Trip planner

Your road trip made to measure: choose your days, your airports and what you like. We pick the towns that fit best and put them in the route with the fewest hours behind the wheel.

14 days
What do you want to see?
Travelling by
Pace
Most hours behind the wheel a day
6 hours
Hotels
Rental car
Flights
Your budget a day (optional): food, fuel, parking, …

Added to the costs. Empty is nothing; the grey amounts are our suggestions, estimates. Change single days in the table under the costs.

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Your 14-day road trip from Vancouver

7 towns, flying home from Vancouver.

Length
14 days, 13 nights
Driving
1,800 km · 24 h 10 min
A day, on average
About 220 km
Costs for 2, roughly
€4,820
A person
€2,410

The drive to the airport takes most of a day: with an early flight, spend the last night near the airport.

Change the nights at each town (0 skips it) or tick tours, then:

Direct flights from AMS

Flight out: AMS → YVR

No direct flight then: you change planes on the way.

Flight home: YVR → AMS

No direct flight then: you change planes on the way.

Your flights for this trip

Choose a start date above, and the planner looks for the flights on the first and last day.

Live prices for these flights: more choice, other airports or dates. Prices are the airlines' at this moment, for all passengers together, taxes included; they change until you book.

Typical times, local; the airlines publish 2027 bit by bit, so check before you book. Checked . All direct flights.

Your rental car for this trip

Picked up at YVR · Your choice: Mid-size

Choose a start date above, and the planner looks for a car from the first day to the last.

Your 14-day road trip from Vancouver14 days · 1,800 km
Map: US Census Bureau (public domain) · roads © OpenStreetMap contributors
Days 1–2 20 km, 30 min

Day 1 · Land at Vancouver (YVR), drive to Vancouver

1 Vancouver, BC

2 nights ·

Stanley Park, Granville Island and English Bay

  • Day 1 20 km · 30 min –
  • Day 2 no drive –

Hotels in Vancouver Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

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Days 3–4 350 km, 4 h 20 min

Day 3 · Vancouver, drive to Kamloops

2 Kamloops, BC

2 nights ·

Ranchland where the mountains meet the grasslands

  • Day 3 350 km · 4 h 20 min –
  • Day 4 no drive –

Hotels in Kamloops Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

Search the hotels in Kamloops

Days 5–6 210 km, 2 h 50 min

Day 5 · Kamloops, drive to Revelstoke

3 Revelstoke, BC

2 nights ·

Mount Revelstoke and the mountains' railway heritage

  • Day 5 210 km · 2 h 50 min –
  • Day 6 no drive –

Hotels in Revelstoke Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

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Days 7–8 310 km, 4 h 10 min

Day 7 · Revelstoke, drive to Canmore

4 Canmore, AB

2 nights ·

A town at Banff's edge, beneath the Three Sisters

  • Day 7 310 km · 4 h 10 min –
  • Day 8 no drive –

Hotels in Canmore Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

Search the hotels in Canmore

Days 9–10 30 km, 20 min

Day 9 · Canmore, drive to Banff

5 Banff, AB

2 nights ·

Lake Louise, Moraine Lake and Banff Avenue

  • Day 9 30 km · 20 min –
  • Day 10 no drive –

Hotels in Banff Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

Search the hotels in Banff

Days 11–12 140 km, 2 h

Day 11 · Banff, drive to Golden

6 Golden, BC

2 nights ·

Glacier National Park and the Rogers Pass

  • Day 11 140 km · 2 h –
  • Day 12 no drive –

Hotels in Golden Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

Search the hotels in Golden

Day 13 350 km, 5 h

Day 13 · Golden, drive to Kelowna

7 Kelowna, BC

1 night ·

Vineyards and beaches on the Okanagan

  • Day 13 350 km · 5 h –

Hotels in Kelowna Comfort: a good hotel (3 stars)

Search the hotels in Kelowna

Day 14 400 km, 5 h

Home again

Kelowna to Vancouver airport (YVR), fly home to Amsterdam.

With an early flight, spend the last night near the airport.

Arrange something yourself

A few days with family or friends, a train ride, local transport: a part of the trip you arrange yourself. No hotel and no tours of ours; without the car, no kilometres and no hire those days. Enter what it costs and it counts in the total.

On the road with Google Maps or Waze

Your trip from airport to airport, with the hotels you chose (or else the towns).

Drive there with Waze one destination at a time

  1. Vancouver, BC
  2. Kamloops, BC
  3. Revelstoke, BC
  4. Canmore, AB
  5. Banff, AB
  6. Golden, BC
  7. Kelowna, BC
  8. Vancouver (YVR)

What it costs, roughly

For 2 travelling together: the flights, the rental car, a room for every two at every stop, and the tours you tick in the plan above.

DayDateNight in°CKmDrivingHotelToursCar hireDay
1Vancouver–2030 min€180–€70€250
2Vancouver–––€180–€70€250
3Kamloops–3504 h 20 min€180–€70€250
4Kamloops–––€180–€70€250
5Revelstoke–2102 h 50 min€180–€70€250
6Revelstoke–––€180–€70€250
7Canmore–3104 h 10 min€180–€70€250
8Canmore–––€180–€70€250
9Banff–3020 min€180–€70€250
10Banff–––€180–€70€250
11Golden–1402 h€180–€70€250
12Golden–––€180–€70€250
13Kelowna–3505 h€180–€70€250
14Flight home from YVR–4005 h––€70€70
On the road€2,340–€980€3,320
Flights, 2 return€1,500
Total€4,820
A person€2,410

Estimates in euros, to plan with: a return flight from Amsterdam, a mid-size car with insurance, a room for two at each stop, and the tours' usual prices. Fuel and meals are not included. The hotels' real prices are a click away at every stop. Check the flights: not every airport has a direct flight from Amsterdam all year. Prices as of 2026-10.

Add your own budget a day: food, fuel, parking, …

Fill in an amount for every day, or change a single day in the table. Empty is nothing: only what you fill in goes into the total.

DayNight inFood and drinkFuelParkingEntrance feesSouvenirsOtherDay
Every daySet in the form above
1Vancouver €0
2Vancouver €0
3Kamloops €0
4Kamloops €0
5Revelstoke €0
6Revelstoke €0
7Canmore €0
8Canmore €0
9Banff €0
10Banff €0
11Golden €0
12Golden €0
13Kelowna €0
14Flight home from YVR €0
Your budget€0€0€0€0€0€0€0

Your trip as a booklet

The route map, every day with its drive and what to see, the excursions, the costs, a packing list and room for notes: print it yourself, or have it printed and sent as a book.

For a print shop

With 3 mm bleed and crop marks, the fonts embedded, the map in vectors. The whole booklet · The pages inside · The cover (add &spine= and the spine's width in mm from your printer)