Newbies - what do we need?

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some way of getting water and emptying it, there are various brands but you'll see aquarolls and wastemasters a lot on sites. I have mine from 1999 and they have seen serous use.

A basic toolkit - screwdrivers and stuff, space fuses and bulbs. A good jack system (the basic ones are useless btw). Spare tyre? Torches. A spare fan heater. First aid kit including painkillers...

Stuff for inside, kitchen stuff, you choose plastic or china plates, pots and pans, cutlery, some have microwaves, bathroom stuff, bedding, either sleeping bags or quilts.

The list is really almost endless and whatever you need to enjoy your van. 

Others will along to suggest other stuff like solar panels, service pitch stuff.

But I would say the most important item that everyone forgets is a corkscrew. Nothing is worse than getting a bottle of wine sitting down and... cry

 Enjoy

Post edit, my favorite accessory is having a motor mover

Hi Nicola and welcome to Club Together.

If you can, start by using some stuff from home and see how you go.  Don't go mad buying everything in the accessory shop.  We've all got garages full of stuff we thought we couldn't live without.  

Chat to others on site; most folks are happy to show you how they do things.

As a general rule, we don't carry anything glass; using lightweight unbreakable pots, pans, storage containers, crockery.  A couple of comfortable lightweight folding chairs and a table are, in my opinion, essential.

You might need to consider an awning at some stage and I agree about the wonderful motor mover.

Hello & Welcome, a couple of ideas for you if you havn't thought of them already;

Waterproofs, spare 12 volt fuses, spare caravan key (kept in car), tin of silicone spray. The list goes on but as others have said people on site will give you ideas.

get as much as you can thrown in by the dealer, aquarol, waste master, hook up cable etc etc. even get a decent step.

Nicola,  the  first  time  out  in  the  new  toy  should  be  a  weekend  somewhere  close  to  home  if  you  can  manage  it.  That  will  allow  you  the  chance  to  nip  back  &  get  whatever  you  have  forgotten,  such  as  the  bottles  for  the  corkscrew  to  open  !!  All  the  above  suggestions,  especially  Lornalou's  are  from  years  of  experience 

Thank you all for the suggestions

I will start to compose a list of essentials and then like to have :-)

We are campers who are moving up so used to a bit of outdoor living but really looking forward to getting away a lot more.

We have booked our first trip and it is between wheer we live and where we are collecting the van from so we can quickly go to either if weve forgot anything :-) 

thanks for posting back, and let us know how you got on?

Yes, have a good trip.👍🏻

I think you can download a check list from this club's website and then print it out. I will have a look and try and supply the link

found it.

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/globalassets/pdfs/content/overseas/things-to-take-checklist.pdf