Openvan Travel

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• Connection: Computer or cloud
• Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
• Category: Travel, maps & weather

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openvan-travel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@openvancamp/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http openvan-travel https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp

claude mcp add openvan-travel -- npx -y @openvancamp/mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openvan-travel": {
      "url": "https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openvan-travel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@openvancamp/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "openvan-travel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "openvan-travel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@openvancamp/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• plan_road_trip

  Plan a road trip by campervan or car between 2-10 places with the OpenVan.camp roadbook: distance, driving time and a day-by-day plan with overnights, budget (fuel, tolls, vignettes, ferries), and for every country on the way the entry rule for the given passports, residence perm

• get_country_travel_brief

  Everything to know before driving into one country by campervan or car, in one call: entry rule and how long the person and the vehicle may stay (with passport), travel weather now and this week, fuel prices, tolls and vignettes, public holidays in the next 30 days, safety advice

• get_fuel_prices

  Current retail fuel prices for all API-supported countries. Covers gasoline, diesel, LPG, CNG, E85, kerosene and grade variants. Pass country_code to get one country in detail; omit it for a summary list. Use it for the price of petrol, diesel, LPG/autogas/propane or CNG in one c

• compare_fuel_prices

  Compare current prices for one fuel type across 2-10 countries. Returns sorted table cheapest-first. Use it when someone asks which of two or more named countries has cheaper or more expensive fuel.

• find_cheapest_fuel

  Rank countries by the price of a fuel type in a region (or worldwide): the cheapest first, or with order=most_expensive the most expensive first. Useful for route planning. Use it for «where is fuel cheapest» and, with order=most_expensive, «where is fuel the most expensive», in

• get_country_travel_weather

  How suitable the weather in a whole country is for travelling and sleeping in a campervan, as a 0-100 score: overall travel score, sleep score, solar panel yield, driving conditions, awning safety, condensation risk, a 7-day forecast, and the 3 best and 3 toughest cities for the

• get_city_travel_weather

  How suitable the weather in one city or town is for travelling and sleeping in a campervan, as a 0-100 score for today and for the coming 7 days, with the city's place among the cities of its country this week, comfortable days, the best stretch and the worst day, a 7-day forecas

• get_city_climate

  What the weather is usually like in a city or at any point on a given day of the year, from the ERA5 climate archive 2021–2025 (median of 35 archive days: the date ±3 days over five years): day and night temperature, on how many of the 35 days there was precipitation, the usual s

• list_best_weather_countries

  List the N countries where the weather is best for travelling by campervan, highest 0-100 travel score first: today's score by default, or with period=week the score of the coming 7 days (the ranking used on OpenVan.camp). Use it when no country is named and someone asks where to

• list_events

  List vanlife events: expos (Caravan Salon), festivals, meetups, forums, road trips. Filter by status, type, country, or free-text search.

• get_event

  Get full details for a single vanlife event by its slug.

• search_stories

  Search recent news about campervans, motorhomes and road travel collected by OpenVan.camp from public news sources. Returns for each story only a headline, a short summary of up to 300 characters, date, category, countries and a link to the story page on openvan.camp, which credi

• compare_food_prices

  Compare food price index between two countries (world average = 100). Higher number = more expensive food. Use it when someone asks where food is cheaper between two countries.

• get_country_food_prices

  Food price index for one country (world average = 100): how expensive groceries are there, with its yearly history. Use it when someone asks how expensive food, groceries or living is in a country.

• rank_food_prices

  Rank countries by food price index (world average = 100) in a region or worldwide: the cheapest first, or with order=most_expensive the most expensive first. Use it when someone asks where food or groceries are cheapest or most expensive.

• get_currency_rate

  Convert an amount between two currencies using live rates (150+ currencies, daily updates). Use it for exchange rates and converting an amount between currencies.

• check_visa_rules

  Entry rules for one passport and destination: entry mode, allowed length of stay, how the days are counted (per entry or in a rolling window), whether a visa run resets the counter, and temporary vehicle import. Answers carry a confidence level and source — pass those on instead

• get_route_visa_rules

  Visa rules for every country of a route in one call, for up to 10 passports at once, plus the tightest leg of the route.

• get_vehicle_import_rules

  Temporary admission rules for a foreign-plated vehicle in one country: allowed days, per entry or per window, carnet requirement, green card. A country without a rule we can stand behind returns nothing rather than a guess.

• get_toll_rates

  Toll reference for one country: payment system, per-km rates by vehicle class (car, campervan up to 3.5 t, over 3.5 t), vignette prices for every duration, concession sections and toll bridges/tunnels, each with verification date and source. Use it for toll roads, motorway fees,

• estimate_route_tolls

  Estimate toll cost for a road trip from 2-10 place names: per-km tolls, vignettes, bridges and tunnels, as a EUR range with a per-country breakdown. Flags partial results when a country on the route has no data. Use it only for the toll cost between named places when no other tri

• get_holidays

  Public holidays, school holidays (often regional, with ISO 3166-2 region codes) and official peak traffic days (France, Bison Futé) in one country for a period of up to 400 days. A country without data returns an error saying so — never present that as "no holidays". Use it for p

• get_travel_hazards

  Situation now in one country: UK FCDO travel advice level and current GDACS natural disasters (flood, earthquake, tropical cyclone, wildfire, drought, volcano) with alert level green/orange/red. Not a forecast. Use it when someone asks whether it is safe to go to a country now, a

• get_active_fires

  NASA FIRMS VIIRS satellite fire detections of the last 48 hours in a bounding box up to 10°×10°, strongest first, with fire radiative power in MW. Use it for wildfires right now near a place or in a country: bbox is west,south,east,north in degrees — longitude first (Portugal ≈ -

• get_power_plugs

  Plug types (IEC A–N), mains voltage and frequency for one country, with the source of the value, plus the campsite hook-up connector in Europe (CEE17). Use it for socket and plug types, adapters, mains voltage and campsite hook-ups.

• find_ferries

  Ferry and river crossing lines in a bounding box from OpenStreetMap: name, operator, countries, whether cars are carried, crossing time, the operator site checked by hand and a booking link where confirmed, and whether an open timetable exists. bbox is west,south,east,north in de

• get_ferry_schedule

  One ferry line by id from find_ferries: both ends with country, operator site and booking link, and a timetable digest from open GTFS feeds — next departures today in local time, sailings per day, daytime and night rhythm, weekdays over the next 8 days, crossing time. available:

• get_customs_rules

  Customs rules when driving into a country, optionally from a given country: food bans, cash declaration, alcohol and tobacco limits, goods value, fuel in a canister. Each rule carries a verbatim official quote and source link. A country without data returns an error saying so — n

• list_license_plate_countries

  Countries whose license plates are available: international code, number of regions and an example plate.

• get_license_plate_country

  How a country's license plate looks and reads (standard, size, format), its plate types (standard, diplomatic, police, taxi…) with example numbers, and every region code on its plates, grouped by region — e.g. which region is 77 or 199 on Russian plates. Use it for what a plate r

• check_license_plate

  Validate a plate number against the country's format (look-alike letters are normalized) and say which region its code belongs to. Pass type to check against a specific plate type's format. Never identifies the owner or the vehicle's location. Use it to check a specific plate num

• get_license_plate_image

  Draw an illustrative image of a country's standard civilian license plate (PNG shown inline, plus SVG/PNG links). The number must match the country's standard format. Official, police, military and diplomatic plates are not drawn. Use it to draw or show a picture of a plate.

Basic checksi

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• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account openvancamp, which owns the repo

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  Still maintained

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  Has a licence

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• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 1098 ms (HTTP 200)

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• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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Compared with others in Travel, maps & weatheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 1720 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 76% of the other 1720 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1720 servers in this category

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README from the maker

# Fuel prices

curl https://openvan.camp/api/fuel/prices

{

curl https://openvan.camp/api/currency/rates

{

const priceInUSD = (priceEUR / rates.EUR) * r