Accessing the New Trip Drawer

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The Trip Drawer helps you manage and organize your trips efficiently. It allows you to add, reorder, and edit stops, as well as access detailed information about each location. This feature ensures that all your travel details, tools, stop details and other features are all in one place.

Accessing Your Trips

The “Trips” button is located at the top right next to the Trip Name. The My Trips screen is where you can create a new trip using the “Create a New Trip” button.

Below this, the screen displays your Active Trips, Tentative Trips, and Archived Trips. Check the Archiving a Trip article to learn more about managing your trips.

Trip Tools

Below the “Trips” button and next to the Trip Information is the “Trip Tools” button which opens the Trip Tools screen.

The Trip Tools screen consists of the following settings:

  • Trip Settings & Options: Access your RV Info, Routing Options, Expenses, and view the Trip Elevation.
  • Exporting & Sharing: Print trip details, export your trips, and access sharing options, check your itinerary, and look at a full list of each turn of your trip.
  • Trip Management: Copy your trip, delete stops, or delete the entire trip.

Changing the Trip Start Date

  • To change your start date, click on the “Start Date” button.

  • This opens up a calendar where you can select the new start date.
  • Your trip itinerary will adjust according to the start date.

Reordering Stops

To reorder stops, click the “Reorder Stops” button. 

This will open a screen that lists all the stops you have added to your trip. Click and drag the domino icons next to the stop name to move the stop to your desired position.

Managing Your Trip

Center a Stop

To center a stop on the map:

  • Hover your mouse over the stop name.
  • Click on the target icon which appears once you hover over the stop name.

  • The icon changes when clicked. This will center the stop on your map.

Adding a New Stop

To add a new stop after adding the starting location, click on either of the two “Add Stop” buttons on the trip drawer.

Adding a Stop Between Stops

You can add a stop between two stops without deleting or changing the structure of your itinerary. 

To add a stop:

  • Click on the “Add Stop” pill between two stops.

  • In the resulting search bar, type in the location or name of the park or POI you want to add.
  • Once the location shows up on the list, click the Add icon next to it.
  • Add the number of nights you want to spend at the stop location, add any notes if required, and click “Add Stop”.
  • The Trip Drawer will then be updated with the recent stop addition.

Refer to the Planning Your Trip document to learn about adding stops in detail.

Stop Details 

You can view detailed information about a stop by clicking on any stop you want to.

This will open the stop details screen.

Arrival Day Travel Details

The first section of the stop details is the Arrival Day Travel details. Click on the stop under Arrival Day Travel to view the journey in detail.

  • The top right side of the screen shows the total distance and ETA from your previous stop to the stop you just selected.
  • A stop can be added between the two stops using the “Add Stop” button.
  • “See Full Turn-by-Turn Details” shows details of your journey to the stop, covering every turn.
  • Travel Day Elevation provides a visual representation of the elevation changes along your planned route.

Night Stay Details

This section covers information related to your overnight stay (at least one night). 

This section includes:

  • “Park Info” button that opens up the park details.
  • Target button that centers the stop on the map.
  • Dates of stay and the Total Cost estimate.
  • "Edit Stay Details" button that lets you edit the General Information, Fuel details and Expenses estimation.
  • “Replace” button that allows you to replace the current stop with another one, without having to delete or rearrange your whole trip.
  • Lock Stop Date icon that allows you to fix the date for a specific stop in your trip itinerary.
  • Delete icon that deletes the selected stop.

Departure Day Travel Details

This section covers the information regarding your departure day for your journey from the selected stop to the next destination.

Round Trip Options

The "Round Trip" option in RV LIFE Trip Wizard allows you to plan a trip that starts and ends at the same location. This allows you to create a return route from your final destination back to your starting point. 

To create a Round Trip:

  • Click on the “Round Trip” button at the bottom of the Trip Drawer.
  • You will have two options for the Round Trip:
    1. Mirror Stops back to Start Point creates a trip back to your starting point, reversing your itinerary including all of your stops. You also have the option to include Travel Day Stops.
    2. Direct Route Back to Start Point creates a trip from the end point of the trip straight to the starting point, using the most direct route available.