The Map Room
Notes on planning trips with the people you travel with.
Practical guides from the two of us at Fisherbird Software, the studio behind WanderCrew. Some are about planning in general and work with any tool. Others explain what WanderCrew does for a particular kind of trip.
Planning guides
For planning any trip, with or without us.
- How to plan a group trip without one person doing all of it From a group chat full of maybes to a plan everyone can open. What to settle first, how to split the research, and how to keep the plan current once you're on the road. Read the guide
- A road trip itinerary template that holds up on the road The columns and rows that make a multi-day road trip spreadsheet work, shown with a real 16-day Vegas to Denver plan, and the point where a spreadsheet stops being enough. Read the guide
- Planning a road trip through places with no cell service What to save before the bars disappear: offline maps, the plan itself, confirmations, and a way to keep the crew on the same page when nobody can load anything. Read the guide
WanderCrew, by kind of trip
What the app does for your kind of trip.
- A group trip planner for friends and family How a crew plans one trip together in WanderCrew: roles, the campfire, recent changes, a public link for everyone else, and who pays for what. Read the guide
- A road trip planner for multi-day drives Day-by-day routes with drive notes, stops along the way, and where you sleep each night, plus a Today screen and directions for the passenger seat. Read the guide
- A trip planner that works offline What works in airplane mode, including the trip map, and how edits made with no signal catch up when you're back in range. Read the guide
- A trip planner for people who start with a spreadsheet Import your itinerary spreadsheet or paste from Google Sheets, keep the rows you already use, and get a route map and a Today screen on top. Read the guide
Comparisons
How WanderCrew stacks up against what you use now.
- Google Sheets or Excel, or a trip planner? When a shared spreadsheet is still the right call, and a trip planner that's just as familiar but easier to share with friends and family. Compare
- WanderCrew and Wanderlog, compared Wanderlog is great at finding places and pulling in bookings. WanderCrew is built around a day-by-day grid and a Today screen for the crew on the road. Compare
- A Tripsy alternative for crews with Android phones Tripsy is a polished planner for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. If half your crew carries Android, here's how the two compare. Compare
- WanderCrew and Roadtrippers, compared Roadtrippers finds things to see along a route. WanderCrew holds the day-by-day plan the whole crew follows, with no cap on stops. Compare