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Are you referring to Trip Planner or the Travel History? I have a NUVI 2555LMT and it has Trip Planner and you can also record the Travel History.

Otherwise, someone wiser than me may know the answer.

Yes. It is important to know if you are asking about a ROUTE (stored in the Trip Planner) which represents where you WANT TO GO or a TRACK (or trip log) which represents where you WENT.

a trip planner not where I have been wanting to save a trip I planned but not taken have it in the gps would like to take it out and save I know about using Google and all but it is so many stops and all no way could save it on Google or any other map as I was working on it over weeks

Look at Basecamp Help and look into Transferring Data.

Rather than copying the whole text, go to this Help Link. http://static.garmincdn.com/basecamp/4_2/en/Default.htm

I believe this allows you to import a route from your Connected GPS. Then it can be plotted in Basecamp. Save this as a gpx file. Google Earth allows you to open GPX files. However, if you're wanting to review your route and possibly alter it, Basecamp is a better choice, since it uses the same map as your GPS. It will usually calculate your route, pretty much the same as your GPS would. That allows you to toss in or move a via point, in case it takes you where no man has gone before.

If you're planning a trip, I would suggest that you create it in Basecamp and save it as a gpx file. Use POI Loader to load it to your GPS. Once it's loaded, you can use Trip Planner to set it as your trip route.

Trip Planner, both within Basecamp and on the GPS, is pretty limited in doing a good trip plan. If you have Streets and Trips you can import the gpx file, that you just created. Both Basecamp and S&T allow you to set a Start and End time for each day of travel. However, S&T also allows you to enter a Stop at specific time intervals. Let's face it. On a long trip, you will want to stop every 2-3 hours to stretch your legs and a washroom break. I usually allow 15 minutes every 2 hours, but we usually take sandwiches and picnic at a rest area. If you want to stop at a fast food place for lunch, then put duration at 30 minutes.

S&T can include this, but Basecamp cannot. Those breaks will can add 1-3 hours per day, if you drive 8-12 hours.That's a big time period to ignore, if you're planning for a trip that may take 1 1/2 to 3 days.

The locations that S&T choose may not be where you actually stop, but it does give a pretty close idea of where you're really likely to stop for the night on a long trip.

Load the Rest Areas Combined and set a proximity alert at about 1-2 miles, to ensure that you don't miss a stop. I generally found that rest areas were generally about 2 hours apart.

I did this last year on a trip to Florida and when I hit the towns that S&T figured for the night,I was +/- 30 minutes of the actual time.

If want your travel partner to have a better feel of where you are and where you're heading, then use S&T to print the route.

thanks GPSgeek that is a lot of help and will try it. was planning a trip to camp Lejeune NC from Kansas I enjoy the 2 lane roads get to so much more that way Again thanks

You're more than welcome.

Basecamp can be a bit intimidating, but "Norwood" has done a whole series of video tutorials that you might find helpful.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/41134

Planning a long trip can be fairly basic or more complex, especially for people like me, that tend to get a bit anal about it.

I generally start with a basic idea of what route I want to take. I use Basepoint to plot this and add Waypoints, to force the GPS to go where I want it to go. e.g. Going to Florida, I wanted to take the Macon Bypass, so I zoomed to the max stuck a waypoint about the middle of I-475, for the Southbound side, to make sure that the GPS went there, during the southbound leg.

Once I'm happy with the route, I export as gpx. I also make a file for going and another file for the return trip. In my case Florida South and Florida North.

Remember to shift the waypoint to make sure you have your waypoints on the Northbound or Southbound side of the highway for the going or return trips.

I name each waypoint with the name of the city and I also put a number ahead that references the waypoints order of usage. eg: 1 Ambassador Bridge; 2 Cincinatti Bypass; 3 Atlanta.

Doing this avoids confusion when you enter the points into Trip Planner.

I usually open the files in Extra POI Editor, maximize the Map and go to satellite mode. This allows me to make sure that the point I chose is well away from any Exit or Entrance Ramps. I erred on one trip and the position turned out to be just slightly into an Off Ramp and the GPS took me off the highway and into town to eventually return to the highway.

If you want to get really anal about it, then open in S&T and program stops every 2 hours or so. My wife is technologically challenged and I find an S&T printout of each leg of the trip is helpful and more interesting for her.