diff --git a/apps/postcards/src/lib/publish/bundle.ts b/apps/postcards/src/lib/publish/bundle.ts
index dee65a7..4446b43 100644
--- a/apps/postcards/src/lib/publish/bundle.ts
+++ b/apps/postcards/src/lib/publish/bundle.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ function inRange(date: string | null, from?: string, to?: string): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
+/** A trip's ordered stops, each with the day you were there: its own per-stop date,
+ *  else the last dated stop before it, else the trip's date. */
+function datedStops(t: Trip): { place: PlaceRef; date: string | null }[] {
+  let date = t.date;
+  return tripChain(t).map((place, i) => {
+    const own = t.stopDates?.[i];
+    if (own) date = own;
+    return { place, date };
+  });
+}
+
 /** Build the ordered, self-contained journey for the reader. */
 export function buildJourney(input: JourneyInput, sel: JourneySelection): PublishedJourney {
   const { visits, trips, stories, resolveCoords } = input;
@@ -101,11 +112,17 @@ export function buildJourney(input: JourneyInput, sel: JourneySelection): Publis
   for (const s of stories) if (s.place && inRange(s.date, sel.dateFrom, sel.dateTo)) addPhotos(s.place, s.photos ?? []);
 
   // Ordered legs from the selected trips (date first, then a stable original order).
+  // A date range keeps a trip's stops that fall inside it, so a journey that runs
+  // into the range from before it (or out past it) publishes only the days picked.
   const wanted = sel.tripIds ? new Set(sel.tripIds) : null;
   const legs = trips
     .filter((t) => (wanted ? wanted.has(t.tripId) : true))
-    .filter((t) => inRange(t.date, sel.dateFrom, sel.dateTo))
-    .sort((a, b) => (a.date ?? "").localeCompare(b.date ?? ""));
+    .map((t) => ({
+      t,
+      stops: datedStops(t).map((s) => ({ ...s, kept: inRange(s.date, sel.dateFrom, sel.dateTo) })),
+    }))
+    .filter(({ stops }) => stops.some((s) => s.kept))
+    .sort((a, b) => (a.t.date ?? "").localeCompare(b.t.date ?? ""));
 
   const steps: JourneyStep[] = [];
   const makeStep = (place: PlaceRef, date: string | null, arriveBy: TravelMode | null): void => {
@@ -124,12 +141,18 @@ export function buildJourney(input: JourneyInput, sel: JourneySelection): Publis
   };
 
   if (legs.length > 0) {
-    for (const t of legs) {
-      // Every stop of a multi-stop trip, each arrived at by its own leg's mode.
-      const chain = tripChain(t);
-      const last = steps[steps.length - 1];
-      if (!last || placeKey(last.place) !== placeKey(chain[0]!)) makeStep(chain[0]!, t.date, null);
-      for (let i = 1; i < chain.length; i++) makeStep(chain[i]!, t.date, t.legModes?.[i - 1] ?? t.mode);
+    for (const { t, stops } of legs) {
+      // Every kept stop of a multi-stop trip, each arrived at by its own leg's mode;
+      // the first stop after a cut starts the route afresh.
+      stops.forEach((s, i) => {
+        if (!s.kept) return;
+        if (i > 0 && stops[i - 1]!.kept) {
+          makeStep(s.place, s.date, t.legModes?.[i - 1] ?? t.mode);
+        } else {
+          const last = steps[steps.length - 1];
+          if (!last || placeKey(last.place) !== placeKey(s.place)) makeStep(s.place, s.date, null);
+        }
+      });
     }
   } else {
     // No trips selected — publish the stories in date order as the steps.
diff --git a/apps/postcards/tests/unit/publishBundle.spec.ts b/apps/postcards/tests/unit/publishBundle.spec.ts
index 841d5fe..ffb6631 100644
--- a/apps/postcards/tests/unit/publishBundle.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/postcards/tests/unit/publishBundle.spec.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,45 @@ describe("buildJourney (trips-driven)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// A multi-stop trip dates each stop (stopDates); a date range keeps the stops that
+// fall inside it, so a trip counts by where you were on those days, not by its start.
+describe("buildJourney (per-stop dates)", () => {
+  const journey: Trip = {
+    ...trip("j1", paris, cairo, "flight", "2026-05-02"),
+    stops: [paris, rome, cairo],
+    legModes: ["flight", "ferry"],
+    stopDates: ["2026-05-02", "2026-05-10", "2026-05-20"],
+  };
+  const build = (sel: { dateFrom?: string; dateTo?: string }, t: Trip = journey) =>
+    buildJourney({ visits: [], trips: [t], stories: [], resolveCoords }, { title: "Trip", ...sel });
+
+  it("dates each stop of the journey by its own day", () => {
+    const j = build({});
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.place.name)).toEqual(["Paris", "Rome", "Cairo"]);
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.arriveBy)).toEqual([null, "flight", "ferry"]);
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.date)).toEqual(["2026-05-02", "2026-05-10", "2026-05-20"]);
+  });
+
+  it("includes a trip whose later stops fall in the range, from the first stop inside it", () => {
+    const j = build({ dateFrom: "2026-05-08", dateTo: "2026-05-31" });
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.place.name)).toEqual(["Rome", "Cairo"]);
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.arriveBy)).toEqual([null, "ferry"]);
+    expect(j.dateRange).toEqual({ start: "2026-05-10", end: "2026-05-20" });
+  });
+
+  it("leaves out the stops of a trip that fall after the range", () => {
+    const j = build({ dateTo: "2026-05-12" });
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.place.name)).toEqual(["Paris", "Rome"]);
+    expect(j.dateRange).toEqual({ start: "2026-05-02", end: "2026-05-10" });
+  });
+
+  it("dates an undated stop by the stop before it", () => {
+    const j = build({ dateTo: "2026-05-12" }, { ...journey, stopDates: ["2026-05-02", null, "2026-05-20"] });
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.place.name)).toEqual(["Paris", "Rome"]);
+    expect(j.steps.map((s) => s.date)).toEqual(["2026-05-02", "2026-05-02"]);
+  });
+});
+
 // The PublishScreen "By trip" (folder) scope resolves a trip NAME to the set of
 // tripIds sharing it, then feeds those to buildJourney. This verifies that path.
 describe("buildJourney (by trip name / folder selection)", () => {