I do this but I never knew you could use the specific icons for shopping & restaurants! I only have 3 icons to mark everything… How do you mark with icons like that? :0

Always download the offline map for the area you are going. You can navigate without cell service (great for wilderness areas too). I suggest you do this for where you live too.

You can save pins on Google as “travel plans”, “want to go”, etc. and you can add labels that are searchable and notes. You can see and edit these notes on any device (phone, computer, tablet, etc.) that is logged into the same account.

I don’t believe you can import files into google, but I never looked into it. I am not much of a planner. My husband is, and he has an app that you can input your itinerary. I normally Google the places we will be visiting and add a ton of saved places to Google Maps. I normally select “stars” for places we planned on going, the “blue suitcase” as other attractions that sound interesting but may not have time, and “green flags” for restaurants/coffee/cafes. If we get done early or get hungry, it’s easy to see attractions and food that is nearby. Any place I love and recommend, I change to a “heart” and delete everything else (unless I plan on returning). It works for me. I do it on personal and work trips.

I too had a collection on thr browser version and it wasnt populating on mobile. Let me go see if i can remember how i imported it.

Mymaps - Google Maps integration is surprisingly bad! You can just view a My Map using Google Maps, this way: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/3045850?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&sjid=3629049987372257861-EU

This is how I proceeded earlier this year. Not ideal but serviceable.