In my out of the metro excursions i have always used the old school maps, so far ok naman yung map of luzon na nabibili sa national bookstore. I find it more fun actually kasi i get to know the name of the town and do some quick research on what's good over there tapos stop over if worthwhile, mas matagal ngalang itong ganitong roadtrip kasi di sya point A to point B lang. Used it for pagudpod and also a trip south to donsol. Wala pa kasi waze back then kaya i have yet to try it, garmin palang natry ko so far outside the metro.
Waze has been so far great, nakaka 64k points na pala ako sa kanya. I miss yung waze groups nya dati.