What it is
Tour management software
One place to plan a tour and then run it: the dates, the routing, the day sheets, the money, and getting all of it to everyone in the van. It replaces the spreadsheet, the shared calendar, the group chat and the folder of PDFs that most tours are actually run on.
Most of it is built for offices and production companies. Tourouter is built for the band member who ended up doing the job.
No card needed. Planning is free for as long as it takes.
The four jobs it has to do
Everything else is decoration. If a tool does not do these, it will not survive contact with an actual run.
The dates, and the order they happen in
Every show, travel day and day off in one run, with the drive between each city. This is where a routing mistake is cheap to fix, rather than at 4am in a van.
The day itself
Load in, soundcheck, doors, set time, load out. The venue, the guarantee, the capacity, the hotel, and the person to call when something is wrong.
The money
What each show pays, what the run costs, and whether the tour makes sense before you commit to it rather than after settlement.
Getting it to everyone
The plan is useless if it lives on one laptop. Everyone on the run needs today's version, on their phone, without asking for it.
When you do not need this
One local show, or a weekend of them, does not need software. A spreadsheet and a group chat will get you there, and anyone telling you otherwise is selling something.
It stops working somewhere around the point where more than two people need the plan, the plan keeps changing while you are travelling, and nobody is certain which version is current. That is usually the second or third run, and it usually arrives as an argument in a car park.
Where Tourouter sits
The established tools in this category are built for production companies and career tour managers, priced accordingly, and worth it at that scale. If you have a production office, you are not the person this was made for.
Tourouter is for bands who manage themselves: free to plan, priced by the people who edit rather than the people who travel, and built around the day sheet because that is the artefact everyone on a run actually uses.
Common questions
Mostly asked by people about to plan their first real run.
What is tour management software?
One place to plan and run a tour: the dates and routing, the schedule for each show day, the venues and contacts, the money, and a way to get all of it to everyone travelling. It replaces the spreadsheet, the shared calendar, the group chat and the folder of PDFs that most tours are actually run on.
Do I need it, or is a spreadsheet fine?
For one local show, a spreadsheet is fine and you should use one. It stops being fine somewhere around the point where more than two people need to know the plan, the plan changes while you are travelling, and nobody is sure which version is current.
Is this only for professional tour managers?
No, and that is rather the point. Most touring bands do not have a tour manager: somebody in the band ends up doing it alongside playing. Tourouter is built for that person, not for an office.
What does it cost?
Planning is free with no time limit. You build the whole run, add every date and invite your crew without paying. Payment happens when the tour goes live, priced by editor seats rather than by the size of your band, so crew and viewers are always free.
Does everyone in the band need an account?
They need one to see the tour, and it costs nothing. You pay only for editor seats, meaning the people who change the plan. Everyone else is free and unlimited.
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