Interested in creating your own custom Google Maps with detailed routes, directions, and points of interest? We'll show you how to make one in just a few clicks.

You can use Google Maps as a trip planner through the "Places" and "My Maps" features, as well as by planning a route with multiple destinations.

Insider's reporter is a frequent solo traveler who uses Google to make customized maps of her destinations that can then be shared with loved ones.