best road trip ever app

Not your typical travel app!

“Best Road Trip Ever” is a GPS-based travel app designed for the iPhone that features over 7,500 offbeat attractions, self-taught artists, sights, and eateries across the country in one comprehensive compendium.

Thousands of photos, lots of video and tons of stories from the guys on the KCPT/PBS travel show, “Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations” and Detour Art. Perfect for anyone who loves to get in the car and explore!

You won’t find the “typical” spots found on most travel apps – no run-of-the-mill fast food joints (unless they have a UFO or giant being on the building). Any app can give you a phonebook listing of what’s in the area, Best Road Trip Ever gives you the hand-picked offbeat attractions that make taking the back roads a lot more fun!

Chose to explore the entire country, go region by region, trek Route 66 or only visit the sites from “Rare Visions.” It’s your call.

Best Road Trip Ever features:

• Location-based navigation (GPS) – for roadside distractions across all 50 states.
• 600+ of the “World’s Largest” and Muffler Man sightings
• Over 2,500 Roadside Attractions, Offbeat Museums and Unnatural Wonders
• 900+ Folk Art Sites, Artists, Galleries and Museums
• More than 3,300 favorite local eats and classic diners.

Easy to use – just swipe to scroll through the listings, slide to pick categories, flick to see more pages. Tap any point to get more details

Easy to search – Choose your way to search through the thousands of geo-coded points of interest (POIs). Every listing is text-searchable, or pick a location and see what is around.  Street addresses and one-touch phone numbers.

Thousands of images – See what you are getting yourself into.

Personalize – pick your favorites, add your own photos, chose your favorite categories and only visit those places

Learn a little along the way…

Trying to decide what not to miss? Wondering what business once operated in that cool old building? Where to find a classic neon sign for the perfect photo op? Best Road Trip Ever! has it at your fingertips. The app is updated often with new info and trivia to annoy your car mates with.

Easy to use

After you open the app, you will find yourself on the map.  Just slide over to wherever you would like to start along the route. Zoom in, touch the color-coded icon and find out more about whatever tickles your fancy. Not interested in foraging for food or seeing roadside attractions? You can also customize the screen to show only the categories you are interested in finding.

Just pinch to navigate the map, swipe to scroll through the listings, flick to see more photos. Tap any point to get more detail.

Easy to search

Maps?  Listings?  Attractions? Choose your way to search through the tons of geo-coded points of interest (POIs). Every listing is text-searchable, or you can pick a location and see what is around.  Street addresses and one-touch phone numbers.

Thousands of images – See what you’re getting yourself into!

Requires an iOS 4.0 or later for iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads.