Thrift Trail › Blog › How-To
📍 Mix Errands, Lunch and Appointments Into Your Thrift Day
A thrift day rarely happens on its own. There is a prescription to pick up, a lunch to fit in, maybe a dentist appointment in the middle of it all. The Trail can hold those too. Add your own stop and it joins your route, in the best spot, right alongside the shops.
How to add a stop
- Scroll below the shop list to the Your own stops box.
- Tap ➕ Add Your Own Stop.
- Start typing a name. Pick a common Chattanooga place from the suggestions, or type a street address.
- Choose an icon (a cart, a wrench, a doctor, a fork and knife or a paw, among others) and tap Add to my trail.
The Trail puts it where it fits
You do not have to decide where it goes. If you add an appointment time, the stop is placed after the last shop you can finish before it, and the card shows about when to leave. That is an estimate with no live traffic, so give yourself a cushion. With no time, the stop goes wherever it adds the least driving. Changed your mind? Use the arrows on the card, or tap Make this next to jump it to the front of what is left.
Add a coffee stop in one tap
Next to Add Your Own Stop is ☕ Add a coffee stop. It offers up to three open coffee shops on the way to your next shop, with the moderators’ favorites first.
Private and temporary
Your own stops stay on your device only. They are never shared, and they clear themselves the next day. Addresses you type are looked up with OpenStreetMap and are not kept.
Thrift tip: Put the errand you dread in the middle of the day. A thrift stop on either side makes it feel like part of the fun.
Open the Trail, add your own stop and let the route do the planning.
Plan a route through Chattanooga area thrift stores, vintage shops and antique malls, ordered around their hours.
Plan My Thrift Route →
Browse All Shops & the Charities They Support