Driving in Europe- essential kit you need (car, motorhome, camper, caravan)

Planning a Europe road trip? Wondering what you need to be able to drive in Europe? What kit to carry and paperwork to take? Here's everything you need to know about driving in Europe, whether you're travelling by car, motorhome, campervan, caravan, bike or anything else!
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Driving in Europe can be daunting at first. There are so many rules, things to remember to pack, kit to carry and then you have to figure out everything else! Hopefully, this video will help make your Europe road trip easier.
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Kat
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[@Adrian-fy7rd]

Fab Video. Love your Channel. You might want to update the "GB" sticker to "UK" sticker. Thanks this was really helpful :)

[@webgibs]

Thanks Kat very helpful

[@sharongimblett949]

Thanks Kat, great detail there. New to all this and hoping to get to France next year so gathering all info now to prepare 😁

[@gallivantinggalantes]

Hi Kat, thank you for sharing, very informative as always x

[@WanderingBird]

You're welcome. Glad it was helpful. :)

[@markhelenstravels9733]

Hi guys. Love the info videos. Really useful. Hope to get out again soon. Thanks for the advice. Definitely makes it less daunting to travel when your new to it. 👏👏❤️💙

[@WanderingBird]

You're very welcome. Glad you found it useful. :)

[@vanscran1672]

That's a really useful video so thanks for making it, it's a lot more involved compared to when I travelled round Europe in the mid eighties.

[@WanderingBird]

Yep- there's a lot to remember (which is why we created a checklist to help people too!) So easy to forget something. Glad you found it useful.

[@dianacoward4284]

Thankyou for sharing these helpful tips!!👏😘...

[@WanderingBird]

You're very welcome.

[@mskarenwyness]

Great tips!

[@GiselleTrujillo]

Excellent video, great tips, THAN KYOU!!!!

[@WanderingBird]

You’re very welcome. Glad you found it useful

[@drivingineurope2919]

very informative video..new friend from germany..lets stay connceted

[@KRAM-zb2vc]

I use the navmii app, it’s free and has provision for motor homes, just buy the maps you need which are £2.99 I think but if you want a proper sat nav then buy a truck/ bus one. 👍🏻

[@carolynandcocohaywood2638]

Hi Kat, Could you tell me which inverter is the best to get. Thank you for all the great tips.

[@user-gd1uy9uh6k]

Thanks for all the great tips. I am heading to Germny in June but - What is a vignette?

[@outliersoverland]

Thanks for the tips. We are planning on shipping to Europe in a couple months.

[@WanderingBird]

Awesome. Where are you shipping from??

[@outliersoverland]

@@WanderingBird most likely Baltimore to Zeebrugge.

[@tradecarsdirectltd2344]

Bugger to swap over which sure you have by now lol !

[@qwertysds]

Lithium Jump Starter Battery . Then you do not have to remove house battery to use it with jump cables to start Motorhome

[@dickiemallorca]

Hi W/B. the warning triangles are been replaced by "flashing light" they are a heck of a lot easier, one i saw has sim card & you can be located by emergency services, i drive in Spain. opinion????

[@retro423]

Also when in France if your MH is over 3.5T you have to have a blind spot sticker on the front doors

[@WanderingBird]

There is some debate over whether this applies to motorhomes. The French Motorhome magazines have run a couple of interesting articles about this- with the advice basically being to wait and see...?! Many French motorhomer a aren’t bothering yet apparently 🙄🤷‍♀️

[@roberthardy2013]

Just listened to the bit about headlight bulbs. Mine are built into VERY expensive headlights and cannot be changed separately so I won’t be taking those!

[@janepowell5679]

Thank you . I’ve been busy scribbling down my lists whilst watching. Something I’m a little concerned about is what food are we going to be allowed to take into France in our motorhome fridges? I’m a vegetarian and my friend has IBS so we’re a proper awkward pair.🙄. I’d just like to be able to take enough to keep us going for the first 2 days or so. It’ll be my first trip abroad so won’t be immediately confident finding supermarkets. Thank you for all your informative videos 😊

[@paullamkin4062]

As far as I can see from some websites it is no meat or dairy (meat not a problem for you of course)Limited fruit and veg plus eggs and honey is allowed. Restricted amounts of fish or fish products apparently, but who carries fish in a camper? I was concerned about this after reading of a UK trucker having a sandwich confiscated at the Dutch order after Brexit...whose bright idea was it to make life more difficult for us travellers.... but that's another subject?

[@timbright2426]

French is fantastic it's a digger richer country with fantastic facilities so don't worry. Use google translate with your phone camera to read food containers.

[@gazmiller330]

Where do you put a vignette on a bike? On the screen Kat. 😂 If no screen, on the side of the tank.

[@WanderingBird]

Which ruins your paint!

[@diwarburton5369]

Very useful because I thought you had to carry breathalysers and spare bulbs.

[@WanderingBird]

Spare bulbs yes (and always a good idea) but breathalysers are a no.

[@raymondpomfret4214]

Does our cat need a high vis jacket, haha , regards try angle you need two apparently. 🐱🐱

[@WanderingBird]

Not unless you’re a Spanish resident.

[@timbright2426]

Great video we also have a 240v mains socket tester for testing the polarity and the earth connection. I have had cause to use a different socket because the earth test failed. Do you have any info on the French taking food off of people when crossing? Can you fill your fridge and cupboard before you travel?

[@Martin37vg]

You never mentioned that you only need to put on the hi vis only if you breakdown . I do not think so but somebody may put them on to go down to the beach from a carpark . HE HE

[@tradecarsdirectltd2344]

It's a UK sticker you need now not a GB 👌

[@WanderingBird]

Yeah- this video is several years old 😬

[@Shawnmc-el1pn]

GB sticker must now be UK .......... NOT GB

[@anonymouse1309]

Don't you have to legally carry a second pair of glasses if you wear glasses to drive?

[@WanderingBird]

In many countries in Europe You absolutely do. Thanks for the reminder.

[@roberthardy2013]

Are you really going to put on hi viz jackets if your vehicle is on fire - don’t really think so. My warning triangle is one that I passed every day for a week on the motorway near Mechelen in Belgium, I eventually stopped and heavily borrowed it, still got it but it has been really difficult to pack away in most carsI have owned. Good video though, loads of good tips as ever.