Not every leg of a trip is a flight. Ground legs sit beside flights in the map, timeline, and budget.
Adding a ground leg
- In the sidebar, click + ground.
- Pick the mode: Train, Bus, Ferry, or Car.
- Pick the origin and destination.
- Set the date.
The leg drops into your trip and shows on the map as an arc with the right icon (🚂 train, 🚌 bus, ⛴️ ferry, 🚗 car).
Picking the right station, terminal, or city
When you start typing an origin or destination for a ground leg, the suggestions you see are tuned to the mode:
- Train mode prioritizes railway stations (Gare du Nord, King's Cross St. Pancras, etc.).
- Bus mode prioritizes bus stations and intercity terminals.
- Ferry mode prioritizes ferry terminals and ports.
- Car mode prioritizes cities and addresses.
You can always override and pick any city. If you can't find an exact station, picking the city it's in works fine.
Filling in details
Each ground leg has optional fields:
- Duration (e.g., "2h 45m")
- Cost and currency
- Confirmation or ticket number — filling this in marks the leg as booked (same convention as flights and hotels)
- Notes (platform info, reminders to print tickets, etc.)
None of these are required. Plenty of people just drop in "Train to Porto" and fill in the cost later.
Why ground legs matter for the budget
If you skip ground legs and just have flights and hotels, your budget will quietly miss whole chunks of your trip cost — train tickets, rental cars, ferry crossings. Adding ground legs (even rough estimates) keeps the Budget tab honest.