Your Ultimate Road Trip Packing List
Whether it was in my pile of road trip stuff for weeks, thrown in last minute, or bought along the way, everything that ended up in my car served a vital purpose. For this trip, we planned to camp most nights, meaning along with regular road trip supplies we also brought enough camping equipment to keep us fed and sheltered for as long as we needed. I also had to bring everything I needed for college, including clothes, decorations, school, and dorm supplies, and pretty much the rest of my possessions. For the sake of keeping this list precise, I won’t include anything that we didn’t use for the trip itself.
Camping stuff
4 Person tent from REI
2 sleeping bags
2 sleeping mats
- I got all these together on sale from REI. I love this bundle because of the quality and color scheme of the sleeping bags and mats!
1 6x8 tarp
Pillows
One indoor blanket (to use in the tent)
One outdoor blanket (to use as a picnic blanket, table cloth, or to lay on the ground)
Battery Powered Twinkle lights
Pop-up lantern
LED magnet light
Doormat for outside the tent
2 65L backpacks
1.5 L camelbak bladder and backpack
Two 1L survival filter water bottles
Kitchen stuff
In an effort to save money we made plans to cook as much food as we could. I love cooking over a fire, but because of various fire regulations we couldn’t always depend on it. I loved using our mini foldable backpacking stove because its so easy and portable. We got to bring it to everywehre
4 Canisters of jet-boil compatible Isopro fuel
Small frying pan
3 bowls
Several bamboo spoon/fork combos
Veggie peeler
Small knife
Cutting board
Aeropress coffee maker
Campfire roasting sticks
Cooler
Two large pyrex containers
Tin foil
Small zip locks
Large xip locks
Paper towels
Dish soap
Sponge
Dish towels
Cooler
Snack Box
Seasoning Salt
Soy Sauce
Electronics
Bluetooth Speaker
Headphones
Portable charger
Laptop
Camera
Other random but useful things
Laundry Basket
Trash bags
Reusable Water Bottles ad coffee cups
First Aid kit
Different size bandaids
Burn gel
Anti itch cream
Dramamine
Benadryl
Advil
Bath Towels
Sunscreen
Chapstick
Multi-Tool
Lighter
Bugspray