What should you pack for a campervan or motorhome trip?
Short answer: 24 items, from bedding and pillows if not supplied through to torch. The complete Campervan / Motorhome Trip checklist is written out below — and the exact same 24 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Campervan / Motorhome Trip checklist — all 24 items
- Bedding and pillows if not supplied
- Campervan keys and rental agreement
- Cash for freedom camping donations and small towns
- Chilly bin as backup fridge space
- Clothes pegs for the drying line
- Dish soap and tea towels
- Doormat (keeps sand and mud out of the van)
- Driver's licence
- Ear plugs (for noisy holiday parks)
- First aid kit
- Fly swat
- Fresh water hose (food grade, not the garden one)
- Gas bottle spare or check level before leaving
- Levelling blocks
- Offline map of campsites and dump stations
- Phone charger wall plug for powered sites
- Power lead / extension cord for powered sites
- Reversing camera check / mirrors adjusted before leaving
- Rubber gloves for emptying the toilet cassette
- Rubbish bags
- Spare fuses (12V systems blow them often)
- Sunblock
- Toilet chemicals for the cassette
- Torch
A campervan is a house, a vehicle and a holiday rolled into one — which means three different ways to forget something. Kitchen kit, bedding, levelling ramps, the toilet chemicals, the power lead for the campground hookup: none of it is in the van unless someone put it there.
This checklist loads the van in passes: the living layer (bedding, dish kit, chilly bin), the van layer (fresh-water hose, power lead, levelling blocks, gas and toilet chemicals), and the paperwork layer (licence, rental agreement, offline maps of campsites and dump stations). Tick each pass off before departure day and the first night parked up is comfortable instead of improvised.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "power hookup lead" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you pack for a campervan or motorhome trip?
You need 24 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from bedding and pillows if not supplied through to torch — and the same 24 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=campervan%20%2F%20motorhome%20trip opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Campervan / Motorhome Trip list (24 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.