Free forever for solo trips · No credit card to start

Plan Better, Wheel More.

Multi-day overland and road trip planning for groups. Routes and basecamps, fuel math on every rig, lodging with empty-bed tag-along, and a discussion board that's not Slack.

“We used to argue about gas stops in a group text. Now we don't.”

Built by a wheeler in Iowa, for the people he plans trips with.

How it works

Three steps from group text to GPX.

No project-management vibes. Just the three things you have to do once per trip.

  1. STEP 01

    Create a trip and add segments

    Name it, pick dates, link your rig from the garage. Break the route into travel days and basecamp days. Each one is its own colored segment.

  2. STEP 02

    Drop waypoints, invite buddies

    Click the map to add stops. Send a buddy invite with view, edit, or create permissions. They see the same plan you do.

  3. STEP 03

    Hit the road

    Export GPX to onX or Gaia, share a read-only link with the WhatsApp thread, and start driving. We did the math before you left the driveway.

Features

Built for the way trips actually work.

Not one giant polyline. Not a generic itinerary tool. Specific things, done right.

DSM → Moab
Moab basecamp
Moab → DSM
Routes & basecamps

Drive routes and basecamp loops, modeled separately.

DSM to Moab is a drive route. Three nights at the same AirBNB with daily 4x4 itinerary is a basecamp. No polyline math, just a hub with activities dated inside the stay window. Each segment gets its own color, its own row, and you can reorder or compare variants without losing your work.

  • Basecamp routes for hub-and-spoke days
  • Per-activity Day picker bounded to the stay window
  • Unique color per segment, reorder without losing waypoints
Fuel cost calculator

Know what the trip costs before you leave.

Link your rig from the garage. We pull MPG and tank size, walk your polyline, and tell you total miles, gallons, dollars, and where you'll need to refuel. Each buddy sees the cost on their own rig. Not the planner's. So the V8 driver and the 2.0 Turbo driver both see honest numbers.

  • Uses your actual rig's MPG + tank
  • Per-trip price overrides + EIA national average default
  • Per-viewer fuel chip. Every buddy sees their own cost
Fuel estimate
Miles
1,847
Gallons
87
Cost
$348
Suggested refuels
  • Lincoln, NE mi 312
  • Cheyenne, WY mi 712
  • Grand Junction, CO mi 1,180
Buddies (3)
  • TS
    Troy S.
    Planner
    Full
  • MR
    Mike R.
    Co-driver
    Edit
  • JK
    Jess K.
    Recovery rig
    View
wheelingtrips.com/share/8j2k… Live
Wheeling buddies

A single source of truth for the group.

Invite your buddies. Pick view, edit, create, or delete access for each one. Spouses and kids count too. Buddies declare guest count, and the trip header chips show "N people · M vehicles" so you know how many you're feeding and how many rigs are rolling.

  • Per-buddy permission tiers (view / edit / create / delete)
  • Guest count per buddy + vehicle chips on the trip header
  • Revocable read-only share links. Buddies show as "First L."
  • Passkey login + 2FA TOTP on every account
Lodging coordination

Add the AirBNB. Buddies tag empty beds. Done.

Any member can add a stay. Campground, AirBNB, friend's couch. The card shows "Sleeps N · M beds available" and other buddies can tag along on the empty beds without a back-and-forth in the group text. One stay can cover multiple consecutive nights for basecamp trips.

  • Any buddy can add a stay; capacity is informational
  • "Tag along" CTA when beds remain. Extra guests welcome
  • Multi-night stays for basecamp trips, mapped on the trip view
Spanish Valley AirBNB
3 nights
Sleeps 6 3 beds available
  • TS
    Troy S. · added the stay
    +1 guest
  • MR
    Mike R. · tagged along
    solo
Discussion · Moab '26
2 open · 1 resolved
All Logistics Gear Trail Lodging
  • JK Jess K. Gear

    Anyone bringing a spare 33" tire? Mine's bald and I won't have time to swap.

  • MR Mike R. Trail on Hell's Revenge

    Anyone done the Escalator before? Wondering if my stock 4Runner makes it up.

  • Who's bringing the compressor? Resolved
Trip discussion board

All the trip chatter, tagged and resolvable.

Not Slack. Not WhatsApp. A focused discussion tab right on the trip page. Every message gets a tag (Logistics, Gear, Trail, Food, Lodging, Vehicle), and answered threads get marked resolved and disappear from the feed. "Who's bringing the compressor?" stops being asked four times.

  • Tagged messages. Filter by Logistics, Gear, Trail, and more
  • Resolve threads to declutter; mute the ones you don't need
  • Optionally pin to a waypoint or activity. Context stays put
Garage

Your rig knows the math.

Park your rig once: MPG, tank, aux tank, fuel type. Every trip you build inherits the math. Sell the rig later, build a new one. Historical trips still show the right numbers for the rig that was on them. Got a trail rig and a tow vehicle? Both slots are first-class on the trip.

  • MPG, tank, aux tank, fuel type
  • Per-trip rig + trail-rig assignment for tow setups
  • Historical numbers stay accurate
My garage
3 rigs
  • 2018 Toyota 4Runner TRD
    17 MPG · 23 gal · regular
    Range
    391 mi
  • 2022 Ram Power Wagon
    12 MPG · 32 gal · regular
    Range
    384 mi
  • 2024 Jeep Wrangler 4xe
    20 MPG · 17 gal · regular
    Range
    340 mi
Bring list. Moab '26
4 items
  • ARB Twin Compressor
    Recovery · Troy S.
  • Starlink Mini
    Electronics · Adam P.
  • Snowpeak Stove
    Kitchen · Jordan B.
  • CVT Rooftop Tent
    Sleeping · You
My Gear & portable trips

Your kit, every trip. Plus take it with you.

Catalog your recovery gear, kitchen, electronics once. Claim what you're bringing per trip. See what your buddies have so nobody packs two compressors. And when you want your data elsewhere. Export a clean GPX into onX or Gaia, or the full trip JSON to move accounts. Your trip, your data.

  • Personal catalog, categorized; "I'm bringing this" per trip
  • GPX export of the route + waypoints for onX / Gaia / Garmin
  • Trip JSON import/export for lossless round-trip portability
Meal Plan Coming soon

Plan meals, roll up to one shopping list.

Build a meal plan day by day from recipes that know their ingredients. The shopping list rolls up automatically. Four recipes calling for 1 tsp, 1 tbsp, 1/4 cup, and 1/2 tsp of salt become a single line on the list with the total. Check items off live as you shop, or email the list to whoever's grocery-bound. Buddies can flag dietary preferences (vegetarian, steak temperature, skip breakfast) so the planner doesn't double-cook.

  • Recipes → ingredients → automatic shopping list with unit-aware totals
  • Live checklist while shopping; export or email to the grocery runner
  • Buddy preferences: vegetarian, steak temp, no coffee, etc.

Paid-plan feature when it ships.

Meal Plan 3 days
Day 1. Fri
  • Foil-pack breakfast
  • Trail sandwiches
  • Dutch oven chili
Day 2. Sat
  • Pancakes + bacon
  • Steaks over fire
Shopping list
5 / 14
  • 2 lb ground beef
  • 3 tbsp salt (4 recipes)
  • 1 lb bacon
  • 12 eggs
  • 2 cups flour (3 recipes)
  • 1 large onion
Sarah · vegetarian · Mike · steak medium-rare · Jess · skip breakfast
Regional preferences

Whether you're in Vancouver or Vegas, the units speak your language.

Vancouver rolls on kilometers and Celsius. Vegas runs on freedom units. And nobody agrees on whether the date is day-first or month-first. Pick yours once on your profile. Distance, temperature, fuel economy, dates. And every trip page renders accordingly. No fights in the group chat.

Heads-up on money: we're a US shop, so subscription pricing is billed in USD. Fuel price defaults to $/gal (the EIA national average), and Canadian planners can override to $/L per trip. The math handles the rest.

  • Distance
    mi · km
    MPG or L/100km, gallons or liters. All of it follows.
  • Temperature
    °F · °C
    Forecast chips and weather notes match your scale.
  • Date format
    Apr 14 · 14 Apr · 2026-04-14
    Month-first, day-first, or ISO. Your pick, everywhere.
  • Fuel price
    $/gal · $/L
    USD-billed app; per-trip override for Canadian planners.

From the trail

Pricing

Plans that fit how you wheel.

The Lone Wolf stays free forever for solo planners. The Overlander when you bring the crew. Cancel anytime. Your plan stays active through the end of the paid term.

The Lone Wolf

Free forever
  • 2 active trips
  • 15 waypoints per trip
  • 2 buddies per trip
  • 6-month planning horizon
  • Fuel calculator
  • GPX import
  • GPX export
  • Trip import / export
  • Weather overlay Coming soon
  • Trail database Coming soon
  • Meal Plan Coming soon

The Overlander

$9.99 / year
  • 10 active trips
  • 100 waypoints per trip
  • 25 buddies per trip
  • 24-month planning horizon
  • Fuel calculator
  • GPX import
  • GPX export
  • Trip import / export
  • Weather overlay Coming soon
  • Trail database Coming soon
  • Meal Plan Coming soon

No credit card required to start. Paid subscriptions cancel at the end of the paid term. You keep access until then. Questions? See the FAQ.

Privacy

Your trips, your call.

Plain answer: trips are private until you say otherwise. We pass routing data to a mapping provider and payments to a payment processor. That's it. No advertisers, no analytics middlemen, no resale.

  • Private by default

    A new trip is visible only to you. Three-tier visibility: planners see everything, buddies see full names plus whatever contact fields each member opts in to share, and public share-link viewers only ever see "First L.". No emails, no contact info, no avatars beyond initials.

  • Public share links are opt-in and revocable

    When you generate a share link, viewers see the route read-only and your buddies appear as "First L.". No emails, no contact info. Kill the link anytime from the trip page.

  • No tracking, no marketing email

    No third-party analytics, no advertising pixels, no cross-site tracking. The only email you'll get from us is the kind you'd actually want: verify your email, a buddy invited you, your payment went through.

FAQ

Questions, before you sign up.

Yes. The Lone Wolf never asks for a credit card. You can plan up to two active trips at a time, with a six-month planning horizon and one buddy per trip. The Overlander lifts every limit and unlocks the higher-cost features.
The Lone Wolf covers solo planning and two-buddy trips with the fuel-cost estimator. The Overlander unlocks 10 trips and 25 buddies, the fuel-cost calculator, GPX and trip-JSON export, the trip discussion board on busy crews, and the rest of the paid feature list. Current pricing is on the pricing page.
You send each buddy a per-trip invite with the permission tier you choose: view, edit, create, or delete. Trip deletion always stays with the planner.
Yes. Each buddy can set a guest count on their trip membership, spouse, kids, the friend who's just along for the ride. The trip header chip shows 'N people · M vehicles' so you know how many you're feeding and how many rigs are rolling. Guests also count against lodging beds when a buddy tags along on a stay.
Generate a read-only share link from the trip. It's revocable. People with the link see the route, the itinerary, the segments, and your crew shown as 'First L.', no email addresses, no contact info, no permission badges. Public shared trips are noindex by default so they don't get cached in search engines after you revoke them.
Yes, The Overlander plan exports the full route and waypoints as GPX, which onX, Gaia, and Garmin all import natively. You can also export the entire trip as JSON (lossless round-trip), useful for moving a trip between accounts or backing it up.
Use the discussion board right on the trip page. Every message gets a tag (Logistics, Gear, Trail, Food, Lodging, Vehicle), and answered threads can be marked resolved so they drop out of the default view. You can pin a message to a specific waypoint or activity, 'On Hell's Revenge:' chatter stays with Hell's Revenge.
Privacy is the default. Trips are private until you invite a buddy or generate a share link. The planner sees full contact info; buddies see each other's full names plus whatever contact fields each member opts in to share; public viewers only ever see 'First L.' Share links are revocable. We never publish your trips or sell your data.
We pass payment data to Stripe and routing data to Mapbox, those are the only third parties that see anything you create. No advertising networks, no analytics middlemen, no data resale. The full breakdown lives in the privacy policy linked from the footer.
No. We only send transactional email, verify your address, password reset, a buddy invited you to a trip, your payment went through. No newsletters, no upsell drip campaigns, no 'we miss you' nags.
We use your rig's actual MPG and tank size from the Garage, walk your route polyline for the mileage, and apply either the per-trip price you set or the EIA weekly US national average as the default. Each buddy sees the cost on their own rig — the V8 driver and the diesel driver see different numbers on the same trip.

Plan your next trip in minutes.

The Lone Wolf is free for solo trips. No credit card to start. Open a tab, drop a few waypoints, see the math.