This free multi-leg journey planner joins flights, trains and drives into one honest total. Enter the number of legs, total distance, average speed, stops between legs and minutes per stop, and the tool shows moving time, stop time, total journey time and average leg distance, so connections are judged on reality.
Multi-leg journeys hide their true length because each ticket shows only its own leg. A flight, a train and a drive can each look short while the day between them stretches past twelve hours. Adding legs, stops and changes into one total reveals the real journey, and real journeys are the only ones you can plan around.
To use the tool, enter your numbers in the fields above and press the calculate button. The results table updates at once, and you can change any number and calculate again as often as you like. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing you enter is sent to a server, and you need no account and no sign-up.
The planner divides total distance by average speed for moving time, and multiplies stops by minutes per stop, divided by 60, for stop time. Total journey is moving time plus stop time, and average leg distance is total distance divided by legs. Rounding to one decimal keeps the result readable without false precision.
Example: three legs over 900 km at 90 km per hour, with 2 stops of 30 minutes, give 10 hours moving, 1 hour stopped, 11 hours in total, and 300 km per leg on average. That is a full day, not a morning trip, and it tells you to book an overnight stop or an earlier start. If the total surprises you, that surprise is the value of the planner, because discovering a long day on paper costs nothing, while discovering it mid-journey costs connections and calm.
Tip: never trust a connection under one hour across modes. Airports and stations need exit, transfer and boarding time, so a 45 minute gap between a flight and a train is a missed connection waiting to happen.
Tip: use average speed, not top speed. A car that reaches 120 on a motorway still averages far less with towns, fuel and traffic, so honest averages keep the whole plan honest.
Tip: keep the longest leg in the middle of the day. Energy dips early and late, so a long middle leg with short legs at each end feels easier than a long leg first thing.
Common question: How many legs are too many? Four legs in one day is the practical limit for most travellers, because each change adds risk, and risk compounds faster than distance.
Common question: Should stops count as rest? Only stops over 30 minutes truly rest you. Short changes are work, not rest, so count them as journey time and plan real breaks separately.
Common question: What if one leg is a flight? Use door-to-door time for the flight leg, including airport arrival and baggage, not just air time, or the total will mislead you.
Good travel planning is mostly honest counting. Distances, hours, expiry dates and fuel stops are all numbers, and numbers do not argue. Spend a few minutes with them before you leave, and the trip itself becomes the enjoyable part, instead of a series of surprises you could have seen coming from home.
This tool is free to use as often as you like. Bookmark it, run it before every trip, and let it carry the counting while you focus on the journey itself, the places you will see, and the people you will meet along the way.