Save Time and Gas with Smart Trip Planning: Tips for Efficient Errand Days

[BethCooks4U]

I save gas money and time by always thinking about where I'm heading to on errand day and I make it a round trip - literally round, make it a circle or oval... I try to do my errands all on the same day or two each week and I try never to have to backtrack. Even on non-errand days I ask myself "What is on the way to where I have to go today and what is on the way back?". Sometimes I even get to skip an errand day because I did all that as part of other trips out that week.

 

[Admin Greg]

Using a GPS can help make each trip efficient too! No wasted turns.

 

[esavvymom]

Using a GPS can help make each trip efficient too! No wasted turns.

LOL...not in my case! My GPS doesn't always take the smartest or shortest routes. I always make a point of looking up my routes on google maps first, and too often, I deviate from GPS because "she's" got me going very odd routes.

 

[Admin Greg]

LOL...not in my case! My GPS doesn't always take the smartest or shortest routes. I always make a point of looking up my routes on google maps first, and too often, I deviate from GPS because "she's" got me going very odd routes.

yeah some GPSs are goofy. I do think Google is the best though. I rarely doubt them.

 

[PamperedK]

I do this too! Google Maps is awesome because then you can play around with each destination to make a big loop. Especially great around Christmas or after a big sale when I do deliveries. I don't do them often but when i do, I like to do them all in one day.