Compare Travel Planners
Choosing a travel planner? We've done the research. Honest, detailed comparisons to help you find the right tool for how you plan trips.
What Makes Plot a Trip Different
Map-First Planning
Your trip lives on a full-screen interactive map with color-coded routes, transport icons, and snap-to-road directions. Not a small panel — the entire interface.
Budget Tracking That Works
Multi-currency auto-conversion, per-stop breakdowns, daily burn rate charts, cost splitting among travelers, and settlement summaries. No other travel planner goes this deep.
Real Collaboration
Real-time co-editing with live presence indicators, activity voting, threaded comments, and notifications. Only the trip owner needs Pro — everyone else joins free.
Your Data, Your Way
Export your trips as PDF, calendar (ICS), or CSV. No data lock-in. We believe your travel plans belong to you.
Quick Feature Comparison
See how the most popular travel planners stack up across the features that matter most.
| Feature | Plot a Trip | Wanderlog | TripIt | Roadtrippers | Sygic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map-first interface | — | — | — | — | ||
| Snap-to-road routing | — | — | — | |||
| Multi-currency budgets | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cost splitting | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Real-time collaboration | — | — | — | — | ||
| Activity voting | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Booking auto-import | — | — | — | — | ||
| International coverage | — | |||||
| Offline maps | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Free tier available | ||||||
| PDF/CSV export | — | — | — | |||
| Timeline view | — | — |
Comparisons & Alternatives
Wanderlog
Collaborative trip planner with curated travel guides. List-first interface with basic map view.
TripIt
Post-booking trip organizer that auto-imports confirmation emails. Owned by SAP Concur.
Roadtrippers
Route-based road trip planner for North America with RV routing and roadside attraction discovery.
Google Travel
Free trip research tool with AI-powered suggestions, hotel/flight price tracking, and Google Maps integration.
Sygic Travel
City-focused trip planner with offline maps, a 50M-place database, and one-time pricing.
How to Choose the Right Travel Planner
The best travel planner depends on how you plan. Here's a quick guide to help you decide.
If you plan visually and want to see your route on a map...
Choose Plot a Trip. It's the only planner built around a full-screen interactive map. Drop pins, draw color-coded routes, and see your entire itinerary geographically. Ideal for road trips, multi-city tours, and anyone who thinks spatially about travel.
If you want curated travel guides and restaurant recommendations...
Consider Wanderlog. It combines trip planning with crowdsourced guides and POI recommendations. The map is secondary to the list view, but the content library can help you discover new places. See our full Wanderlog comparison.
If you've already booked everything and need to organize confirmations...
Consider TripIt. It auto-imports booking confirmation emails and creates a timeline of your reservations. It's a trip organizer, not a trip planner — great for business travelers who book first and organize later. See our full TripIt comparison.
If you need budget tracking and cost splitting for group trips...
Choose Plot a Trip. No other travel planner offers multi-currency budget tracking, per-stop cost breakdowns, daily burn rate charts, and automatic cost splitting with settlement summaries — all built into the planning experience.
If you're planning a North American road trip...
Consider Roadtrippers. It's built specifically for road trips in the US and Canada with roadside attraction discovery, RV-specific routing, and campground integration. Not suitable for international travel or multi-modal trips. See our full Roadtrippers comparison.
If you want free AI-powered trip research...
Consider Google Travel. It's completely free with Gemini AI trip suggestions, hotel/flight price tracking, and the world's best map data. It's a research tool, not a planner — no itinerary builder, budget tracking, or collaboration. See our full Google Travel comparison.
Try the Map-First Approach
See why visual planners choose Plot a Trip. Free to start, no credit card required.