Printable Road Trip Checklist (Free PDF)
The checks to make before you pull away, the kit to put in the boot, and a log for every stop and every tank of fuel.
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Six sections, 39 printed checks. The car covers oil, coolant, tyre pressure including the spare, tread, wipers, lights and brakes. Documents and money covers licences, insurance, breakdown cover, registration, bookings and tolls. Snacks, entertainment and the emergency kit cover the things that make a long drive bearable and the things that make a breakdown survivable — jump leads, a jack and inflator, a warning triangle, first aid, a torch, a blanket and water.
The last section is the one you run through with the engine already on: tank full, route agreed, phone mounted, belts on and child seats checked, house locked, and somebody who knows where you are going. Every section ends with a blank line, because every car and every family has one thing that belongs on this list and nowhere else.
Across the bottom, an eight-row log records each stop: odometer, town, fuel, cost, time and a note. Totals for distance and fuel cost sit underneath, which is what you need if you are splitting the cost or claiming the mileage later. Route, dates, every checkbox, every log cell and the totals are form fields, so you can fill it on screen or keep it in the glovebox with a pen. One page, US Letter or A4.
