How do I use the Trip Planner?

To add a new trip, tap the orange circular + Button in the bottom right corner of the screen.

First enter your trips name and a brief description of your journey. Then enter your Start and End Dates, if you are not sure of your travel dates, please enter today’s date as a starting point and then an arbitrary dates 3 or 6 months into the future to allow yourself room to make your plans.

You can also add a cover photo for your trip by tapping the Add Cover Photo button. You will be given the option to select a photo from your device’s image library or take a new photo with your device’s camera. (Please note – you must allow the Camps App access to your photo library or camera when prompted by your device)

You can then choose a colour theme for your trip. This changes the User Interface colour scheme and route marker when viewing your trip. You can use colours to identify different types of trips, maybe one colour for short overnight adventures and a different colour for longer getaways.

Tap the Orange Save Trip button to finalise and create your trip, or tap Save in the top right of the screen.

You will then be shown your new trip and can start adding stay points and start/end points etc.

Add a stay via the Trip builder

Open the trip planner, then create a new trip or select a previously saved trip.

If you have no sites added to your trip you will be prompted to + Add your start point. You can add your start point by entering an exact address in the text field and select to confirm the address from the drop down options. Or select to Use your current location or Drop a Pin to select a custom location from the map. Pinch and pull the map to zoom and navigate. Once you have added a start point, tap Save Start Point at the bottom of the screen to proceed.

Repeat this process for setting an end location via the + Add your end point option at the bottom of your trip list. You can also quickly pre-fill your End Point with your Start Point if you trip loops back to where you started.

After you have added start and end points, tap the blue + Add your first trip point button. You have two choices: Add a Stay, where you select an existing site from the Camps database or Drop a Pin, where you can add a custom point – this might be a friend’s house, free camping spot or another memorable location you want to remember. Pin drops can be set by street address or via map view.

Adding a stay – If you know the name of the specific site, type into the search bar at the top of the screen and select from the results. Tapping to select the site will automatically add it to your trip and re-plot your route. You can also search for a city, town or suburb in the search bar if you don’t know the exact site name or choose ‘switch to map’ to browse via the map. You can also browse your favourites to find a site to add to your trip.

Dropping a pin – If you want to add a custom stop on your trip select Drop a pin. You can use the text field to search for a specific street address and select from listed results or choose Drop a new pin to manually select a location on the map, simply Pinch and pull the map until the pin is right where you want it. When you have got the pin in the right spot tap the Save button to save your pin.

When viewing a trip you will be able to see the total distance traveled and the distance between each trip point. The trip map will also show where each trip point is located and the route between these points.

If you tap on a trip point you can view the site name and address, quickly navigate to the site, add arrival and departure dates, check-in to the site, add photos, record memories and notes about the site, or leave a review. Use this page to create a full journal entry of your stay so you can refer back to it later and also share your day to day adventures with your friends that are following the trip. If you have shared your trip with friends, this page is where they can add comments, you can reply and they can also leave you a “like”.

List view – List view is the default trip view. List view shows you all your trip points in list form down the page with your start and end locations at beginning and end. List view is where you do all trip editing, sharing and reordering functions.

Trip Map – If you want to view your trip in a more visual way you can switch to the trip map, simply tap the orange “Open Trip Map” button at the bottom of the page. Trip Map allows you to scroll left and right through your trip rather than down the page. When you want to edit or share your trip simply toggle back to list view using the List view button at the bottom of the page.

The Trip Map is the view your friend’s see when you share a trip with them, and is also the trip view which Camps app community members see if you pin your trip to your public profile and post it in the newsfeed.

View on the map – You can view your current trip’s route on the Explore Map. Tap the suitcase symbol on the right hand side of the screen. This will open your routes to display on the main map. You can select All Trips, Current Trip only, Hide all trips or select a specific trip from the sub menu.