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According to a recent INRIX study, the average American driver spends approximately 51 hours each year stuck in congested traffic, resulting in an average cost of $869.   Whether you make your livelihood on the road in industries like trucking or outside sales, or are just planning a fun ol’ road trip, making use of a driving route planner is a must. They allow you to save time planning your daily routes and get the best driving directions directly to your phone — even when you encounter the unexpected.  Some key benefits of using a driving route planner include:  Multi-stop planning....

What do industries such as outside sales, field services, deliveries, and logistics have in common? They all rely on efficient route planning to manage extensive customer lists and ensure timely service. Basic route planners, such as Google Maps can do this, to an extent. But if you work in the aforementioned industries you know you need a more sophisticated software. This is where route optimization comes into play.  The best route optimization software goes beyond plotting stops; they calculate the most efficient routes based on factors like traffic, time windows, vehicle capacities, and priority stops, saving you and your team....

When it comes to route planners, it's hard to beat Google Maps. Accessible on virtually any device—smartphones, tablets, desktops, and even smartwatches—it’s the go-to app for getting from point A to point B quickly and effortlessly. Google Maps also allows you to create routes with multiple stops where you can add up to 9 stops to your route, with turn-by-turn navigation guiding you every step of the way.  Planning routes with multiple stops using Google Maps is pretty straightforward and in this guide I’ll run through -  How to use Google Maps to get the fastest route for multiple stops....

For field teams who spend a lot of time in their cars, efficiency is crucial to their success. To combat inefficiency, every field team should be using a multi-stop route planner. You may think that apps like Google Maps and Apple Maps will help you with this type of route planning, and you are right, to an extent. Google lets you add 10 stops to your route, while Apple will allow you to add 15. So why not just use one of those? The problem is that the multi-stop route planner apps from Google and Apple are not optimized to....