> "Pack as if you're going out for only a week during the summer. Then add what you'd need if you were going out for only a week in winter. That should pretty much cover everything." --MrNoodly((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Van-Packing-List?pid=300869#pid300869))

> "I can't be prepared for everything I can possibly imagine, so I prepare for things that are most likely to happen." -- MrNoodly((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-Van-Packing-List?pid=301214#pid301214))

====== What to bring  ======

FIXME

  
===== mobile phone =====

**Minimum:** Anything that can make and take calls and texts.   
 
**Upgrade:** A smartphone, even one without a SIM card or data plan, can be very useful for vandwellers.  Built in GPS and the ability to use[[communication:bandwidth_conservation#navigation_frugality| offline navigation]].  Google Voice can provide text and calling if you get near wifi.

Related:  intermittent bandwidth, [[communication:bandwidth_conservation|bandwidth frugality]], 
  
  
  
  
===== water =====

Consider this saying:  if you have water you have many problems.  If you don't have water you have one problem.

**Minimum:**  some water to drink. Can be bottled, bulk from a dispenser, etc.

**Upgrade:**



food  
  
bed

toilet

light

power
  
  
  
  * sleeping 
  * eating
  * cooking
  * pooping