I love road trips with friends! So I was excited to learn about the Roadtrippers website!
You can use it to find interesting itineraries for classic road trips like Route 66, funky guides such as the United States of Bacon, as well as hotels, attractions along the way, and restaurants.
Or you can discover places to eat and things to do in your own city!
It’s easy to use Roadtrippers!
Plan Your Next Road Trip With Roadtrippers
Link: Roadtrippers
Roadtrippers helps you plan your road trip. But you can also use it to plan a non-driving vacation and explore your hometown.There’s an app (Apple) or (Android) so you can use Roadtrippers when you’re traveling! Or if you’re a procrastinator like me who leaves things to the last minute. 🙁
The app lets you:
- Save previous trips if you drive the same route over again
- Planning road trips while driving
- Change routes when on a trip
Using Roadtrippers to Plan a Road Trip
Let’s say you wanted to drive the Pacific Coast Highway from Los Angeles to Monterey. You can use the Roadtrippers “Plan a Trip” feature to find lodging, tourist attractions, and eateries along the way.
Then enter your starting and ending cities, travel dates, and the information you want to see.
You’ll get a road map of your trip.
With Roadtrippers, you won’t miss out on seeing unique places when you travel.
You can print your trip and even email or share it on Facebook or Twitter.
Roadtrippers Guides
I like the Roadtrippers guides. They’ve got dozens of pre-planned road trips that focus on things like food, natural attractions, and more! It takes a lot of the work out of planning. And it’s helpful when you want suggestions.Roadtrippers has interesting ideas such as unique trips in the US like “America’s 6 Most Insane Oddest Natural Wonders.”
For example, along Route 66, you can visit roadside icons like the Blue Whale of Catoosa, grab a corn dog at the Cozy Dog Drive-In (the 1st place to serve corn dogs!), and visit the Mojave National Preserve.
Find Hotels, Attractions, and Food & Drink
You can search a city to display results for accommodations, things to do, and restaurants.
Attractions
Say you’re like me and a trip to Minneapolis will definitely include at least 1 art museum. Roadtrippers will make suggestions.
Easily Locate Sleeping Arrangements, Sites, and Meals in Any City Like Minneapolis
You’ll get a map with clickable icon links.
When you double-click an icon you’ll get a page with more information. I clicked on the camera icon (attraction) to see more information about the Walker Art Center.
Hotels
You can use Roadtrippers to look for hotels. The website found 75 possibilities for Cape Cod.
And you can book certain hotels through the website! But you can NOT book hotels through the app.
However, if you want to use points for your hotel stay, you can save time using AwardMapper or Hotel Hustle.
Note: Hotels booked through Roadtrippers are done through Booking.com, a 3rd party site. So you will NOT get elite stay credit and might NOT get elite perks.
Food & Drink
You can use Roadtrippers to find local restaurants besides fast food.
I found the Westridge Grill when searching for restaurants along the Blue Ridge Parkway from Virginia to North Carolina.
You can filter your searches to find exactly what you’re looking for:
- Attraction (museums, top attractions, etc.)
- Food and drink (Italian, Chinese, etc.)
- Outdoors and recreation (beaches, parks and gardens, etc.)
- Points of interest (historic site, photo op, etc.)
- Camping and RV (cabin rental, RV parks, etc.)
- Entertainment and nightlife (art galleries, music, etc.)
What I Don’t Like
There were some things I didn’t like about Roadtrippers.
1. Account Required
You can use Roadtrippers to plan your trip, but if you want to save your information, you have to create an account. You can NOT save a trip without an account.
2. No Elite Stay Credit From Hotel Bookings
When you book your hotel through Roadtrippers, it routes through Booking.com which is a 3rd-party site. You will NOT get elite stay credit and might NOT get your elite perks like free breakfast, free upgrades, and late check-out when you book through 3rd-party sites.
3. Limited Reviews
Most places on Roadtrippers didn’t have any reviews. So you have search TripAdvisor, Yelp, or Chowhound to read reviews. This can be a pain if you’re using the app or are impatient like me!
Bottom Line
You can use Roadtrippers to plan a road trip (or find new places in your hometown) from your desktop or via app (Apple) or (Android).
The “Plan a Trip” feature lists hotels, attractions, and restaurants for your route.
You can click on an icon for more information and book some hotels! But you can NOT book all hotels and the booking function is NOT available on the app.
Remember that you won’t get elite stay credit and might not get elite perks if you book through Roadtrippers. That’s because it uses Booking.com, a 3rd party website.
While there were a few things I didn’t like about Roadtrippers like having to create an account and the limited reviews, I think it’s a neat website that I’ll be using more.
Because it’s useful for saving time while planning. And there are interesting suggestions for trips and attractions.