How Overnighter works

From an empty map to a trip you can actually drive

Seven steps, in the order you meet them. No subscription to see the spots, and no account needed to browse the map.

  1. 01 Discover
  2. 02 Plan
  3. 03 Save
  4. 04 Travel

Every step below is the real thing, running on live data: a real route from Glasgow to Ullapool with the 24 approved spots that sit within 5 miles of it. Add stops, reorder them, tick the checklist, price the trip — it all works. Nothing is saved unless you sign in.

  1. Phase onePlan the route

    01Set the journey

    Plan your journey

    Pick your starting point and your destination. Overnighter works out the route between them — the same road you were going to drive anyway.

    This route
    Starting fromGlasgow
    Heading toUllapool
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    224 miles · about 4h 39mMostly A-roads

    Live data — a real route and real spots. Nothing here is saved unless you sign in.
  2. 02The part that saves you hours

    Discover places along the way

    This is the bit that is hard to do any other way. Instead of searching town by town along a 200-mile drive, Overnighter sweeps a corridor of roughly five miles either side of the route and shows you what is in it. Spots further away stay on the map, but they are not offered as stops — they would mean a detour you did not plan.

    Within 5 miles of the route24 spots
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    Every dot is an approved spot in the database, measured against this exact line. Tap one to see it, or add it as a stop.

    Live data — a real route and real spots. Nothing here is saved unless you sign in.
  3. 03Decide with real information

    Choose your stops

    Photos from people who parked there, what kind of place it is, what it costs, the facilities, and reviews from other members — with the review count beside every rating, so you can see what a score is based on. Enough to tell a quiet forestry lay-by from one beside a main road.

    Invermill Farm Caravan Park inver4.90.2 mi from route

    Invermill Farm Caravan Park inver

    Campsiterating imported, no reviews yet

    • Toilets
    • Showers
    • Water
    • Service point
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    Other spots on this route

    Live data — a real route and real spots. Nothing here is saved unless you sign in.
  4. 04Build it up

    Build your route

    Add a spot and it becomes a stop on the journey — dropped into the position it falls along the route, not tacked onto the end. Add up to five stops and you have a multi-stop road trip in the order you will actually drive it, with the distance and drive time worked out again for the whole journey each time you change it.

    Your stops0 stops · 224 mi
    1. GlasgowStart
    2. UllapoolFinish

    224 miles · about 4h 39mMostly A-roads

    Live data — a real route and real spots. Nothing here is saved unless you sign in.
  5. 05Get on the road

    Take the route with you

    When the route is right, send it — start, every stop, destination — straight to Google Maps and drive it with the navigation you already use. Save the route at the same time so it is still there when you get back, and share it with a link if somebody is coming with you.

    Glasgow → Ullapool0 stops
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    Live data — a real route and real spots. Nothing here is saved unless you sign in.
  6. Phase twoTurn it into a trip

    06From route to trip

    Manage the trip

    A saved route becomes a trip in My Trips. Set the departure date and it starts counting down, with the route, the stops and the mileage held together in one place you can come back to.

    My Trips1 upcoming

    Next trip

    Glasgow to Ullapool

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    224 miles · 0 stops saved

    Live data — a real route and real spots. Nothing here is saved unless you sign in.
  7. 07The week before

    Get ready to go

    Every trip starts with a checklist already filled in — tyre pressure, gas and water levels, offline maps, documents, the things that are obvious right up until you are two hours down the road without them — and a budget planner covering fuel, campsites, ferries, food and activities, with a running total and a cost per day.

    Before you go0 of 8
    • Check tyre pressure
    • Pack cooking equipment
    • Check gas and water levels
    • Download offline maps
    • Check the weather forecast
    • Save emergency contacts
    • Confirm accommodation/campsite bookings
    • Pack essential documents

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    Trip budget

That is the whole product

Start with a route and see what is sitting on it. You can plan the entire trip before you make an account.