Family travel, end to end
Road Trip carries a family trip from weeks out to wheels up: the timeline, the bookings, a packing list for every person and pet, the house, the mail, the tags on the bags, and one screen on the morning you leave that says whether you are ready.
The night before
It is 11 PM. The packing list is in one notes app, the flight in an email, the kennel time on a sticky note. Somebody packed the charger. Nobody stopped the mail.
Road Trip puts all of it in one place, weeks ahead, and hands each piece to you on the day it matters.
What it does
Every screenshot here is the real app, planning the Millers' six nights on the Outer Banks: Sarah, Mike, Ella, Ben and Biscuit the dog.
01 · Timeline
Pick a destination, dates, a trip type and the weather you expect. Road Trip lays out recommended tasks across six phases, scaled to how far away the trip is and how long it lasts. Add your own activities, like the wild horse tour in Corolla.
02 · Bookings
Flights with seats and travelers, hotels, car rentals, kennels and pet sitters, each marked Pending, Confirmed or Cancelled. You enter them yourself; nothing reads your email.
03 · Packing
Each person and pet gets their own list from templates by trip type and weather. Clothing scales with the nights, up to a week. Kids get kid things, adults get ID, Biscuit gets his joint supplement.
Shared onceSunscreen, the first-aid kit and chargers appear one time for the whole family, not four.
04 · Checklists and mail hold
Two days before: laundry, confirm bookings, arrange the kennel. The day before: charge devices, print documents, set the thermostat, hold the mail. The day of: keys, snacks, a last walkthrough, the time you leave.
Mail holdHold dates from departure through the day after you return, the confirmation number, and a link to USPS.com.
05 · House prep
Locks, alarm, thermostat, light timers, plants, perishables, trash, a note for the neighbor, the spare key. Keep a reusable list and add what this trip needs.
A firm ruleThe rundown will not say Ready until house prep is done.
06 · Luggage tags
Traveler, phone, destination and return address for any person or pet, printed as a PDF at 2.75 × 4.25 inches.
The QR codeIf you add one, it holds only a trip identifier. Never a name, never an address.
07 · Rundown
A big countdown to the minute you pull out, Ready or Not ready, every critical item still open and whose it is, today's bookings in order, packing for each person and pet, house prep, the mail hold and your emergency contacts. It works offline.
08 · Family
People with age, role, clothing size, allergies and phone. Pets with species, size, special needs and kennel preferences. Each gets a color that follows them through every list.
09 · Reminders and Siri
Local notifications to confirm pending bookings, check in for the flight 24 hours ahead, pick up the car, drop off the dog, open each checklist on its morning, and leave in 90 minutes.
Ask Siri“How long until our trip in Road Trip?” answers with the countdown and what is still to do.
Try it
A real slice of the app with the Miller family's beach trip. Tap anything; nothing is saved or sent.
Weeks out to wheels up
The Millers start 18 days before a 6:30 AM departure. Road Trip spaces the work so no single evening carries it.
18 days out
Sketch the itinerary, confirm dates with work and school, book flights, hotel, car and the kennel.
About two weeks out
Check every booking has a confirmation number and pick seats. Tell school about the absence; schedule the mail hold.
5 days out
Review the lists for Sarah, Mike, Ella, Ben and Biscuit, plus the shared bag, and shop for what is missing.
2 days before
Ask a neighbor to keep an eye on the house, use up the perishables, and get Biscuit to the kennel.
The day before
Charge everything, print boarding passes, set the thermostat and light timers, bags by the door with tags on.
Day of · 6:30 AM
A last walkthrough of locks, alarm and appliances, then out the door at 6:30 for AA 1182 at 9:40.
On the Mac
The Mac gets room for the detail: a full timeline rail, side-by-side packing, tags at print size. Your iPhone, iPad and Mac share the same trip through your own iCloud.
Privacy
Names, ages, allergies, flights and the dates your house is empty. Road Trip treats that the way you would. Read the privacy policy.
No sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no tracking.
Trips sync between your devices through your private iCloud database. Switch it off any time. We never receive your data.
The code on a luggage tag holds only a trip identifier, never a name or address.
The rundown, lists and bookings are on the device, at the gate or on a back road.
Questions
Not set yet. Road Trip is in TestFlight beta, and there are no in-app purchases today.
No. Road Trip is for iPhone, iPad and Mac (iOS 18 and macOS 15 or later).
No. You book wherever you like and enter the details. Road Trip keeps them together, reminds you about them, and copies a confirmation number with one tap.
Not today. Road Trip syncs through your own iCloud account, so a trip appears on the iPhone, iPad and Mac signed in to that account. Sharing between different accounts or families is not something it does.
Pets are family members here: their own packing list, kennel or sitter bookings with drop-off and pickup, special needs, luggage tags and a drop-off reminder.
Nowhere but your devices and your own iCloud, if you leave sync on. The developer never receives names, ages, allergies or anything else you enter.
Yes. Everything lives on the device, so the rundown and lists work offline.
Deleting the app removes what is on that device. If iCloud sync is on, a copy remains in your private iCloud and returns when you reinstall, until you remove it in iCloud settings.
Road Trip: Family Travel is in a TestFlight beta on iPhone and iPad, with the Mac version close behind. Want in, or have a question? Write to support@roadtripfamilyapp.com.
