation imports, shared itineraries, offline access, and Apple CarPlay voice directions.

Roadtrippers combines route planning, place discovery, collaboration, and campground search across web and mobile. Its trip and stop limits vary by plan, and RV GPS is geographically limited.

Roadtrippers suits people planning road trips who want to discover stops, coordinate an itinerary, and use saved plans across web and mobile apps. RV routing and campground search may also suit travelers planning trips by recreational vehicle.

Roadtrippers is a road-trip planner that combines route building with stop discovery, campground search and shared itineraries. It suits travelers who want to shape a journey around worthwhile places, especially in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The free tier is useful for a short, simple outing, while detailed or frequent trips require a paid plan.

Overview

Roadtrippers brings route planning, place discovery, booking and navigation into one service on the web and in mobile apps. Its planner estimates fuel costs and finds places within a chosen distance of your route, so it is better suited to exploratory drives than to travelers who only need the fastest route between two points.

The database covers millions of places across the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Autopilot adds recommendations drawn from other travelers’ insights and lets you accept or decline each suggested stop. That keeps the service helpful without forcing an automatically generated itinerary, though the geographic coverage makes it a more natural choice for trips in those four markets.

Key features

Real-time trip collaboration lets invited friends work on the same plan. Shared itineraries and reservation import reduce the need to maintain separate notes, while offline access helps when a connection is unavailable. Plans sync with the iOS and Android apps, complementing the web-based primary platform.

RV routing uses a vehicle’s dimensions, weight and propane status to avoid unsuitable roads and hazards. It is a meaningful advantage for RV owners who need vehicle-aware guidance, but the RV GPS feature is available only in the United States. Roadtrippers also supports Apple CarPlay voice directions.

Campground search lists more than 50,000 campgrounds, with filters, reviews and booking for thousands of sites. That makes the app more relevant to camping-oriented road trips than a general itinerary tool. Support is provided through guides, FAQs, troubleshooting articles and a contact-request option. Roadpass Digital says it uses safeguards against unauthorized access and contractually limits service providers’ processing purposes; its policy says data collection can include identity, contact, payment, technical, location, profile and usage data.

Pricing

Roadtrippers uses a freemium structure. The Free plan costs nothing, billed $0/yr, and allows one saved trip with three stops per trip. It is adequate for trying the planner or keeping a very small itinerary, but the low caps quickly constrain a multi-day route.

Basic costs $11.99 a month, billed $11.99/mo, and permits three saved trips with 20 stops per trip. It fits occasional travelers who need more room without maintaining a large trip library. Pro costs $16.99 a month, billed $16.99/mo, raising the allowance to five saved trips and 50 stops per trip; this is the more practical tier for regular travelers building detailed routes.

Premium costs $19.99 a month, billed $19.99/mo, with unlimited saved trips and up to 150 stops per trip. It is the clearest choice for frequent planners or extensive itineraries, although even this tier imposes a per-trip stop ceiling. Eligible users who have not previously used a trial may receive a one-time seven-day trial with an annual plan. Monthly plans have no trial and are billed immediately.

Platforms

Roadtrippers runs on web, Android and iOS. The web experience is the primary platform, with saved plans synchronized to the mobile apps. Apple CarPlay voice directions extend navigation into compatible vehicles.

Who it's for

Choose Roadtrippers if discovering stops is as important as drawing the route, if several people need to edit one itinerary, or if campground and RV planning are central to the trip. It is particularly well matched to road travel in its supported regions. Travelers seeking only basic point-to-point directions, or RV drivers outside the United States, have less reason to pay for its specialized features.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Route-aware place discovery and fuel estimates support spontaneous, stop-focused journeys.
• Pros: Autopilot recommendations can be accepted or rejected, preserving control over the itinerary.
• Pros: Collaboration, reservation import, shared itineraries and offline access cover practical group-planning needs.
• Pros: RV-aware routing and a large campground catalog serve camping travelers better than a generic planner.
• Cons: The free plan allows only one trip and three stops, making it restrictive for anything beyond a short route.
• Cons: Paid plans still cap stops per trip, with Premium limited to 150.
• Cons: Monthly subscriptions are billed immediately and do not include a trial.
• Cons: RV GPS coverage is limited to the United States.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Travel Itinerary Apps.

Jettova is a freemium planner with free trip planning and paid partner bookings; choose it when booking economics matter more than Roadtrippers’ RV and campground tools.

Lambus offers a free basic platform and a €24.99 one-year PRO purchase, making it worth considering if you prefer an annual one-time option.

Pilot is free across Android, iOS and web, with route tools, file and reservation import, and real-time collaboration; pick it when you want those planning basics without a paid Roadtrippers tier.

Rome2Rio provides unlimited free searches with no subscriptions, a better fit for travelers comparing transport options rather than building stop-rich road trips.

Tabikit is a freemium itinerary option on iOS and web.

Traveley is an Android freemium app with two free itineraries.

TravelMap offers a free travel map with a 100-photo limit and a paid premium tier.

TripCraftr is a freemium planner with unlimited trips and invitees on its free plan.

Verdict

Roadtrippers is a strong choice for travelers who want route-aware discovery, collaborative planning, campground search or US-focused RV guidance in one place. Its principal drawback is the restrictive free allowance and continuing stop caps, so travelers with simple routes or a need for worldwide RV navigation should look elsewhere.