OpenVan Travel Data

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 a region or worldwide.

find_cheapest_fuel

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

get_event

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.

get_country_food_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 country; without a country it gives an overview.

get_fuel_prices

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 public holidays, days off, school holidays and peak traffic days.

get_holidays

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

list_license_plate_countries

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 region code means (77, 777, AA…) and a country's plate format.

get_license_plate_country

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.

get_license_plate_image

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

list_events

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.

get_power_plugs

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.

rank_food_prices

Internal helper for the plan_road_trip card: progress of the roadbook build (route, tolls, borders and cities, campsites, weather, news). Not for direct use — call plan_road_trip.

get_roadbook_build_status

Search aggregated vanlife news stories (7 languages, 400+ sources). Filter by search query, category, country, locale.

search_stories

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_vehicle_import_rules

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, whether a vignette is needed and what it costs in one country.

get_toll_rates

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, about travel warnings or natural disasters.

get_travel_hazards

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 sleep, driving and solar scores and daily scores. Use this, not get_country_travel_weather, when the user names a place (Barcelona, Málaga, Alicante). Use it for the weather in one named city, town or place today, tomorrow or this week.

get_city_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 coming week. Country-level: for a named city use get_city_travel_weather. Use it when someone asks what the weather is like in a country, where in a country it is warmer, colder or sunnier, which of its cities are best or worst this week, or whether it is too cold or rainy to sleep in a van there now.

get_country_travel_weather

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_route_visa_rules