check_license_plate
ClaudeValidate 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.
check_visa_rules
ClaudeEntry 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 of stating a rule as certain.
compare_food_prices
ClaudeCompare food price index between two countries (world average = 100). Higher number = more expensive food.
compare_fuel_prices
ClaudeCompare current prices for one fuel type across 2-10 countries. Returns sorted table cheapest-first.
compare_vanbasket
Claudeestimate_route_tolls
ClaudeEstimate 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.
find_cheapest_fuel
ClaudeFind the cheapest countries for a given fuel type in a region (or worldwide). Useful for route planning.
get_active_fires
ClaudeNASA 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.
get_city_travel_weather
ClaudeHow 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).
get_country_food_prices
ClaudeFood price index for one country (world average = 100): how expensive groceries are there, with its yearly history.
get_country_travel_weather
ClaudeHow 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.
get_currency_rate
ClaudeConvert an amount between two currencies using live rates (150+ currencies, daily updates).
get_customs_rules
ClaudeCustoms 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 — never present that as "nothing is restricted".
get_event
ClaudeGet full details for a single vanlife event by its slug.
get_fuel_prices
ClaudeCurrent 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.
get_holidays
ClaudePublic 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".
get_license_plate_country
ClaudeHow 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.
get_license_plate_image
ClaudeDraw 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.
get_power_plugs
ClaudePlug 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).
get_route_visa_rules
ClaudeVisa 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_toll_rates
ClaudeToll 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.
get_travel_hazards
ClaudeSituation 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.
get_vanbasket
Claudeget_vansky_weather
Claudeget_vehicle_import_rules
ClaudeTemporary 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.
list_best_weather_countries
ClaudeList the N countries where today's weather is best for travelling by campervan, highest 0-100 travel score first.
list_events
ClaudeList vanlife events: expos (Caravan Salon), festivals, meetups, forums, road trips. Filter by status, type, country, or free-text search.
list_license_plate_countries
ClaudeCountries whose license plates are available: international code, number of regions and an example plate.
list_vansky_top
Claudeplan_road_trip
ClaudePlan a road trip by campervan or car between 2-10 places with the OpenVan 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 and plates, how long you and the vehicle may stay (Schengen 90/180), road rules, holidays on the trip dates, safety and power plugs, plus the main warning and a checklist. Returns a link to the full roadbook the user can open, edit and share. Use this first when the user describes a trip from A to B.
search_stories
ClaudeSearch 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 credits the original publishers. Never returns full article text. Filter by words in the headline, category, country and language.
