How myTripDetour works
Plan road trips, discover events along your route, and add detours that make the journey as fun as the destination. Here’s everything you need to get started.
From route to detour in a few steps
Set your route
On the homepage, use the search box to enter your starting point and destination. You can type a city name, address, or landmark—we use Google Places to suggest matches. Optionally pick travel dates so we can show events that fall within your trip.
We find events along the way
Once you search, myTripDetour scans the corridor around your route and surfaces events—festivals, concerts, markets, and local happenings—in communities you might otherwise drive past. Events are shown with date, location, and distance from your route so you can decide what’s worth a detour.
Choose your detours
Browse the event list and add any event as a stop. You can save trips (when signed in) and build an itinerary. When you’re ready, open your route in Google Maps to get turn-by-turn directions and see your detours on the map.
Hit the road
Use My Trips to revisit saved routes and itineraries. You can plan multiple trips, compare options, and share your plans. Our goal is to make it easy to turn a long drive into a trip full of memorable stops.
Frequently asked questions
You can search for a route and see events without signing in. To save trips, create itineraries, and use features like My Trips or the AI Planner, you’ll need a free account.
We use your start and end points (and optional dates) to find events that lie near your route. Events are filtered by relevance and distance so you see options that are practical to add as detours.
Currently, myTripDetour is optimized for use within the United States, where our team leverages deep expertise in domestic geolocation data to provide the most accurate event coverage. While our primary focus is the US, our platform is built on a fully scalable global architecture.
After you search, the results show events along your route. Once clicked on the "Open Route in Google Maps" button, your stops appear in the trip steps panel; from there you can open the full route in Google Maps.
We use your route and preferences to personalize suggestions. We don’t sell your data. For details, see our Privacy Policy.
Ready to plan your detour?
Enter your route on the homepage and we’ll show you events along the way.
Start planning