What is r/roadtrip for?
You can plan a road trip and share how it went, ask route questions, and post trip reports and itineraries.
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r/roadtrip rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/roadtrip: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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Current public stats
- Members
- 4,208,093
- Verified
- October 10, 2026
- Category
- Travel and rental car communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Scraping: Scraping
- No Spam: No Spam
- Route questions: include start, end, and dates: Route posts need a start point, an end point, and rough dates. Give people something to work with - vehicle and group help too - and you'll get real answers instead of guesses.
- Trip reports: route and specifics: Trip reports need more than "it was great" - include the route, days, miles, and what you'd do differently. That's what makes them useful to the next person driving it.
Works well
- A route question with a clear start point, a clear end point, rough dates, your vehicle, and who is coming with you
- A trip report with the full route, the number of days, the number of miles, and an honest section on what you would do differently
- An itinerary share that gives enough detail for the next person to copy it
- Answering other people's route questions with specific, practical advice before you ever post your own thing
- A genuine story from a drive you actually took, told with the specifics the rules ask for
Avoid
- Posting a route question with no start point, no end point, or no dates
- Sharing a trip report that just says it was great without the route, days, miles, or lessons learned
- Dropping links or promotions, since spam is not allowed
- Scraping content from the community
- Asking for an itinerary without giving people a vehicle or group size to work with
- Treating the community as a place to dump marketing content instead of real trip planning help
What r/roadtrip Is For
This community is for planning road trips and sharing how they went. People come here to ask route questions, trade itineraries, and post trip reports after the drive is done. The rules make the split clear. If you are asking for help, you bring a start point, an end point, and rough dates. If you are reporting back, you bring the route, the days, the miles, and what you would do differently. The people posting are drivers planning real trips and drivers who just finished one and want to pass on what they learned.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Three rules decide whether a post survives here. “No Spam” bans promotion outright, so any post whose real goal is selling something is at risk. “Route questions: include start, end, and dates” requires a start point, an end point, and rough dates, and says vehicle and group details help you get real answers. “Trip reports: route and specifics” requires the route, days, miles, and what you would do differently, because a report that only says it was great is not useful to the next driver. “Scraping” is also on the books, so do not pull content out of the community.
What To Post
Post like a driver, not a marketer. If you ask for route advice, include your start point, your end point, and rough dates, and add your vehicle and who is traveling with you so people have something to work with. If you have driven a route, write a trip report with the route itself, how many days it took, how many miles, and what you would do differently next time. That level of detail is what the rules ask for and what makes the next person trust you. If your product connects to road trips, the honest path is to be a member first, answer route questions with real knowledge, and only mention what you built when it genuinely helps and fits the conversation.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to get removed is posting a route question with no start point, no end point, or no dates. The second fastest is a trip report with no route, no days, no miles, and no lessons learned. Spam is not allowed, so promotion is out, and the moderators say plainly that they remove spam and scraping. Anything that reads as marketing rather than a real trip plan or a real trip report will not last.
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Common questions about r/roadtrip
Can I ask for route advice?
Yes, but the post needs a start point, an end point, and rough dates, and adding your vehicle and group size gets you real answers instead of guesses.
Can I share a trip report about a trip my product helped with?
Yes, but include the route, the days, the miles, and what you would do differently, because a post that only says it was great gets removed.
Can I promote my travel app or blog?
No, spam is not allowed and promotion is banned here.
Can I collect posts or user content from this community for research?
No, scraping is explicitly against the rules.
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