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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.

Example: Road tripMaya and Sam, 1 bag
Example list: Maya and Sam are made up, and the items are the Road trip set under Trip sets.

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

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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

Packed
0 of 14
To pack
14
Car
not weighed
  • Maya2 to pack, 2 items
    Water bottle: 1 (Car); Travel pillow: 1 (Car)
  • Sam2 to pack, 2 items
    Water bottle: 1 (Car); Travel pillow: 1 (Car)
  • Shared10 to pack, 10 items
    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.

ItemCategoryStarting quantity
T-shirts or topsClothing1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7
UnderwearClothing1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7
Socks, pairsClothing1 per day, nights plus 1, up to 7
Trousers, skirts or shortsClothing2 for the trip
Jumper or sweaterClothing1 for the trip
SleepwearClothing1 for the trip
JacketClothing1 for the trip
Shoes, pairsClothing1 for the trip
BeltAccessories1 for the trip
SunglassesAccessories1 for the trip
HatAccessories1 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.

ItemForStarting quantity
Driver's licenseShared1 for the trip
Car insurance and registration papersShared1 for the trip
Phone mountShared1 for the trip
Car phone chargerShared1 for the trip
Offline maps or a paper mapShared1 for the trip
SnacksShared1 for the trip
Water bottleEach traveler1 for the trip
CoolerShared1 for the trip
Travel pillowEach traveler1 for the trip
BlanketShared1 for the trip
Trash bagsShared1 for the trip
First aid kitShared1 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.

Weights in
Accuracy. 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.

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

14 items, 0 of 14 packed

Car

Driver's licenseShared0 of 1no weight
Car insurance and registration papersShared0 of 1no weight
Phone mountShared0 of 1no weight
Car phone chargerShared0 of 1no weight
Offline maps or a paper mapShared0 of 1no weight

Food and drink

SnacksShared0 of 1no weight
Water bottleMaya0 of 1no weight
Water bottleSam0 of 1no weight
CoolerShared0 of 1no weight

Comfort

Travel pillowMaya0 of 1no weight
Travel pillowSam0 of 1no weight
BlanketShared0 of 1no weight

Other

Trash bagsShared0 of 1no weight
First aid kitShared0 of 1no 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.