Walk a Treasure Trail: plan a multi-sale route
A Treasure Trail is a planned route of three to six sales that work well together on the same day. Someone else has already figured out the order and the map — you just follow the stops. If you've ever spent 45 minutes planning a sale weekend only to miss a stop because of timing, this is what Trails are for.
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What is a Treasure Trail?
A Trail is a curated sequence of sales, shown on a map with numbered stops. Each stop links to the full sale detail page — you can see the items, the hours, and the address before you leave home.
Trails are published by two sources:
- **Organizers** — an organizer running multiple sales on the same weekend, or partnered with nearby organizers, can publish a Trail covering all of them.
- **FindA.Sale** — the platform publishes Trails based on geographic clustering and sale-type compatibility. A Friday morning flea market → Saturday yard sales → Sunday consignment pop-up is a typical FindA.Sale Trail.
Trails are tied to specific dates. When the sales on a Trail close, the Trail expires. You can still see it in your history, but it won't appear in the active trail list.
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How to find a Trail
**From the map:** On the homepage, tap the **Trails** category in the filter bar. Active Trails appear as route overlays on the map. Tap a Trail line to open it.
**From the Trails page:** Go to [/shopper/trails](/shopper/trails). Active Trails are listed by start date. Tap any Trail to see the full route, stop list, and what each sale carries.
**From search:** Search a neighborhood name or sale type. If there's a Trail active in that area, it'll appear in the results alongside individual sales.
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How to follow a Trail
- Tap **Follow this Trail** on the Trail detail page. This adds it to your active Trails list.
- On sale day, open the Trail from [/shopper/trails](/shopper/trails) or from the notification reminder (if you have notifications on).
- The Trail opens to a map with numbered stops in suggested order.
- Tap each stop to see the sale detail, check hours, and browse items.
- When you arrive at a stop, tap **Check In** on the sale page. The app marks that stop complete on your route.
You don't have to follow the stops in order, but the suggested order is built around opening times and drive time. Skipping to stop 4 first usually means either it isn't open yet or you've wasted backtracking.
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What "completing" a Trail means
You complete a Trail when you check in at all stops before the Trail expires. You don't have to buy anything at every stop — checking in is enough for completion credit.
When you complete a Trail, you earn:
- **A completion badge** — appears on your shopper profile for that Trail.
- **XP** — check [/shopper/guild-primer](/shopper/guild-primer) for the current completion reward.
Partial completion (some stops but not all) doesn't award the badge, but any XP you earned from individual stop check-ins and purchases still counts.
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How to share a Trail with friends
From any Trail detail page, tap the **Share** icon. This generates a link anyone can open — they don't need a FindA.Sale account to see the Trail map and sale details. If they do have an account, the link takes them straight to the Follow button.
This is an easy way to hand a route to your Crew for a Saturday without anyone having to plan it themselves.
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Trails vs. the sale planner
These are two different tools for two different situations.
**Treasure Trails** are pre-built routes someone else planned. They're ready to go — you follow them. They're best when you're open to whatever comes up and want the planning done for you.
**The sale planner at [/plan](/plan)** is self-serve. You set your starting address, the sale types you want, a radius, and a time window — and the planner builds a route from your inputs. Use the planner when you have specific sale types you want, or when there's no active Trail covering your area on the day you want to go.
You can also use a Trail as a starting point and then open the planner to extend the route with additional stops the Trail doesn't cover.
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Common questions
**Can I create my own Trail?** Not as a shopper. Trail creation is currently available to organizers and to FindA.Sale's editorial team. If you have a route idea — a regular grouping of sales in your area — the best path is to mention it in a review or through the feedback form. It can be considered for a platform-published Trail.
**Do I have to follow a Trail on the date it's scheduled?** Trails are tied to the actual sale dates, so yes. The sales themselves only run on their scheduled dates. You can browse a Trail before the date to plan, but check-ins and completion only apply when the sales are actually open.
**What if one stop on the Trail is canceled?** If a sale cancels, that stop is marked as unavailable on the Trail map. FindA.Sale will adjust completion requirements if a stop cancels — you won't be blocked from the completion badge because of a cancellation outside your control.
**Is the Trails feature available everywhere?** Trails are available wherever FindA.Sale has active sales. In areas with fewer sales, there may be fewer Trails or none at all on a given weekend. The platform-published Trails expand as more sales are listed in a region.
**Can I follow multiple Trails at once?** Yes. You can follow as many active Trails as you want. They'll all appear in your Trails list at [/shopper/trails](/shopper/trails).
**Does completing a Trail affect my leaderboard standing?** The XP from Trail completion counts toward your monthly and all-time totals, which feed the leaderboard. The Trail badge itself is cosmetic — it shows on your profile but doesn't add a separate multiplier.
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Related guides
- [Post a haul](post-a-haul) — document what you found at each Trail stop.
- [Create or join a Crew](crews) — share the Trail link with your Crew so everyone follows the same route.
- [Bounties: get paid to find items](bounties-shopper) — if a Trail stop has something a bounty poster needs, you can claim it.
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Explainer video script
*30-second animated or screen-capture VO. Show Trail discovery on the map, the stop list, a check-in, and the completion badge.*
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[0:00–0:06] *Screen: homepage map with Trails filter active. A route line appears over the map with numbered pins.*
VO: "A Treasure Trail is a pre-planned route of three to six sales that work well together. Someone else already figured out the order."
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[0:06–0:15] *Screen: Trail detail page. Stop list visible with sale names, times, and a thumbnail of items.*
VO: "Tap any Trail to see the full route. Check the hours and items at each stop before you leave home."
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[0:15–0:22] *Screen: map in navigation mode. Stop 2 is tapped. "Check In" button visible on the sale page.*
VO: "On the day of, tap each stop to check in as you arrive. No purchase required — just show up."
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[0:22–0:30] *Screen: completion screen with badge animation. XP total updates.*
VO: "Check in at every stop and you earn the Trail completion badge and XP. Full details at your Guild Primer."
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