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Road Trip Planner

A free printable road trip planner — day by day with distance, honest driving time, stops, where you are staying and what it costs.

First page of the Road Trip Planner — Plan a driving trip by day, with the two things that decide how it feels: how long you are actually driving, and where you are sleeping.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Plan a driving trip by day, with the two things that decide how it feels: how long you are actually driving, and where you are sleeping.

Who it is for

Families on a driving holiday, campervan and caravan trips, motorcycle tours and anyone crossing a country by road.

How to use it

  1. Estimate driving time honestly, then add time for stops and traffic.
  2. Book the nights you cannot risk, and leave the rest loose if you like.
  3. Note stops worth making — the trip is not only the destination.
  4. Fill in the before-you-go line properly: service, tyres, documents, cover.
  5. Keep the sheet in the car, not on a phone in a bag in the boot.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: A trip planned by day: where you are going, how far, where you are staying and what it is costing.

Hours driving, and where you sleep. The two columns people leave out are the ones that matter on the day: driving time honestly estimated, and where you are actually sleeping. Book those and the rest looks after itself.

Write-on lines: Trip · Dates · Vehicle · Drivers · Before you go — service, tyres, documents, breakdown cover, anything needed for the countries you are crossing

Day by day

Table, 7 rows: Day · Date · From · To · Distance · Driving time · Stops worth making · Staying at · Booked · Cost

Budget and contacts

Write-on lines: Fuel or charging · Accommodation · Tolls and ferries · Food · Total · Breakdown cover and policy number · Emergency contact at home

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