What Road Travel covers
The Road Travel workspace is the driving-specific section inside a trip. It manages:
- Route Stops — the locations you plan to visit, with arrival and departure times
- Drive Segments — the individual legs of your journey between stops, with distances and drive times
- Mileage Log — records of actual distance driven for reimbursement or billing
- Schedule Conflict Detection — automatic detection of timing problems between your drive segments and meetings
Getting to Road Travel
Inside any trip, click Road Travel in the trip module navigation. The Road Travel page shows:
- Trip metrics (total planned distance, drive time, stop count, schedule status)
- A full-trip map showing all stops and route lines
- A day-by-day breakdown of stops and segments
- Mileage records (if any have been logged)
Route Stops vs Drive Segments
These are two separate but related concepts:
Route Stops are the places you plan to visit. Each stop has a name, location, stop type (client visit, inspection, accommodation, fuel, etc.), and optional arrival and departure times.
Drive Segments are the individual driving legs between stops. Each segment has an origin, destination, distance, and drive time. Segments are linked to specific dates and can be linked to specific route stops.
You can add stops and segments independently. Linking them together enables conflict detection and map rendering.
Adding your first stop
- Click + Stop in the top-right of the Road Travel page.
- Enter the stop name and location. You can search for the location or enter coordinates.
- Set the stop type, arrival time, and departure time if known.
- Save the stop.
Adding your first drive segment
- Click + Drive Segment in the top-right of the Road Travel page.
- Enter the origin and destination (these can be free-text or linked to route stops).
- Set the date and sequence.
- Optionally enter distance and drive time, or leave them blank to calculate later.
- Save the segment.
Schedule conflict detection
The Road Travel page automatically checks for conflicts between your drive segments and meetings. Conflicts appear in the Schedule Warnings section at the top of the page.
Conflict types include:
- Drive segment arriving after a meeting start time
- Insufficient time between a drive segment arrival and a meeting
- Overlapping drive segments on the same day
The full-trip map
The map at the top of the Road Travel page shows all stops and route lines across all days. Use the day filter buttons to focus on a specific day. Stops are numbered in sequence. Route lines are drawn from stored segment geometry where available.
Mileage logging
The Mileage Log section at the bottom of the Road Travel page records actual distances driven. Click + Log Mileage or go to Mileage Log in the quick links. Mileage records can be marked as reimbursable or billable.
Tips
- Use Route Explorer to plan your route before creating the trip. The handoff carries your stops into the guided trip builder.
- Drive segment distances and times are estimates. Update them with actual values after completing each leg.
- The End of Day review (accessible from the quick links) is a structured way to capture what happened each day on the road.