Openvan Travel MCP Server

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Openvan Travel is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. 994 installs a week from npm. It exposes 32 tools. Last commit 30 Oct 2026.

Vanlife & RV data: roadbooks, fuel, tolls, ferries, visas, holidays, hazards, weather. openvan.camp

Installs per day peak 667 · avg 111 · +69% w/w

a month agotoday

Uptime history 15 days of history · worst day 99%

15 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

225 ms

Response time

average over 24h

994

Installs / week

npm and PyPI

What changed 39

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 23 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

29 Oct 2 tools appeared find_ferries, get_ferry_schedule

29 Oct a tool changed version

26 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten get_city_travel_weather, list_best_weather_countries

26 Oct a tool changed version

26 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for list_best_weather_countries

25 Oct 29 tools changed the parameters they ask for check_license_plate, check_visa_rules, compare_food_prices and 26 more

25 Oct a tool appeared get_city_climate

25 Oct a tool changed version

23 Oct a tool changed version

Openvan Travel missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 5 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

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

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.openvan-travel]
url = "https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

Available tools 32

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

license

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 number.

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

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.

list_license_plate_countries

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

country

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.

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, power plugs, customs limits and food prices. Use it when someone asks what to know about a country, the nuances or a guide for travelling there, or is preparing a trip to it; use the single-topic tools for one narrow question.

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 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.

city

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 sky, sea or large-lake water temperature, solar radiation for panels and the VanSky climate index; plus all 12 months and the best month to travel. Climate, not a forecast. Use it for dates beyond the coming week ("weather in Batumi in mid-September", "is the sea warm in Antalya in May") and for "when is the best time to go"; for today and this week use get_city_travel_weather. Omit date to get the month overview.

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 forecast with day and night temperature and rain, today's score breakdown (thermal, sunshine, precipitation, wind), sleep, driving and solar scores and ready-made advice. 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.

compare

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.

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.

active

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 ≈ -9.6,36.9,-6.1,42.2).

best

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 go for warm or good weather right now — worldwide or in a region (region=europe…); with sort=warmest only when they literally ask where it is warmest or hottest (it ranks by temperature alone, so deserts come first; «warm and pleasant», «warm and dry» → the default score). These are today's conditions and the coming days, not a forecast for a later month: for «in November» say so.

cheapest

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 a region or worldwide.

currency

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.

customs

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 — never present that as "nothing is restricted". Use it for what you may bring in by car: alcohol, tobacco, cash, meat and other food, goods limits.

estimate

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 trip details are asked; for a whole trip use plan_road_trip.

event

get_event

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

events

list_events

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

ferries

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 degrees — longitude first (Adriatic ≈ 12,39,20,46). Narrow with query (port or operator) or country_code. Use it for which ferries go to an island or across a sea, strait or river, and to get the id for get_ferry_schedule.

ferry

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: false means no open timetable is matched, not that the ferry does not run. Use it for when the next ferry leaves, how often it runs and how long the crossing takes.

fuel

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 country; without a country it gives an overview.

holidays

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

plan

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 permit and plates, how long you and the vehicle may stay (Schengen 90/180), road rules and city access (low-emission zones and stickers such as Umweltplakette and Crit'Air, Italian ZTL), 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.

power

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.

rank

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.

route

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.

stories

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 credits the original publishers. Never returns full article text. Filter by words in the headline, category, country and language.

toll

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

travel

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, about travel warnings or natural disasters.

vehicle

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.

visa

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 of stating a rule as certain.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp	streamable-http	answering	167 ms	5 min ago

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Openvan Travel — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Openvan Travel do?

It exposes 32 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: check_license_plate, check_visa_rules, compare_food_prices, compare_fuel_prices, estimate_route_tolls, find_cheapest_fuel and 26 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is Openvan Travel mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around license, country and city. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is Openvan Travel working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 225 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Openvan Travel?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Openvan Travel need an API key?

No. Openvan Travel completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 32 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Openvan Travel?

It answers our handshake in 225 ms on average, which is faster than 64% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

How many people use Openvan Travel?

The npm package @openvancamp/mcp-server was installed 994 times in the last week. Week over week that is +69%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Openvan Travel open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at mcp.openvan.camp, which runs on its operator's own terms.