Where you sleep

Last verified September 16, 2026

Every multi-day route has a 'Sleep spots' card listing your nights; each day opens a search around that day's end point. Filter by camping, hostel or hotel, and each result shows its type and how far off the route it sits. 'Set as stage end' moves the day's end to that place, so the day is planned around where you'll actually sleep.

How the search works

• It searches around the end of the day you opened it from, within about 5 km.
• Results come from OpenStreetMap places plus official tourism listings where they exist.
• The tabs narrow it to camping, hostels or hotels; Lodge-type places sit under Hotel.
• Each card shows how far the place is from your route, not from the stage end.
• A 'Bike-friendly' badge marks places that come from the curated tourism listings (currently France) rather than from OpenStreetMap. It isn't a cycling certification Bikepackia has checked.

Picking a place

'Set as stage end' moves that day's finish to the place and re-routes to it, so the distances either side update. It's the one change you can make on the phone without going through Mec — useful when you're standing outside a full campsite and need tonight sorted in three taps. You can also ask Mec for sleep spots in the chat, which shows the same places on the map to swipe through.

Nothing is reserved and no dates are involved — Bikepackia is planning where you'll be, not booking a bed. The Book button is deliberately inert with a SOON badge until in-app booking exists.

The whole trip at a glance

The Sleep spots card on the route screen opens this summary: one row per night, plus your destination as the trip end. Tapping a row goes back to the search for that night. There's no price, rating or 'booked' badge anywhere, because the app doesn't hold any of that.