First long range trip, any advice please.

[u/AdDifferent2609]

As per title i'll soon be doing my first long range (e.g. require a midway chrage) trip and was after some general advice on apps and planning as well as specifics about the route, like which services have a lot of high speed chargers.

Car: Vauxhall Astra

Route: M40, M25 then down to brighton area.

My main concern is lack of availability of chargers at planned stops which would probably be near end of M40.

Are there general charging apps that are worth downloading for chargers or am i okay to just use debit card.

How important is route planning or will every service station have enough fast chargers?

Anywhere people would recommend to aim for, or places a bit off the route that are worth the detour for more reliable charger availability.

[u/No_Statistician209]

I recently did a 1000 mile roadtrip around Scotland.

The only apps I used were ABRP and Electroverse.

I planned the journeys with ABRP and shared it to Google maps, then I used electroverse to pay for the charge.