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Multi-stop route planning that keeps crews working, not driving.

Build dense, sensible routes so a crew hits more stops and burns less windshield time. Part of Cardo CRM, and you only pay for what you use.

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Drive time is the cost nobody puts on the invoice.

For any trade that runs a string of stops in a day — pest control routes, lawn crews, recurring cleans, junk hauls — the hours lost to crossing town and doubling back are pure margin gone. A crew that spends an extra ninety minutes driving is a crew that fit one fewer job, burned more fuel, and got home later. When stops are scheduled with no thought to where they actually are, that waste is baked into every single day. Multi-stop route planning fixes the geography: group nearby jobs, put them in a sensible order, and hand the crew a route they follow from their phone. Because routing is part of the same Cardo CRM as your schedule and crew app, the route the office builds is the exact route the field drives — no re-typing addresses into a separate maps app.

Group nearby stops

Cluster jobs by area and day so a crew works a tight zone instead of zig-zagging across the map.

Sensible order

Lay the day out in a logical sequence, with dump runs, lunch or supply stops slotted where they fit.

The crew just follows it

Stops in order on their phone, tap-to-navigate addresses, marked done as they go — office sees progress live.

Only pay for what you use

Multi-stop routing is a module you switch on when your days get dense. Add the crew app, dispatch or recurring scheduling alongside — each is something you turn on, not a tier you're forced to buy up to.

Pairs with dispatch and the crew app. Related: dispatch your crew. See it by trade: pest control, junk removal.

Tighter routes compound, day after day.

Saving thirty minutes of driving on a single route doesn't sound like much. But a crew runs that route every working day, and thirty minutes back is either one more billable stop or an earlier, cheaper end to the day — multiplied across every crew, every day, all year. Drive time is one of the few costs in a service business that produces zero revenue, so every mile you cut goes almost straight to the bottom line. Route efficiency is boring and invisible, which is exactly why it's so often left on the table.

It also makes the day more predictable, not just cheaper. A sensible route means realistic arrival windows you can actually hit, which feeds straight into the reminders and updates customers get — fewer “running late” texts and fewer missed windows. Tight routing isn't only about fuel; it's about a day that runs on time because it was planned around where the work actually is.

Good routing is a hiring decision in disguise.

When routes are tight, each crew gets more done in the same day — which means you can take on more work before you need to add a truck or another team. Sloppy routing has the opposite effect: it burns capacity on driving, so you hit the “we need to hire” wall sooner than your actual job volume justifies. Squeezing wasted miles out of the day is one of the cheapest ways to grow, because it expands what your existing crews can handle without adding a dollar of payroll.

There's a quality-of-life angle too. A crew that isn't criss-crossing town all day finishes on time, stays less frustrated, and is easier to keep. Routing that respects their day — sensible order, no pointless backtracking — is the kind of small operational care that shows up in retention, not just in the fuel bill.

Route planning FAQs

What does multi-stop route planning do?

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It helps you build a day of stops in a sensible order and group nearby jobs together, so a crew isn’t crossing town and doubling back between appointments. For route-based trades — pest control, landscaping, cleaning, junk removal — that drive time is pure cost, and tightening the route turns windshield hours back into billable work.

How is this different from just a calendar?

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A calendar tells you when jobs happen; route planning deals with where they are and the order you hit them. The two work together in Cardo CRM — you schedule the day, then arrange the stops into an efficient route the crew follows from their phone.

Can the crew follow the route in the field?

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Yes. The crew opens the day’s route on their phone — the stops in order, addresses with tap-to-navigate, and notes for each — and marks them done as they go, so the office sees progress without a single check-in call.

Is route planning locked behind a higher plan?

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No. Multi-stop routing is a module you switch on when your days get dense enough to need it — not a feature held hostage behind a pricier tier. You only pay for what you use.

Turn windshield time into billable work.

Book a 30-minute demo and we'll build a real day into a tight route.

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