Packing list
Road trip packing list
A road trip packing list for a week in the car: car documents, chargers and a phone mount, a cooler with snacks, first aid and layers for changing weather.
On a road trip the car is your suitcase, so it’s tempting to throw everything in. A list keeps the essentials — licence, rental paperwork, chargers, first aid — where you can reach them.
This list is for a week of driving and sightseeing without flights. In Wayfold you can split it by traveller and see who is bringing the cooler.
The checklist
Road trip packing list · 7 days · mild to warm (highs around 75°F / 24°C) · driving · one adult · Wayfold
Documents & money7
Clothes7
Shoes2
Accessories3
Toiletries11
Health6
Electronics6
Gear1
Odds & ends3
Names in the list use American English, with the British name underneath where it differs. Quantities assume 7 days · mild to warm (highs around 75°f / 24°c) · driving · one adult.
How to use this list
Start a day or two before you leave and pack one category at a time, ticking items off as they go in the bag — your ticks are saved in this browser. Quantities follow the trip above: clothes scale with the number of days, with a little extra for spares. Travelling longer, in different weather or with more people? Open the list in Wayfold and it recalculates for your dates, the forecast and everyone travelling.
Packing tips
- 1
Keep a “car bag” with chargers, snacks, wipes, sunglasses and a paper map for places with no signal.
- 2
Download offline maps for each day’s route before you leave the hotel Wi-Fi.
- 3
Check your rental agreement for a spare tire, and photograph the car before you drive off.
- 4
Pack one soft bag per person instead of hard cases — they fit around each other in the trunk (boot).
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Wayfold is coming soon to iPhone and Android: the packing list, trip planner and travel planner in one app. Free to start, no account needed.
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