Road Trip Packing Checklist
This page opens on the Road trip set, packed into one car: a driver's license, insurance and registration papers, a phone mount, a car phone charger, offline maps or a paper map, snacks, a cooler, a blanket, trash bags and a first aid kit shared, plus a water bottle and a travel pillow for each traveler. Add a bag for each suitcase in the trunk, and the clothes starter for what goes in them.
Car0 of 14 packed
Car
- Driver's licenseShared, no weight0 of 1
- Car insurance and registration papersShared, no weight0 of 1
- Phone mountShared, no weight0 of 1
- Car phone chargerShared, no weight0 of 1
- Offline maps or a paper mapShared, no weight0 of 1
Food and drink
- SnacksShared, no weight0 of 1
- Water bottleMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Water bottleSam, no weight0 of 1
- CoolerShared, no weight0 of 1
Comfort
- Travel pillowMaya, no weight0 of 1
- Travel pillowSam, no weight0 of 1
- BlanketShared, no weight0 of 1
Other
- Trash bagsShared, no weight0 of 1
- First aid kitShared, no weight0 of 1
0 of 14 packed, 14 to go
Car
- Not all packed: Driver's license, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Car insurance and registration papers, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Phone mount, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Car phone charger, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Offline maps or a paper map, Shared0 of 1no weight
Food and drink
- Not all packed: Snacks, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Water bottle, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Water bottle, Sam0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Cooler, Shared0 of 1no weight
Comfort
- Not all packed: Travel pillow, Maya0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Travel pillow, Sam0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: Blanket, Shared0 of 1no weight
Other
- Not all packed: Trash bags, Shared0 of 1no weight
- Not all packed: First aid kit, Shared0 of 1no weight
Car: no weights enteredPartial: the bag's own weight is not entered and 14 items have no weight, not counted as 0.
To pack: Maya 1 × Water bottle, 1 × Travel pillow; Sam 1 × Water bottle, 1 × Travel pillow; Shared 1 × Driver's license, 1 × Car insurance and registration papers, 1 × Phone mount, 1 × Car phone charger, 1 × Offline maps or a paper map, 1 × Snacks, 1 × Cooler, 1 × Blanket, 1 × Trash bags, 1 × First aid kit
- Water bottle: 1 (Car); Travel pillow: 1 (Car)
- Water bottle: 1 (Car); Travel pillow: 1 (Car)
- Driver's license: 1 (Car); Car insurance and registration papers: 1 (Car); Phone mount: 1 (Car); Car phone charger: 1 (Car); Offline maps or a paper map: 1 (Car); Snacks: 1 (Car); Cooler: 1 (Car); Blanket: 1 (Car); Trash bags: 1 (Car); First aid kit: 1 (Car)
Add an item
Quantity is how many to take; the packed count can never go above it. Leave the weight blank if you do not know it: the bag total then says partial instead of counting it as 0. Up to 1,000 items per list.
Travelers and bags
An item belongs to one traveler or is shared, and sits in one bag. A bag's own weight is the empty bag; its total adds each item's quantity times its weight.
Travelers
Bags
Starter items
A starting point, not a recommendation: everyday clothes and accessories only, one set per traveler (or one shared set when the list has no travelers), all with unknown weights. The rule for the quantities: a per-day item starts at one for each day of the trip, which is nights plus one, and stops at 7; every other item starts at the count shown. Change any number afterwards.
| Item | Category | Starting quantity |
|---|---|---|
| T-shirts or tops | Clothing | 1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7 |
| Underwear | Clothing | 1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7 |
| Socks, pairs | Clothing | 1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7 |
| Trousers, skirts or shorts | Clothing | 2 for the trip |
| Jumper or sweater | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Sleepwear | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Jacket | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Shoes, pairs | Clothing | 1 for the trip |
| Belt | Accessories | 1 for the trip |
| Sunglasses | Accessories | 1 for the trip |
| Hat | Accessories | 1 for the trip |
Trip sets
Short lists of common items for one kind of trip, to add on top of the clothes starter or on their own. Items marked each traveler are added once per traveler; shared items once for the whole list. Weights start unknown, and nothing in a set depends on where you are going, so add or remove anything to suit your trip.
| Item | For | Starting quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Driver's license | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Car insurance and registration papers | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Phone mount | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Car phone charger | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Offline maps or a paper map | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Snacks | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Water bottle | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Cooler | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Travel pillow | Each traveler | 1 for the trip |
| Blanket | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| Trash bags | Shared | 1 for the trip |
| First aid kit | Shared | 1 for the trip |
This list and your saved lists
Up to 30 lists are kept in this browser while it has room for them. Copy for a new trip keeps every traveler, bag, item and quantity and sets the packed counts back to 0; the original keeps its ticks.
Tick the box to mark an item fully packed, or use the minus and plus buttons to count one at a time. Drag a row onto another bag to move it, or onto a row of the same category to put it before that row; from the keyboard, Alt with the up or down arrow moves a row within its category, and Edit opens the form where the bag, traveler, quantity and weight change. Lists are kept in this browser; nothing is uploaded and no account is asked for. The PDF uses a built-in font that covers Western European letters; for any other script, Print and choose Save as PDF.
Example: Road trip
Car
Car
| Driver's license | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Car insurance and registration papers | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Phone mount | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Car phone charger | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Offline maps or a paper map | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Food and drink
| Snacks | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Water bottle | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Water bottle | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Cooler | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Comfort
| Travel pillow | Maya | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Travel pillow | Sam | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| Blanket | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Other
| Trash bags | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight | |
| First aid kit | Shared | 0 of 1 | no weight |
Weight: no weights entered Partial: the bag's own weight is not entered and 14 items have no weight, not counted as 0.
Common questions
- Can it work out the fuel cost too?
- Not on this page. The Fuel cost calculator on this site estimates a trip's fuel cost from distance, fuel economy and fuel price.
- Can I keep the list for the next road trip?
- Yes. Copy for a new trip makes a new saved list with the same travelers, bags and items and every packed count back at 0, and Export .json saves it as a file you can import on another device.
It organizes the plan you type in: what is left to pack and each bag's weight are plain arithmetic on your own quantities and weights, and an item or bag with no weight stays unknown, so that bag's total is marked partial instead of counting it as zero. The starter is everyday clothes and accessories only, and each trip set is a short list of common items for that kind of trip; it knows nothing about entry rules, airline baggage allowances or the weather, and it cannot tell you a list is complete.