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Mobile grooming routes, with the right time for every dog.

A nail trim on a Chihuahua and a bath on a Great Dane don't take the same hour. Give each stop its own time and see whether the day really fits.

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Monday · West6 stops · 9.0 miOptimized

The short answer

Updated October 19, 2026

Lite Route Planner plans mobile grooming routes: add your clients, set a service time for each dog, lasso the day's appointments into a route and optimize the drive in one click. The day's total adds grooming time to drive time, so a 2-hour doodle and a 45-minute nail trim both count. It's free for up to 50 client addresses, with no credit card and no trial clock.

Time per stop is the whole schedule

Picture a Tuesday: a Chihuahua bath and nails (45 minutes), a goldendoodle full groom (2 hours), a Great Dane bath and deshed (90 minutes), two shih tzus at one house (2 hours), and a lab nail trim (20 minutes). That's 6 hours 35 minutes of grooming before you've driven anywhere.

Set a default service time for your typical groom, then give each dog its own time on its stop. Once the route is optimized and saved, Lite shows the drive to every stop and the day's total. If it comes to 8 hours and you wanted to be home by 5, you know before you promise the slot.

The optimizer orders stops by distance only, so if a client can only do mornings, drag them to the top. And Lite is a route planner, not grooming software: it doesn't take bookings, send reminders or collect payments.

A grooming client list

A grooming client list
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1ClientPetsBreedAddressCityMinutesEvery (weeks)Zone dayLast groomNotes
2Erin WalshBeanChihuahua1907 Brushy Creek RdCedar Park, TX454Tue09/22/2026Nervous with dryer
3Mark FullerDukeGreat Dane11800 Ranch Rd 620 NAustin, TX906Tue09/08/2026Park in driveway
4Priya KapoorMapleGoldendoodle807 Mesa Verde DrLeander, TX1206Tue09/08/2026Teddy bear cut
5Dan OchoaBusterLabrador3112 Lakeline BlvdCedar Park, TX208Tue08/25/2026Nails only
6The NguyensMochi, TofuShih tzu (2)1504 Hidden Glen DrRound Rock, TX1204Wed09/23/2026Same cut for both

Minutes comes in as a number for reference. The time Lite adds to the day is the service time on each stop, so set that once per dog. Put notes about the dog in the stop note, where you'll see them on your phone.

Zone days and who's due

Two habits keep a mobile grooming business off the highway.

  • One area per day

    Tuesday is Cedar Park and Leander, Wednesday is Round Rock. Color the map by your Zone day column to see where each day's clients are and which day a new client fits best.

  • A due list from last visits

    Most dogs come back every 4 to 8 weeks. Color by last visit and clients groomed 1 to 2 months ago are due. See finding customers you haven't visited.

  • Multi-dog homes are one stop

    Two dogs at one address is one stop with a longer time, and one drive.

  • Water refills and dump stops

    If you refill the tank or empty gray water mid-day, add that spot as a stop on the route so the drive to it counts.

Plan tomorrow's grooms

  1. 1

    Filter to the zone

    Filter to tomorrow's zone day.

  2. 2

    Lasso the booked dogs

    Draw a loop around the clients on tomorrow's book and save them as a route.

  3. 3

    Start from home and optimize

    Start at home or your shop and press Optimize.

  4. 4

    Check the total

    Look at the day's total. Too long? Move a dog to next week's zone day.

  5. 5

    Drive it from your phone

    Tap each stop to open directions, and mark it Visited with a note, like "matted, suggest a shorter cut next time."

What groomers use most

Pet sitters and dog walkers use the same tools; see routes for pet sitters.

Monday Route

1h 56m · 26m driving · 1h 30m at stops · 9.0 mi

  1. 4m · 1.4 mi
    1Riverside Library740 Park Boulevard
  2. 6m · 2.1 mi
    2Bluebird Café305 Cedar Avenue
  3. 4m · 1.3 mi
    3Northside Gym61 Market Street

Drive time for every leg

See the day's total, time driving, time at stops and miles before anyone leaves.

Color by RouteColor by Service typeColor by Last visit
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Repair
  • Install
  • Inspection
  • This week
  • 1–2 weeks
  • Never

See who's due for a visit

Color the map by last visit, from this week to over two months ago, and filter to the customers you haven't seen lately. Or color by route, driver or any field you track.

1Riverside LibraryVisited · 9:12 AM
2Johnson ResidenceVisit attempted · 9:48 AM
Gate locked. Left a card.
3Bluebird CaféVisited · 10:21 AM

A history for every stop

Drivers mark stops Visited or Attempted and leave a note. Every visit is saved to the stop's history, so you always know when you were last there.

1234Round trip · Back to Shop

Start and end where you work

Save your shop, warehouse or home as a base. Start there, end there, or make it a round trip.

Oakwood Dentistry77 5th Street
Green Leaf Dental88 Main Street
Pine Street Laundry47 Pine Street
Garcia Residence402 Aspen Drive
3 stops deletedUndo

Undo, always

Deleted the wrong stop? Optimized too soon? One click puts it back.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

The questions owners ask before they move their routes over.

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How do I set different times for big and small dogs?

Set a default service time for your typical groom, then edit any stop and change its service time, say 45 minutes for a Chihuahua and 90 for a Great Dane. Lite Route Planner adds each stop's time to the drive time for the day's total.

Does Lite Route Planner book grooming appointments?

No. It doesn't take bookings, send reminders or collect payments. Book the way you do now, then route the day's appointments.

Can clients see when I'm arriving?

Not automatically. Lite Route Planner doesn't send arrival texts or ETAs to clients. You can see the drive time to each stop on your phone and let the next client know yourself.

How many grooms can I fit in a day?

Add each dog's time and look at the day's total. Five dogs that need 6 hours 35 minutes of grooming, with 15 minutes to reach each stop, come to 7 hours 50 minutes. Lite Route Planner shows the total before you leave home.

How do I know which clients are due?

Color the map by last visit. Clients groomed 1 to 2 months ago show in one color and anyone over 2 months in another, so a 6-week client who has slipped stands out. Filter to them and send them an opening.

Do I need to install an app?

No. Lite Route Planner runs in the browser on your phone, iPhone or Android. Each stop opens in Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze with one tap.

Is it free for a new mobile groomer?

Yes. Free for up to 50 addresses, with unlimited routes and optimizations and no credit card. When your book grows past that, Personal is $19.99 a month billed every six months for up to 200 addresses.

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