Are you a travel planner type like me? If so, you'll love planning travel routes with Google My Maps, a free, easy-to-use site. In this Google My Maps tutorial, I'll show you how to add must-visit places to the map, personalize it, create road trips and walking routes, and plan your route.
COVID-19 canceled our 2020 trip to Peru. So now I will show you how I plan our future three week Peru trip. Hopefully it will become reality one day 😉
In my blog post you will find the Peru route and maps, which I am making in the video.
https://alizswonderland.com/how-to-plan-your-travel-itinerary-with-google-my-maps/

Here's your complete guide to planning travel routes with Google My Maps:

STEP 1
CREATE YOUR FIRST GOOGLE MY MAPS WITH YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT
0:46 Simply visit the Google My Maps site and log in with your Google username. https://www.google.com/intl/en/maps/about/mymaps/
1:30 Name your map and set up the base map.

STEP 2
ADD YOUR LOCATIONS YOU SHOULD VISIT TO MY MAP
02:10 Find and "Add to Map" your must-see places.
02:43 Add a description.
02:48 It is also possible to add a photo.

STEP 3
PREPARE YOUR LAYERS TO SEPARATE SUBJECTS OR REGIONS
03:31 Tips and tricks to separate your layers if you plan to visit a city or an entire country.
04:05 Research the city and country and add your selected places to your map.
04:44 Add new layers.
05:52 Please note that you cannot create more than 10 layers.

STEP 4
PERSONALIZE YOUR PLACES WITH ICONS AND COLORS
05:58 Differentiate your places with symbols and colors.
06:08 Including accommodation, restaurant, general transport…
06:45 Play with the colors and characters and see which individual style works for you.
08:47 Add points manually via the “Add Marker” pin icon.

STEP 5
CREATE WALKING, CYCLING ROUTES AND ROAD MAPS IN GOOGLE MY MAPS
09:26 Plan your self-guided walk – “Add walking route”.
10:43 All these routes can contain a maximum of 10 stops/elements. The stops can be rearranged and changed later, the route line can also be changed by dragging the line.
11:55 Choose 'Step-by-step directions' to find out how much time is needed for the planned road trip/hike. Google My Maps tells you the distances and calculated time between your stops.
12:20 Plan your road map – “Add driving route”.

STEP 6
TRAVEL PLANS WITH GOOGLE MY MAPS
14:50 Think about the most important things before planning your itinerary:
– How do you get there?
– How much time do you have?
– How are you going to make ends meet?
– What are your favorite activities?
– What is your budget?
15:51 Plan your approximate itinerary. Once you've looked at the distances between your pins, you can calculate which ones can be reached on foot or by public transport.
18:37 One major drawback is that you can't do more than 10 layers, so if you're planning a longer trip in a country, you might want to organize your places by regions and days, like I did with this 3-week Peru itinerary schedule. You can simply list the places in the order in which you might visit them.
18:41 Make a copy of your card
19:08 Depending on your visit to a city or country, rearrange and rename your places and layers
9:10 PM – Continue your research on flights and tickets
21:27 Find the perfect place for your accommodation.
21:48 “Drawing a line”.

STEP 7
SHARE YOUR MAP WITH YOUR TRAVELER BUDDIES
22:50 'Enable link sharing' to send it to your travel partners.
23:07 To plan the itinerary together, give editing permissions.

STEP 8
ACCESS MY MAP ON YOUR PHONE VIA GOOGLE MAPS
23:31 Access your created and shared maps on IOS and Android devices via the Google Maps app by checking your “Saved” places and clicking “Maps”.

Want to learn more about how to plan your dream trip with Google My Maps? Visit my blog and read my post titled How to Plan Your Travel Route with Google My Maps?
https://alizswonderland.com/how-to-plan-your-travel-itinerary-with-google-my-maps/

ABOUT THE VIDEO
Recorded by Aliz Krammer, creator of Aliz's Wonderland https://alizswonderland.com/
Edited by Zsófia Tomasits https://www.facebook.com/TomasitsZsoFilm/
Shot with GoPro HERO 7 Black https://amzn.to/2tMrimC

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