What's the Most important item in your van that you just could not do with out on your travels (1 Viewer)

[Ambilkate]

Bill says We take to much stuff when we go away and I must agree with him . When we stayed on a site a few weeks ago the people who were next to us commented that they had never seen so much stuff come out of a van and that was before we actually got the Tandam out lol .So we intend to declutter slightly but where to start we use and need everything or do we ?

 

[scousebird]

Do you carry anything "just in case"? & do you ever use it?

We were shocked at how much we carried when we were changing caravans many years ago, the dealer offered to lend us a trailer for all the extra stuff we had! We now only carry what we actually use, if it's not been used for 6 months out it goes.

Good luck with your decluttering, let us know how you get on.

 

[Cal54]

I'm afraid to admit that for me it is the TV. I like to travel all year round even if only for a few days at a time and during the long nights of winter I enjoy the telly.

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[buttons]

Soap and clean undies cup of tea outside chair mobile phone, something to eat. Everything else is excess baggage.......

 

[Mr B]

The wife
Lager
Phone charger

 

[Bacchus]

Soap and clean undies cup of tea outside chair mobile phone, something to eat. Everything else is excess baggage.......

Soap...........................Nah, you're on holiday!
clean undies..............Nah, you're on holiday!
cup of tea...................Nah, you're on holiday, go to a cafe
outside chair.............hmmm - maybe.
mobile phone............Nah, you're on holiday!
something to eat......Nah, you're on holiday, eat out or buy local.

The wife
Lager
Phone charger

The wife..............Nah, you're on holiday
Lager...................
Phone charger....no phone, you're on holiday


A map and a credit card and you can travel the world

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[buttons]

Soap...........................Nah, you're on holiday!
clean undies..............Nah, you're on holiday!
cup of tea...................Nah, you're on holiday, go to a cafe
outside chair.............hmmm - maybe.
mobile phone............Nah, you're on holiday!
something to eat......Nah, you're on holiday, eat out or buy local.

A map and a credit card and you can travel the world

Good point, I forgot the credit card..... must have a credit card at all times.

 

[Granjan]

Essentials

The keys
My purse

The husband .... maybe he is an optional extra, I haven't tried leaving him at home.

 

[HymerB544]

The keys.....more than once we have left home to pick up the van from storage only to realise one of us (no names, no pack drill) has forgotten the most important item of all.

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[GeriatricWanderer]

Sat nav and credit card. Everything else is clutter.

 

[Allanm]

Mrs A and her purse.

 

[Badknee]

We actually sat pondering this question while away in Jocklandshire a couple of weeks ago and I'm very pleased to say were not carrying anything we haven't used or need, so if we like many others are a tad overweight, bugger.

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[Mr B]

SWMBO getting the van ready for another weekend away

 

[bigtree]

The Motorbike.

 

[HymerB544]

Mrs A and her purse.

My wife doesn't carry money. She thinks it appears magically from strange holes in the wall whenever I put my card in.

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[jezport]

The steering wheel

 

[teddybard]

Just Sheila

 

[Larby]

Reading glasses are a must, the printing is so much smaller than when I was a boy!

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[scotjimland]

I enjoy cooking so tend to take too much cookware and cooking accessories , I like my cooking toys..
but you don't need 3 different size frying pans, a full set of pots, casseroles etc etc .. so have cut it down to the bare minimum ..

also crockery.. we used to carry enough for a six place table setting.. and enough glasses to stock a small pub. Tea cups and saucers, coffee cups, mugs etc .. all been cut down..

we are three, so it's three of everything... so if you come calling, bring your own mug or glass.

 

[parknride]

Can I have 3?
HWMBO (aka the driver)
Credit card
Phone (in case of breakdown incarceration, etc)

 

[Mack100]

1st has to be satnav, I'd be lost without it (ahem) and 2nd has to be the Tyrepal thingy, with no spare I'm always nervous about pressures.

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[parknride]

My wife doesn't carry money. She thinks it appears magically from strange holes in the wall whenever I put my card in.

Eh? It doesn't??

 

[Don Quixote]

Just the wife, nothing else needed.

 

[Southdowners]

Our E bikes and tail wagon to tow our dog!

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[gus-lopez]

keys

 

[Badknee]

My wife doesn't carry money. She thinks it appears magically from strange holes in the wall whenever I put my card in.

Haha, since I was made redundant I am a house husband and Mrs Badknee is the card carrier in our family

 

[Badknee]

I enjoy cooking so tend to take too much cookware and cooking accessories , I like my cooking toys..
but you don't need 3 different size frying pans, a full set of pots, casseroles etc etc .. so have cut it down to the bare minimum .

I've managed to get Angela down to two frying pans but that's it. I like my nether regions exactly where they are thank you very much.

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[yodeli]

I refuse to cook during holidays (this will change of course when I go fulltiming) so most of my cooking tools are extra. A single pan and a frying pan are enough But I do take a few of my favourite tins. Not many though.
I would need sunglasses, otherwise can't drive, also my reading ones , a map (or more than one), deffo credit card, Phone, paper and pencil (I can't do without, I'm not a computer person), and my breakfast bowl!

 

[Destination Unknown]

The Engine ....Can not get far without it.

 

[Speve]

Credit card or money as with either you can buy what you need.

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