Optimized route planning for multiple travelers with the same destination

A system comprising:

• a multiuser route generator configured to determine a route for multiple users traveling to a common destination, wherein the multiuser route generator is configured to perform:
• determining a multiuser route for a plurality of users traveling to the common destination, the multiuser route comprising a waypoint, the waypoint being a location to which the plurality of users travel independently or jointly, and travel to the common destination jointly thereafter, wherein determining the multiuser route comprises:
• receiving departure locations of the plurality of users;
• and
• determining the waypoint from the multiuser route, wherein a first total of travel parameters associated with the plurality of users traveling to the waypoint independently and jointly thereafter is lesser than a second total of travel parameters associated with the plurality of users traveling to the common destination independently;
• and
• sending, by the multiuser route generator, the multiuser route to navigation devices of the respective users, the navigation devices navigating the respective users along the multiuser route.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to determine a route for multiple users traveling to a common destination, the route determination comprising:

• determining a multiuser route for a plurality of users traveling to a common destination, the multiuser route comprising at least one waypoint, the at least one waypoint being a location to which at least one of the plurality of users travel independently or jointly, and travel to the common destination jointly thereafter, wherein determining the multiuser route comprises:
• receiving departure locations of the plurality of users;
• and
• determining the at least one waypoint from the multiuser route, wherein a first total of travel parameters associated with the plurality of users traveling to the waypoint independently and jointly thereafter is lesser than a second total of travel parameters associated with the plurality of users traveling to the common destination independently;
• and
• sending the multiuser route to navigation devices of the respective users, the navigation devices navigating the respective users along the multiuser route.