🛠️ Prepare your adventure with complete peace of mind!
To help you travel with our motorhomes with peace of mind, we've compiled a short list of useful tools and accessories for preparing your trip. Whether it's for an impromptu weekend getaway or a more ambitious road trip, these tips will help you set off with peace of mind, without stress or unpleasant surprises.
From practical equipment not to forget, to tips tested on the roads of Europe and America, to essentials for your comfort and autonomy: we share our experience with you so that each stage of your adventure is a pleasure.
🚐 One goal: so that you can fully enjoy the freedom of nomadic travel, with complete simplicity!
📚 Essential guides for traveling by camper van
Because a good journey always starts with the right tools!
When you hit the road in a campervan, the freedom is total... but it takes a little preparation! To help you find the best places to stay, convenient service areas, or even affordable campsites, there are a series of essential guides and apps.
Here is our tried and tested (and some have approved) selection for traveling with peace of mind:
France Passion – To sleep with local producers
A classic! This guide provides access to more than 2,000 free stops at farmers, winemakers, and artisans throughout France. A great way to discover the region, taste local products... and park safely.
📦 Map + booklet available with annual subscription (approx. €30 but free for Yes We Camp tenants from July 2, 2025)
CampingCard ACSI – Discounted campsites
Perfect for off-season travelers! With this card, you can enjoy discounted rates at over 3,000 campsites across Europe. Ideal for comfortable overnight stays with showers, electricity, and more, without breaking the bank.
💶 Map + guide valid for the calendar year
Camping-Car Park – Network of secure parking areas
Campercontact – For travel in Europe
A rapidly expanding network with more than 500 service areas in France and Europe, accessible 24/7 via a magnetic card. Secured parking spaces, services included (waste disposal, water, electricity), and a super-convenient mobile app for booking or checking availability in real time.
📲 PASS'ETAPES card to order once and for all
Widely used by Dutch motorhome owners, this online guide lists more than 35,000 parking areas in Europe, with ratings, facilities, prices, GPS coordinates, etc.
The National Guide to Service Areas (Éditions Larivière)
The most comprehensive paper guide in France, updated annually. Over 6,000 areas listed, sorted by department. Perfect for fans of maps and old-school planning!
🚐 Summary: well equipped = well relaxed
These guides are your best allies for traveling independently, avoiding unpleasant surprises and making every step a pleasure.
Remember to download or purchase them before departure, especially the offline versions. And if you have any doubts or questions, we are here to advise you!
🌍 Useful RV Travel Apps
To plan, discover, sleep… and remember !
📍 Park4Night
Main use: Finding places to sleep with your van or camper van (also including service areas)
- 🔎 Service areas, parking lots, campsites, wild bivouacs
- 📸 Photos, reviews, available services, geolocation
- 🌐 Works across Europe (and beyond)
- 🟢 Free version + pro version (offline)
- 🤝 Community: every user can contribute
✅ Ideal for: Traveling without a fixed plan, improvising your nights, quickly finding a spot, sharing your experience
🧭 Polarsteps
Main use: Track and share your travel itinerary
- 🗺️ Create an interactive travel diary with map, stages, photos
- 📱 Automatic addition of places visited via GPS (even offline)
- 🌐 Easy sharing with family, friends or community
- 📘 Possibility to generate a printed photo book at the end of the trip
✅ Ideal for: Telling your road trip, keeping track by printing your photo book, inspiring other travelers
☀️ Windy / RainToday / MétéoBlue
Main use: Monitor the weather to adapt your journeys
- 📊 Advanced weather data
- 🌪️ Visualization of winds, clouds, precipitation
- ⛺ Very useful for choosing where to stop!
✅ Ideal for: Adapting your stops to the weather or avoiding storms
🚐 List of useful items to take for your campervan trip:
🛏️ Comfort & bedding
- Adapted fitted sheets
- Duvets or sleeping bags
- Pillows + pillowcases
- Bath & Kitchen Towels
Want us to take care of it, then click the link below:
Rent bed linen for €25/person for the stay
🔋 Energy & autonomy
Motorhomes are equipped with 220V outlets that are only powered when the vehicle is connected to 220V. For those who want to travel off-campground but need 220V for their computers or CPAP, consider bringing a stand-alone battery.
For those who want it, we offer a nomad battery starting at €20/day with a maximum of €200 for the stay.
Interested? Click the link below:
📱 Electronics & navigation (not included)
- Charging cables (USB-C, micro-USB, Lightning, etc.)
- Phone or tablet holder for GPS
- GPS app (Maps.me, Waze, Park4Night, etc.)
- Bluetooth speaker
- Paper maps (in case of areas without network)
🍳 Kitchen & dishes
If included in the quote, here is the list of equipment present in the campervan: Kitchen equipped with a sink, gas hob, fridge and freezer, kitchen utensils (plates, cups, pans, etc.), salt and pepper.
But provide:
- Your favorite spices, oil, ...
🚿 Hygiene & Sanitation
- Shower gel/soap
- Toothpaste, toothbrush
- First aid kit (medicines, sunscreen, etc.)
- No-Rinse Wipes
🧳 Miscellaneous useful
- Umbrella or rain jacket
- Walking shoes, flip-flops, etc.
- Board games, books
- Logbook or Polarsteps to note your trip
- Binoculars, camera
- Pencil, pens, notebook
- Earplugs, sleep mask
