Wait, is this free or not?
Free. Fully, permanently free. No card, no trial, no "first route free then $5." If a version of this site ever charged you, it was a different site, and frankly a bolder one. This one just gives you the directions and hopes you feel a little something about it.
Why is the site called that?
Because the directions are cheap as, well, you read it. The name is the entire pitch. We considered a more respectable spelling and decided respectability was not our core competency. There is a tamer twin site if the name is a problem for you or your workplace filter.
Are the directions actually accurate?
Broadly, yes. We are confident that to get from A to B you should point your car at B and drive. Where we get vague is the middle part, which is admittedly most of it. For lane-level, off-ramp-level, "which Waffle House" level detail, the map app already in your pocket remains the professional.
Why does a travel site refuse to sell flights?
We priced it out. Selling flights requires airplanes, pilots, jet fuel, hangars, insurance underwriters, and a certificate from a federal agency that does not find us funny. We have a text box and a barcode that decodes to nothing. We know our limits and we have made peace with them.
What is the boarding pass actually for?
Spiritually, momentum. Practically, nothing. It will not board you onto anything, open any lounge door, or impress anyone whose job is to inspect boarding passes. It is a nicely designed rectangle that says you are going somewhere. Some people need that. We provide it at no charge.
How does a free site make any money?
Here is the honest mechanism: you finish reading eleven hours of directions, quietly reconsider the entire drive, and the "book an actual flight" and "find a hotel" links start looking extremely reasonable. If you book through one, a travel company pays us a small commission. That is the whole business. We are gently rooting for you to give up.
Can I gift directions to someone?
You can, and we encourage the pettiness. The gift button opens your own email app with the directions already written out — you just hit send. It is the ideal present for someone who casually mentioned a road trip and is now going to receive turn-by-turn instructions they did not request.
Do you store my email or the recipient's?
No. There is no server here catching your keystrokes and no list you have been quietly added to. The gift feature runs entirely inside your own browser and hands off to your own email app. We could not spam your friend if we wanted to, which we do not, because we have never met them.
Is there a phone number I can call?
There is no call center. There is no hold music, no menu tree, no one named Brad waiting to assist you. There is one person who built this as a joke and a mapping database quietly doing the heavy lifting. Genuine problems reach a genuine inbox, checked with genuine, if irregular, sincerity.
Be honest — is this a scam?
A scam takes your money and gives you nothing. We take zero money and give you directions plus a decorative rectangle. By any reasonable accounting we are the anti-scam. We are a small, unsolicited favor wearing the costume of a large travel company.