FAQ

The itinerary creator enables you to build your own itinerary. The first step is to give your itinerary a name, a description, to select which countries the itinerary will pass through and if it is a one-way trip (starting and finishing at different locations) or a round trip (starting and finishing at the same location). Now that the itinerary is created you can add steps. You can either do this by clicking on one of the locations on the map, or by clicking on the add step button. When selecting a location on the map the location of the step is automatically selected. Select the amount of recommended days to stay and the step number which is automatically set as the last step in the itinerary, but can be changed if you want to add a step on the middle or start of your itinerary. It is also possible to change the transportation type between locations. Automatically the transportation type is set to car/bus/boat and will show the route on the map if possible and otherwise a straight line. You can change the transporation type to either bus, boat or airplane. If airplane is selected this will show on the map as a curved line between locations. You have the option to select the amount of time the transport takes. Also you can select a location that will work as an intermediary travel location. This means that the location will not show as a step, this is usefull if you need two forms of transport. For example if you need to take the bus to a harbor and the a boat or if you need to take a bus to a city with an airport to take a flight from there. If you select the intermediary location, underneath you can change the transport type and time for the transporation from the intermediary location to the destination. If you your itinerary is done and you want to share it with the rest of the world click on publish, this will make the itinerary public so that everyone can find and use it.

When you create an itinerary, this itienrary will be an itinerary in progress and can be found only in your profile under itineraries in progress. When you are finished creating your itinerary you can publish your itinerary by pressing on the publish button to make it public to others. After publishing the itinerary it will show up in your published itienrary and in that countries and regions itinerary lists. People can find and like your published itineraries but not your itineraries in progress. You can not make changes to a published itinerary. However you can make changes to your itinerary in progress which is linked to the published itinerary. To change the published itinerary you can click on the publish changes button and the changes made in your itinerary in progress will visible in your published itinerary.

The itinerary generator works with an algorithm that creates the perfect itinerary just for you. It does so by asking you to fill in a form in which you specify some information about your trip and how important certain factors are for you during your trip. The algorithm uses among other things the ratings that other people have given locations on these factors. Generating the itinerary can take a while depending on the lenght of the trip and the amount of countries. A two week trip in one country will generally only take a few seconds, but a multi month trip accross the continent can take up to a few minutes.

adventure: the score for adventure is based on the quality and amount of available adventurous activities like rafting, canyoning, caving, rock climbing and mountaineering, skiing and snowboarding, sandboarding, horseback riding, mountain biking and paragliding. (hiking and trekking, diving and watersports are not included in this rating, hiking and trekking is included in the hiking rating, while the quality of the diving is included as marine wildlife in the wildlife rating and the quality of the available watersports are included in the beach rating) From the tags you can see the available adventure activities in a location. Do you notice an acitivity is missing? Please let us know on the forum!
atmosphere: the score for atmosphere is based on the general atmosphere of the place, this includes factors like, did you feel safe, was it clean, were the locals friendly, was there a good vibe.
beach: the score for beach is based on the quality and availability of the nearby beaches and the quality of available watersports, factors that can influence this score are, how busy are the beaches, how clean are the beaches and the opportunity for surfing or other watersports.
culture: the score for culture is based on the available cultural activities, this includes museums, art, festivals, historic sites, ethnic tribes, local music or dancing etc.
food: the score for food is based on the quality of the restaurants and the local cuisine and other culinary activities like wine tours, cooking classes and markets.
hiking: the score for hiking is based on the quality and availability of nearby hiking trails.
nightlife: the score for nightlife is based on the quality and availability of places to go out at night and party, this score includes bars and nightclubs, but also things like party hostels, pubcrawls and music events.
scenery: the score for scenery is based on how beatiful the surroundings are this can be natural scenery or non-natural, which includes things like the architecture and landmarks.
tourism: the score for tourism is based on the amount of tourists and touristic facilities. This score can be positive or negative based on your opinion, locations with higher scores will be easier to travel and you will find a lot of other travellers, but problems with overtourism can arise. Some people might prefer off the beaten track locations with low tourist scores, which can be harder to travel, but often have a more authentic feeling.
wildlife: the score for wildlife is based on the flora and fauna and amount of wildlife to be seen, this also includes marine wildlife in the case of diving destinations.

adventure: the rating for adventure is included if there is atleast one of the adventurous activities included in the the tags of this location. These activites can be rafting, canyoning, caving, rock climbing and mountaineering, skiing and snowboarding, sandboarding, horseback riding, mountain biking or paragliding. Do you notice an acitivity is missing? Please let us know on the forum!
atmosphere: the rating for atmosphere is included in every location.
beach: the rating for beach is included for every location that has a beach nearby.
culture: the rating for culture is included for every location that is or has a city or town, natural locations like national parks dont have a rating for culture.
food: the rating for food is included for every location that is or has a city or town, natural locations like national parks dont have a rating for food.
hiking: the rating for hiking is included if there are sufficient nearby hiking trails. Do you notice that there is a location without a rating for hiking that does have sufficient hiking trails nearby? Please let us know on the forum!
nightlife: the rating for nightlife is included if this locations is or has a city or if there is sufficient nightlife. Do you notice that there is a location without a rating for nightlife that does have sufficient nightlife? Please let us know on the forum!
scenery: the rating for scenery is included in every location.
tourism: the rating for tourism is included in every location.
wildlife: the rating for wildlife is included for every locations that is or has a national park nearby and for every location that has the tag for diving.