ROAD TRIP! How to plan with Google Maps.
Planning a road trip with Google Maps can be such a huge help to the overwhelm of trip planning, and it's about to get super simple with this little tutorial. WARNING! Don't sell out your brain (and your heart) to your GPS.
🗺 Google Maps IS awesome, and in this video I'll show you how to make it work FOR you as you plan your road trip, making sure we move beyond just miles and markers on the screen.
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It's Week 5 of the "Summer of Wonder" where we are using Google Maps to help plan an EPIC ROAD TRIP ROUTE using many of the cool tools 😎 from my #1 bestselling book "There's Wonder Around the Bend: An Inspiring Guide to Road Tripping" - grab yours here https://amzn.to/4b3UOUf.
🦮 Lexi the Golden and I are embarking on a one-month road trip, and each week from leading up to it and for all our time on the road, I’m teaching and sharing and taking you along for the ride.
📍This week is all about Google Maps. How do you take your exciting list of destinations and move them to Google Maps so that it makes your trip easier and more enjoyable. How do you plan so it takes the stress out of it all? The answer: One exciting step 🥾 at a time, and I'm here to walk you through each one.
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Check out the Summer of Wonder Blog @ https://www.wonderbingtravel.com/blog
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About WonderBing Travel:
Many adults struggle to carve out meaningful time for themselves. WonderBing Travel inspires and equips people to discover a joyful way forward as they step out with confidence by planning and embarking on a solo road trip. Whether it's a day or a month, I'm here to help with every little thing you need to be comfortable and confident as you step out in wonder.
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Time Stamps:
00:00 Start
00:54 Using Google Maps for time and distance
01:21 Breaking a road trip into parts
02:36 maps.google.com
02:55 Getting started with a location
03:32 Navigating the home screen of Google Maps
04:04 View features of Google Maps
04:48 Using Google Maps Street View
06:00 Using Google Maps for directions
06:50 Options to avoid highways
07:37 Adding destinations to Google Maps
10:11 Managing multiple destination
11:40 How to understand Details on Google Maps
13:02 Understanding when to use No Highways option
13:36 Planning daily stops and seeking wonder
14:17 Don't trade in your brain for a GPS
14:36 There's Wonder Around the Bend
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