Packing List - Belgium & UK Road Trip

Clothes not included — this is the stuff you’ll kick yourself for forgetting.

🩹 First Aid & Health

• Plasters (assorted sizes) + blister plasters
• Antiseptic wipes/cream
• Ibuprofen / paracetamol
• Insect repellent
• Bite cream
• Sunscreen
• Tweezers
• Prescriptions (+ spares in case of delays)
• Motion sickness tablets (ferry)
• Rehydration sachets
• Antihistamines

🍞 Food & Drink (Day 1 Starter Pack)

• Tea bags, coffee, sugar, UHT milk
• Bread, butter, jam
• Pasta, rice, tinned sauce — a few easy meals
• Cooking oil, salt, pepper
• Cereal/porridge sachets
• Driving snacks (crisps, nuts, biscuits)
• Refillable water bottles
• A few beers/wine for the first night

🍳 Kitchen

• Sharp knife + chopping board
• Tin opener, corkscrew/bottle opener
• Washing up liquid
• Dish cloths
• Tea towel
• Zip-lock bags
• Tupperware for leftovers
• Matches/lighter
• Toastie makers
• Pots & pans and utensils

🔌 Tech & Power

• EU travel adaptors (at least 2)
• Multi-socket extension lead (one UK plug, powers everything)
• Phone chargers + cables
• Portable battery pack
• Dashboard phone mount

📄 Documents

• Passports
• Driving licence
• Vehicle insurance/breakdown cover docs
• Printed booking confirmations
• Travel insurance docs

🚐 Campervan Essentials

• Head torches
• Duct tape
• Cable ties
• Bin bags
• Clothes pegs
• Washing line
• Camping chairs
• Umbrella
• Rain jackets
• Flip flops
• Toilet tent
• Mallet
• Wind break
• Washing up bowl
• BBQ
• BBQ fuel
• Fire lighters

🧼 Toiletries

• Toilet roll (always have a spare)
• Hand sanitiser
• Wet wipes
• Toilet bags
• Carp Life toilet salt
• Microfibre towels
• Toothbrush & tooth paste

🇧🇪 Belgium Legal Requirements

• Reflective safety vests — one per person, kept in the cab (not the boot)
• Warning triangle
• Headlamp beam deflectors (driving on the right)
• Euros cash (smaller towns, parking meters)