Family. Chaos. Adventure. ✨

Make My Drive Fun

Plan the drive. Not just the destination.

Turn boring journeys into proper family adventures. Add food stops, toilets, parks, scenic breaks, EV chargers and hidden gems along your route, then hand the trip off to Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze when you are ready to go.

Why it feels different

Tap. Add. Route. No spreadsheet energy required.

This is not just a route search box wearing a hat. The tool is built around the journey. Tap useful places on or near your route, add them as stops, save favourites, check nearby options, then open the final plan in your navigation app.

Food Toilets Parks EV Historic sites Beaches

Major update

Cleaner, smarter, faster. Built around how families actually drive.

The latest version is more map-first, more mobile-friendly and more useful when you are building a real journey with multiple stops. It is designed for people who do not just want to arrive, they want the drive itself to be less painful and more interesting.

🗺️

Map-first route building

Add places directly from the map. Food, toilets, parks, EV chargers and hidden gems can become proper stops rather than random pins you forget about five minutes later.

📍

Multi-stop journeys

Build a route with numbered stops, useful waypoints and clearer journey flow. Ideal for families, road trips, scenic drives and emergency toilet situations.

EV-friendly planning

Search for chargers along your route, including useful EV filtering. Perfect for avoiding that low-battery feeling.

🚻

Useful family stops

Find toilets, parks, food, shops, beaches, natural places, historic sites and other stops that make family driving feel less like punishment from the gods.

📲

Shareable plans

Save or share routes so other people can load the same journey. Great for family groups and road trip planning.

🧭

Navigation handoff

Open stops or final routes in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze. Plan in Make My Drive Fun, then drive with the app you already use.

Live tool

Build your route.

Add your start and destination, choose the stop types you care about, and let the map help you find useful places along the way.

Free web app
Fun Route Planner – Tantrumming Trailblazers
{{ t.type==='error' ? '✗' : t.type==='warning' ? '⚠' : '✓' }} {{ t.message }}
Enter a start and end point to begin
{{ mapHint }}
🛣️ {{ routeDistanceKm ? routeDistanceKm.toFixed(0) + ' km' : '—' }}
⏱️ {{ routeDurationMin ? Math.round(routeDurationMin) + ' min' : '—' }}
🔍 {{ searchRadius.toFixed(1) }} mi corridor
📍 {{ pois.length }} places
{{ evMode ? 'EV On' : 'EV Off' }}

Why use it?

Because most route planners are obsessed with speed. Families are obsessed with survival, snacks, toilets, places to stretch legs, and not missing the interesting stuff.

  • Find stops along your actual route, not random places miles away from where you are driving.
  • Search for food, toilets, parks, beaches, historic sites, EV chargers and practical stops.
  • Add places as proper route stops, save favourites, check nearby options and share your plan.
  • Use it worldwide wherever OpenStreetMap has useful coverage.
  • Turn long drives into something closer to an adventure and less like a rolling snack tribunal.

Features at a glance

Built for real drives. Not imaginary perfect ones.

Whether you are planning a holiday route, weekend drive, EV road trip, scenic detour or emergency toilet-stop hunt, the tool gives you practical options without making you dig through six different apps.

🏰

Historic sites

Find castles, ruins, landmarks, memorials and places with real story value along your journey.

🍽️

Food and drink

Discover cafes, restaurants, pubs, bakeries and food stops when everyone suddenly becomes starving.

🌲

Nature breaks

Find parks, lakes, beaches, campsites and outdoor places for leg-stretching and sanity recovery.

Convenience stops

Locate useful things like petrol stations, shops, toilets and practical places to stop en route.

EV chargers

Search for EV charging along the route, with support for common connector and charger types.

🌍

Global coverage

Powered by open mapping data, so it works across many countries. Coverage varies by area, but popular routes and cities are usually richer.

Quick questions

Make My Drive Fun FAQ. The no-faff version.

Does it find toilets and EV chargers along my route?

Yes. The tool is designed to show useful stops along or near your route, including toilets, EV chargers, food, parks and other practical places. Results depend on available map data.

Can I add stops by clicking?

Yes. You can add places from the map and build a multi-stop route rather than just viewing random pins.

Which EV connectors are supported?

The tool supports common EV connector filtering, including Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO and Tesla-style options where the underlying data is available.

How does “along route” work?

The tool follows the route corridor rather than just searching around a single town. That means results are more useful for the journey you are actually driving.

Does it open in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze?

Yes. The idea is to plan in Make My Drive Fun, then hand off to your preferred navigation app when you are ready to drive.

Do I need an account?

You can use and share routes without needing an account. Some save features may use your WordPress login so saved routes can stay private to you.

Where does the data come from?

The tool uses open mapping and place data, including OpenStreetMap-based sources, plus routing and place information where available. If something is missing locally, the map data may need improving.

Which countries are supported?

It can work globally where open map data is available. Coverage varies by country and area, with cities and popular routes usually having richer data than very remote places.

Family. Chaos. Better drives.

If Make My Drive Fun helped you find a better stop, avoid a travel-day meltdown, or turn a boring road into a proper mini adventure, share it with another family who needs it.

WhatsApp X

Built for real drives, real families, snack diplomacy and the eternal hunt for a clean toilet before it is too late.

Link copied
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x