Tours & Trips

Organize your journey into tours and trips

Tours and trips are the foundation of your travel planning in A Grand Tour. Here’s how they work together.

Tours

A tour is the top-level container — your entire expedition. It holds all your trips, datasets, and documents.

Creating a Tour

1. Click New Tour from your tours page
2. Give it a name (e.g. “Europe to Asia Overland 2026”)
3. Optionally add a subtitle for more context
4. Choose whether the tour is public or private

Tour Settings

From the tour overview, click Edit to update:

• Name and subtitle — Describe your journey
• Visibility — Public tours appear in the Explore gallery; private tours are only visible to you and your collaborators
• Slug — The URL-friendly identifier (auto-generated from the name, but you can customize it)

The Tour Overview

The tour overview is your command center. It shows:

• A 3D globe with all your trip routes
• Your trip list with dates and status
• Quick access to datasets and documents
• Tour statistics (countries, distance, duration)

Trips

Trips are the segments of your tour — logical chunks that make a long journey manageable.

Creating Trips

From your tour overview:

1. Click New Trip
2. Enter a name (e.g. “Istanbul to Tehran”)
3. Set optional start and end dates
4. The trip is added to your tour’s timeline

Trip Order

Trips appear in the order you arrange them. Drag and drop to reorder trips in your timeline — this is especially useful as your plans evolve and you insert new legs or rearrange your route.

Trip Status

Each trip has a status:

• Planning — Still working out the details
• Active — Currently on this leg of the journey
• Completed — Done and dusted

What’s Inside a Trip

Each trip contains:

• Route — The path you’ll take, built from waypoints and route segments
• Itinerary items — Stops, accommodations, activities, and notes for each day
• Images — Photos and visual references

Organizing Your Journey

Here are some tips for structuring tours and trips:

By Geography

Split trips by country or region:

• Trip 1: Turkey
• Trip 2: Iran
• Trip 3: Central Asia

By Time

Split by calendar periods:

• Trip 1: Summer 2026
• Trip 2: Autumn 2026
• Trip 3: Winter 2026–27

By Theme

Split by travel style:

• Trip 1: Coastal drive
• Trip 2: Mountain crossing
• Trip 3: Desert traverse

There’s no right or wrong way — choose whatever makes your planning clearest.

Next Steps

With your tour and trips set up, learn how to plan your routes.