Errands

Drop or collect a parcel on the way past

A parcel point only helps if it's on your route and its counter is still staffed when you arrive. Mini Detour finds one along the road you're taking and shows the detour before you commit.

Typical stop
8 min
Hours sensitivity
High
Ranked by detour
on your route
Mini Detour on iPhone: the trip map with your route and the numbered stops along it

Parcel point: why the timing matters

Collection counters close earlier than the shops that host them and have last-handover times that catch people out. Mini Detour treats a parcel point's hours as high-sensitivity and checks them against your estimated arrival.

Parcel point: how Mini Detour plans the stop

Add a parcel point to your plan and Mini Detour ranks the options by detour, each showing whether it's open when you'll reach it. The short dwell keeps it from distorting the rest of your arrival times.

Feature films

Open on arrival

Asking whether a shop is open now is the wrong question: Mini Detour checks the opening hours for the time you arrive and gives every result a clear verdict.

All feature films
Still from the Mini Detour film “Open on arrival”

Questions

Does it cover lockers and staffed counters?
It looks for parcel and post points on your route; where hours are published it checks them, and a staffed counter's early close is exactly the case it's built to catch.
Can I chain it with another errand?
Yes. A parcel drop is one category among many, so it can share a plan with groceries or a pharmacy, all ranked by detour.

Run this errand without leaving your route

Mini Detour plans the whole trip around the stops you actually need — open when you arrive, ranked by the smallest detour.

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The stops you need, on the route you're already driving.
Mini Detour is an independent app. Opening hours and places come from Google and OpenStreetMap and can be out of date; always confirm before relying on a stop.