5 week European Campervan road trip- what to pack?

[@cjs5790]

Comprehensive and clear list! We found packing cubes for clothes etc great, different colour set for each of us. Uses less space than boxes but very easy to sort through in camper van, fits the odd spaces. I know you prefer cash, but getting linked up before travel to auto paying for toll roads eg France - if you take them - takes the stress out of explaining what road you came on from (sometimes by accident!) and if no people at exit toll booths. Green ‘token’ for German cities quite easy to assess. Safe journey!

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Thank you 😊 we have never really investigated the toll tags before and on this trip seemed to only have one toll road as we had stuck close to the coast, which a bonus! Will look at German green tokens though and we still need to order a crit air sticker for skiing!

[@suewheeler5795]

Packing cubes were game changer for us. One for hiking kit, underwear and then another one for everything else.

[@suewheeler5795]

This is brilliant for our trip next year. Thank you

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Thank you. Don’t forget a crit air sticker which you have to order on line from the french government site. It is only about £5 but the area where you need them is increasing slowly. The vendee and Bordeaux can seasonally need the sticker depending on air pollution level and Rouen needs one below I think class 4? There’s lots of information on line

[@sylviapage8572]

A really useful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@phil.cowling]

Really useful, thanks. I'd driving to Belgium and France this summer and it has really helped me. Enjoy the trip

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Have a great time, Belgium is on our list one year to visit the leffe area 🍻

[@neilwr7442]

Thank you for video👍

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Cheers hope it was helpful 🚐

[@neilwr7442]

@earlyretirementwanderlust Yes, it was. More to watch as only just found your channel and looking for inspiration whilst we plan for first european trip to travel down portugals 'N2' after crossing to Santander. 👍

[@andrewford9287]

Enjoy 💐💜

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

We will! Thankyou

[@peten4043]

Have a great time, looking forward to seeing your updates… 👍🏻

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Thankyou

[@paulcoombes8657]

Another great video guys. We are planning a trip in our campervan during September and are very nervous about it, so any tips are most welcome. Keep up the good work and enjoy your trip.

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

You’ll have an amazing time and September is good as it is generally quieter and in Europe with an ACSI card cheaper too.

[@eprohoda]

How’s life?- thanks, you made pro trip.

[@mazee1702]

Really informative great video, have a super time xx keep safe x x x x

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

We will Thankyou

[@anns6393]

A tip for another time - Crit'Air - reduce the photo/copy you have of each sheet of the V5 document -if less than 900KB each it should be easy. (PS you don't need a brethalyser any more other than for your own information). Have a great trip!!

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

We read somewhere after I gave up that you can screen shot the photo or email to yourself at a low res. I just gave up as we knew we didn’t need one where we were going but will if we ski again this year

[@ScottishVanTrips]

Great vid! Have you considered popping over a weighbridge? Worth a quick check.

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Yes we have weighed the van a couple of times. It has a t30 payload which helps. Been ok so far 🤞

[@ScottishVanTrips]

@@earlyretirementwanderlust Awesome! 🤘

[@Iona878]

Great video! were you allowed in with the food everywhere I read says somthing diffrent were going on our first road trip in our campervan but arrive in france on easter sunday so will struggle with shops being closed. hope you had a great trip

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

We travel with some store cupboard basics that we can make a meal from in an emergency- like when we arrived in Spain on a Sunday. You can’t take any dairy or meat based products but we found a small shop open to get some chorizo in our first town.

[@infernalmandolin]

I have a few of your videos but there hasn’t been any mention of your loo arrangements. How do you deal with that?

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

We don’t have any on board facilities so we use campsites, public loos and pubs/cafes as much as possible with the odd outdoor wee! 🚐

[@grahamsmallpeice1212]

Hi what was the last document referenced in this video. Something that was region/city specific “critaire”?

[@grahamsmallpeice1212]

Sorry found it 👍🏼

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Yes the crit aire sticker is what we will need when we go in January through the Lyon and Savoie valley. More areas seem to be added every year and the sticker lasts the life time of the vehicle however, the website is awful to navigate and we struggled to load anything in May. We will try again!

[@helenvwalker7919]

Food is much cheaper in Spain. Just buy stuff here !

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Yes we definitely found that, however we were glad to have some food on board after arriving on a Sunday with not a lot open! We also stocked up a little before going into France which was extortionate 😳

[@helenvwalker7919]

@earlyretirementwanderlust Of course. We always have a couple of emergency meals on board but we have a much smaller van. It is a Dacia Dokker.

[@Bracebarian]

Great video, did you need to notify your home insurance provider as you were out of the house for more than 28 days?

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

No as our children are staying there while we are away. It seems it is their little holiday cottage 🤣

[@advik87]

Is it ok to travel to Europe with a toddler in campervan in December ? Are campsites open and easy to access?

[@earlyretirementwanderlust]

Hi you will find very limited campsites open between December and April. We have stayed at a Huttopia site in the Alps for skiing - it did get down to minus 18 degrees one night. But depending on if you can find sites and if you have a heater in the van - we camp all year round