Rome2Rio finds how to get from one place to another and sends you off to book. Pilot is a trip booking and planning app: you book hotels in the app at private rates and plan the whole multi-stop trip on a map. Here is how they compare side by side.
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| Trustpilot rating | 4.4 ⭐ | 3.4 ⭐ |
| Map view of itinerary | YesSee your whole trip and all your stops on one map; Rome2Rio maps a single A-to-B route and links out to book the legs | Yes |
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay in the app at private rates; Rome2Rio does not book anything, it hands you to operators and other sites | No |
| Itinerary builder | YesPlan the whole multi-stop trip in one place; Rome2Rio answers one trip leg at a time | No |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan together in one shared trip; Rome2Rio is a solo route search | No |
| Notes and checklists | YesKeep notes, lists, and links with the plan; Rome2Rio holds no trip of yours | No |
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Rome2Rio is a route search that links you out to operators and other sites to book. Pilot plans the whole trip on a map and books your stay in the app at private rates, so the plan and the booking stay in one place.
| Feature | | |
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| Maps and routes | ||
| Map view of itinerary | YesSee your whole trip and all your stops on one map; Rome2Rio maps a single A-to-B route and links out to book the legs | Yes |
| Routes tool | YesRoute between your own stops as you plan; Rome2Rio is built to find how to get from one place to another | Yes |
| Multiple transportation types | YesAdd flights, trains, and more to your plan; Rome2Rio compares those modes for one journey, then sends you elsewhere to book | Yes |
| Booking and planning | ||
| Book hotels in the app | YesBook your stay in the app at private rates; Rome2Rio does not book anything, it hands you to operators and other sites | No |
| Itinerary builder | YesPlan the whole multi-stop trip in one place; Rome2Rio answers one trip leg at a time | No |
| Real-time collaborative editing | YesPlan together in one shared trip; Rome2Rio is a solo route search | No |
| Notes and checklists | YesKeep notes, lists, and links with the plan; Rome2Rio holds no trip of yours | No |
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With Pilot you book your stays right in the app, at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents, across more than 3,000,000 stays, so you get better rates. Rome2Rio shows you options but sends you to another site to book.
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Pilot doesn't sell sponsored placement, so you see results ranked for you, not for whoever pays the most. Rome2Rio earns from sending you to other booking sites, so its top result isn't always the best deal for you.
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Rome2Rio has been around longer and put a lot into pages built to rank in search, which makes it look bigger by traffic. Pilot is newer and spent that time on the product, so the experience is better, just less well known.
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Plan, save, and book in one place. Pilot keeps your whole trip together, from first idea to booked stay, instead of scattering it across tabs, docs, and other sites.
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Rome2Rio is well rated as a route search, around 4.7 on iOS, and it is genuinely useful for working out how to get somewhere. It does not hold your trip or your bookings, though. Pilot is rated 4.7 by 50,000+ travelers who keep the whole trip, the plan and the stay, in one place.
Rome2Rio is a multi-modal travel search engine. People use it to find how to get from one place to another by plane, train, bus, ferry, or car, with rough prices, schedules, and durations, then it links them out to operators or other sites to book. It is free to use and owned by Omio.
Pilot is a trip booking and planning app. You plan the whole trip in one place, a flexible itinerary, a map of your stops, and notes, and you book your hotel in the app at private rates straight from hotels, the kind usually reserved for travel agents. Where Rome2Rio finds a route and sends you elsewhere, Pilot books the stay in the app and keeps the whole trip together.
It depends what you need. Rome2Rio is purpose-built for one job, comparing transport options between two places, and it does that well. Pilot is for planning and booking the whole trip: a multi-stop itinerary on a map, your stay booked in the app at private rates across more than 3,000,000 hotels, notes, and real-time group collaboration. If you mainly need to plan and book a trip, Pilot does more; if you only need to work out a transport connection, Rome2Rio is the better fit.
No. Rome2Rio shows you the options and links you out to operators, airlines, or other booking sites to actually buy, so it has no booking, trip, or support of its own. Pilot books your hotel in the app at private rates straight from hotels and keeps it with the rest of your trip, with real people on support.
Yes. Rome2Rio is free to use and earns affiliate commission when it sends you to a partner to book. Pilot is also completely free, because it earns from hotels when you book in the app, so the whole planner, the itinerary, the map, and group collaboration, stays free, and you book your stay at private rates.
Use Rome2Rio to figure out how to get between two places. Use Pilot to plan and book the whole trip around those journeys, with a map of your stops, your stay booked in the app at private rates, group collaboration, and real people on support, all free and in one place.
Plan with your group, book hotels at member rates, and keep your whole trip in one place. Completely free.