Trips

# Create a trip

Build a trip from consignments and stops, assign a vehicle, calculate the route and save it for execution.

Updated 4 October 2026

A trip is the work one vehicle (or one carrier) does: an ordered list of stops with the consignments it loads and unloads along the way. You create a trip when you plan transport orders, when you want to send a vehicle somewhere empty, or when you subcontract work to a partner.

## Ways to start a new trip

* Open the side menu (☰) and choose **New trip**.
* Press **Ctrl + T** on a Mac or **Alt + T** on Windows.
* Right-click a transport order, consignment or vehicle and choose **Plan**. The new trip is pre-filled with that order's stops or that vehicle.
* Click **\+ Create trip** on the **Trips** tab of a vehicle.
* Drag a consignment onto the plan board or planner. See [Plan with the plan board](/en/help/plan-board).

## Create the trip

1. Open the side menu (☰) and choose **New trip**. The **New trip** panel opens.
2. If your platform uses subcontracting, choose the trip type at the top: **Intern**, **Forwarded** or **Internally blank**.
3. Enter a **Name** for the trip.
4. Set the **Start date & time**.
5. Type in the **Search vehicle** field and choose the vehicle that drives the trip.
6. In the consignment selector, type in **Find consignments...** and select the consignments to carry. They move from **Available** to **Selected** and their stops appear as actions below.
7. Drag the actions into the order you want to drive them, or click **\+ Add action** to add extra work such as a break, refuelling or customs.
8. Click **Calculate route**.
9. If **Route options** appear, click the option you want (for example **Fastest**, **Eco** or **Cheapest**).
10. Check the **Distance**, **Duration**, the **Costs overview** and the map.
11. Click **Save**.

For an internal trip with a vehicle and at least two stops with an address, **Save** stays disabled until the route is calculated. Every time you change the actions you see _You have to calculate the route before creating the trip_ again: click **Recalculate route** and then save.

## Trip types

| Type                 | Use it for                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Intern**           | Work you drive with your own vehicle and drivers. This is the default.                                                                                                                                         |
| **Forwarded**        | Work a carrier does for you under a capacity contract. You pick the **Capacity Contract** instead of a vehicle and the route is optional. See [Forward a trip to a partner](/en/help/forward-trip-to-partner). |
| **Internally blank** | A trip without consignments, such as an empty repositioning run or an unaccompanied trailer on a ferry. You add the actions yourself. This tab is not available once consignments are selected.                |

The type tabs only appear when your platform has the capacity (subcontracting) feature. Without it every trip is internal.

## Other fields

* **Documents**: attach files, such as instructions for the driver.
* **Link to previous trip**: when this trip starts, its route begins at the last stop of the vehicle's previous trip instead of the vehicle's current position.
* **Cost elements**: extra costs for this trip, such as a ferry ticket. Only shown with the financial feature. See [Trip costs and revenue](/en/help/trip-costs-and-revenue).
* **Edit route**: after calculating, drag the route line on the map to force a different road, then click **Save route**.
* **Calculate charging plan**: with the stacking feature, works out how the goods fit in the vehicle. The result appears on the trip's **Stacking** tab.

A new trip is saved with the status **Accepted**. It is not sent to the driver or board computer until you confirm it. See [Trip statuses](/en/help/trip-status-lifecycle).

## Next steps

Open the trip to check it (see [The trip detail panel](/en/help/trip-detail)), then confirm it and [send it to the driver](/en/help/send-trip-to-board-computer).

## Related articles

* [Work with stops and actions](/en/help/trip-actions-and-stops)
* [Assign a vehicle, driver and equipment](/en/help/assign-vehicle-and-driver)
* [Forward a trip to a partner](/en/help/forward-trip-to-partner)
* [Plan with the plan board](/en/help/plan-board)

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