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K & E · RV-Dreams Family Member

Microsoft Streets and Trips

The Bear II · RV-Dreams Family Member

I haven't used it for RV travel but have used it at work and it works well.

I am planning on adding the RV version to the laptop/GPS to be installed in my tow vehicle.

Thanks for asking about the program, I will be reading the answers you receive to justify purchasing the software.

I have seen feedback on other forums, it's a popular program with many RV'ers.

KarenInTheWoods · RV-Dreams Family Member

I have the older 2007 version along with the GPS dongle for my laptop. It works great as we have a DC cord for our laptop to run from the cigarette lighter while we are travelling down the road...

TOP TEN REASONS why I like it:
1- I can change the intended trip at any time, adding or deleting stops
2- I can search for various things or places of interest for a set circumference ex. 10mi 20mi
3- it creates a blue "mouse trail" that shows us where we been on what roads and saves it
4- keep adding to the same map for camping weekends, another map for each long trip etc.
5- I make notes as to best campsites we liked, costs, phone number etc. on each pushpin
6- can estimate mileage on map by 2 keystrokes, drag cursor, even guessing for walking trails
7- I can find out how many miles left to destination at any point on the route
8- having big laptop screen to easily see things around each area we are travelling through
9- I imported POIs of national, state, COE, NF, local campgrounds, Walmarts and Flying J's

10- and the BEST PART .. i can see exactly how fast we are travelling mph because I can't always see the speedometer over on Steve's dash.. and he used to lie to me when going into small towns....

ME: "Honey, it's 35 here....."
STEVEIO" "I know! I am! I am going 35"
ME" "No Honey, it's 43 and you just passed a cop!"

LOL LOL LOL

jagco · RV-Dreams Family Member

ME: "Honey, it's 35 here....."
STEVEIO" "I know! I am! I am going 35"
ME" "No Honey, it's 43 and you just passed a cop!"

Oh, that sounds so very familiar, only she says Jeff instead of Steveio :)

Racerguy · RV-Dreams Family Member

Ditto's here.Get told on all the time.

Lueck · RV-Dreams Community Member

We used to use "Co Pilot". I could set it to beep if he went over the set speed! I loved it....he hated it!

Jbbar · RV-Dreams Family Member

I suppose I could get to used to ignoring a beeping sound as well, but as for Street and Trips I love it. I use a Garmin Streetpilot 7200 for on board navigation but use S&T extensively for trip planning and finding campsites. It really helps with route selection in the planning stages of a trip. Our rig has a Pioneer Navigation system built in but I am surprised they found there way out of the assembly line with that thing it is difficult to use and never seems to get it right when it comes to finding the most convenient route, so I usually have it shut down.

TXRVr · RV-Dreams Family Member

I have used both S&T and GPS. Streets is the preferred over road method and GPS is for my toad while in a metro area.

Streets has so many more options than a GPS and it's cheaper. Another feature is that you can do route planning, similar to google maps, without being connected to the net.