Our van life gift guide is full of fun, creative and unique gifts for anyone who loves the van life. Whether it’s weekend road trips or a full-time lifestyle, these gifts are the ones they’ll actually want!
Our campervan gift guide has been curated after spending five years living on the road, and understanding what makes a great van life gift. Whether you’re buying for Christmas, a birthday or just to let someone know you care, you’ll find the best campervan gift ideas here.
What Do You Get a Vanlifer for Christmas?
One of our great van campervan gift choices! Whether you’re looking for personalised campervan gifts, funny campervan gifts or thoughtful van life gifts, our great selection of products has you covered.
The one thing not to get a vanlifer for Christmas is anything to do with motorhomes! If you’re looking for motorhome gift ideas, you can find them in our motorhome gift guide.
One of our favourite campervan Christmas gifts, we love giving these to our van life friends we see before the big day so they can decorate their tree or van.
Make life in the campervan kitchen easier with this compact & versatile camper van kitchen tool. It combines eight different tools: a funnel, lemon squeezer, spice grater, cheese grater, potato masher, egg separator, can opener & measuring cup.
This stylish and practical personalised gift for her is perfect for quick shopping trips, or just carrying your everyday stuff. When stuffed down it becomes a mini-campervan!
Great for that late night wild camping stroll or visit to the facilities, this hat comes in twelve colours and will keep motorhomers warm and light the path from the camper van and back again. You can even personalise your beanie with a custom patch, designed to your specification!
Our very own Camper Cookbook has easy to follow recipes for simple and delicious meals, tried and tested by us. This recipe book makes a perfect campervan present for anyone who loves spedning time in their van and cooking.
Get inspired and create your Great British bucket list with this great selection of over 1000 places to go and things to know. IYou’ll find local intel, road-less-travelled experiences and free fun as you explore the Great British isles in your home on wheels.
For those van lifers who love to exercise wherever they might be, these Gritin resistance bands are a great alternative to heavy weights. Five different colours relate to five different strengths and they come with a handy carry bag as well as an instruction book with suggested exercises.
One of the most inspirational van life books, Mike aka vandogtraveller.com
answers most, if not all, of the questions all aspiring van lifers ask. Whatever worries you about vanlife, from the project build or van conversion to planning itineraries, managing finances and finding places to sleep at night, he covers all you need to know about getting starting.
A gift for her, these super absorbent bamboo hair towel wraps, are lightweight, easy to use and will dry your hair in no time. There are three in a pack and they come in multiple colour ways.
Stop your loved ones from being bitten with these natural leather bracelets. Each band holds 300 hours of mosquito repellent. No more bites and no more scratching!
These microfibre travel towels are a perfect addition to any campervan. They are quick dry, lightweight and fold down into a very compact EVA pouch. There are a variety of sizes and colours to choose from. Not the most exciting of gifts but infinitely useful!
This small and refillable premium leather travel journal is passport size and perfect for writing down your musics, sketches, journaling or detailing your travel plans.
This beautiful embossed tile set within a white box frame is deisgned and handmade by Hampshire based artist Jo Busuttil. The 17cm square box frame can stand or be easily mounted.
A high quality and stylish pair of keyrings which can be engraved on all four sides and come in a beautiful bruhsed or polished finish in over 38 colour combinations.
The only drinking cup to have, because its the best! Designed to fit into a standard cup holder, the Yeti will keep your drink hot or cold for hours and its easy to use with one hand, so perfect for both drivers and passengers. There are plenty of sizes and cool colours to choose from.
This game of Giant Pass the Pigs will keep everyone entertained. Throw the inflatable pigs and see how they land! Different scores are given to different positions, first to 100 wins. One of our favourites and so much fun for everyone!
If you’re looking for motorhome gifts for her, then this gorgeous toiletry bag has enough room for everything they need. This wash bag has pockets and pouches to provide dry space for makeup and brushes and enough room for shampoo and shower gel, this water resistant bag is a great gift for any glamorous motorhomer.
A brilliant campervan gift for him, this folding shovel is top quality and can be used in loads of situations. You can hack undergrowth, dig a hole, shovel snow and dig out a stuck vehcile before folding away into its carry bag.
Van life can take you to some amazing places. Instead of an Instagram moment, a beautifully painted picture will capture the scene in a different way. This is a great gift for the more creative traveller.
This triple insulated stainless steel cup can be used for wine, cocktails or even hot drinks and will keep your beverage at the right temperature through breakfast, lunch and dinner. Come in 20 gorgeous designs.
This stainless steel folding fire pit is great for a night sitting under the stars. Due to its 25kg load, it can also be used as a BBQ. Thanks to its elevation and fine wire mesh that retains heat, you will leave no trace.
Havaianas are the ultimate in campervan footwear. Made from recycled tyre rubber they come in a multitude of designs, colours and sizes for both men and women. A great campervan gift idea for him or her!
Everybody loves a smoothie, and with this Mulli blender, you can have them on the go. Small enough to take in any campervan but powerful enough to blend even frozen fruit. This on the road ready blender is easily charged by USB, from a 12V socket or with a car charger.
Who doesn’t love a hammock, whether for an afternoon nap in the shade or some serious sleep in the great outdoors? This packable and lightweight hammock comes with a mosquito net, tree straps and heavy-duty carabiners. It even comes with an attached stuff sack, to store small items such as water bottles or cell phones!
This ultrasonic device is the size of a computer mouse and uses high frequency vibration to dissolve stains on clothes. Just fill your bucket with warm water, drop in the clothes, plug in the device and add to the bucket!
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The perfect gift for cocktail lovers, this portable travel bartender kit comes with everything you need to shake up your favourite cocktail while out on the road. It all fits neatly into an easy to carry and store roll-up pouch.
Do you know someone that’s always losing their keys? They will think that the Tile Mate is the best van gift ever! once attached to keys the Tile app can be used to ring the Tile when it’s within Bluetooth range or ask your Smart Home device to find it for you. When outside of Bluetooth range, the Tile app can see your Tile’s most recent location on a map – genius!
Do you have a friend or loved one who misplaces things? Then be sure to buy them this cool glow in the dark drinks bottle, no more scrabbling around at night for a drink, you’ll be able to spot this across the camper van!
Snuggle up in this soft twill cotton van style hoody. It’s unisex and comes in a range of sizes and colours. A great gift to keep your loved ones warm.
These cool Luci Solar String Lights are a fantastic gift. String them up inside for reading, or outside to add some lovely ambience to your pitch. They are fully charged by the sun and on cloudy days can be charged with a USB. Easy to put up and pack away into the charging unit, they even have a USB to charge your phone!
This Volkswagen Campervan T2 model is a fantastic gift for someone loves VW’s and modelling. This is an easy click design, so doesn’t need hours of fidly glueing, but is still challening enough to be satisfying once finished!
The Comfy Original wearable blanket is the world’s first of its kind letting you stay warm and cozy in your campervan. Comes in 28 beautiful designs.
Not the cheapest, but most definitely the best, these Osprey Ultralight packing cubes do wonders for disorganised campervan cupboards. A gift any traveller will love!
Perfect for grabbing a bit of you time, these headphones give great sound for up to 35 hours, and then charge really quickly via a USB cable. They’re a nice design too, with flat cups that fit neatly.
Add Alexa to the campervan with Echo Auto! This nifty designed for the road device connects to the Alexa app on your phone and plays through your campervan speakers via the auxiliary input jack or your smartphone’s Bluetooth connection. It includes an air vent mount.
The LifeStraw water filter bottle is a must have for any savvy van lifer. It protects against 99.999% of parasites, microplastics, silt and sand meaning you can fill up in the nearest river or pond. This life saving water filter can turn even the murkiest water into clean safe drinking water, making this campervan gift a no brainer!
A perfect camper gift for friends who love a spot of wild camping, this portable solar shower would be a welcome addition to their life on the road. The 22 litre water bag can be left in the sun for 2-3 hours so after a long day of hiking, they can enjoy a warm shower. What a great way to end the day!
This down blanket is a wonderful present for anyone living the van life. Lightweight and compact it’s filled with duck down to keep you super warm. It comes with a stuff sack and handy buttons so it can be used as a wrap. Available in three sizes and a variety of colours.
A bit on the pricey side but well worth it. The giftee will be in love with these unisex North Face indoor/outdoor slippers from their first wear. Made from 100% recycled ripstop nylon filled with Primaloft insulation & a rubber sole, these slippers will keep the feet toasty warm inside and out.
If your loved one hates trying to get dry on the beach after a dip, especially in the UK, this dry changing robe is waterproof outside, teddybear fleece cosy inside and comes in eleven gorgeous colours.
No electric needed for your morning coffee with Wacaco’s patented pumping system which delivers 18 bars of pressure for the best coffee. Easy to hold and compact to store, this must-have vanlife gadget weighs only 336g!
Every van lifer should have some sort of multitool, and what better gift than a Leatherman. Consistently rated as the best multitools on the market, the Leatherman Skeletool is lightweight and designed for campers with 7 built-in tools.
You already know that your full time campervan living friends love adventure, so why not gift them this superb two person kayak for even more fun? The kayak can be inflated in minutes and ready to go exploring in whatever lake or river they may be staying by. It comes with two oars, a pump and a convenient carry bag.
An e-scooter is the perfect thing to get campervanners out and about once they’ve parked up. This Pure Air leightweight folding scooter has a 350W motor an 18 miles range and weighs just 15.5kg. It’s also a LOT of fun!
Keep your loved ones moving on the road by gifting them the NOCO Boost Portable Jump Starter Power Pack. Safe and easy to use it includes spark proof technology and can jump start a dead van battery in seconds. It is multifunctional, with a portable power station, to recharge all your USB devices, a LED flashlight with seven modes and a 12v 15amp outport for powering your 12VDC devices.
Do any of your loved ones like to stargaze? This telescope would make a really thoughtful gift, small enough to be packed into a backpack but powerful enough to see the moon in all its glory. It even has a phone mount to take perfect photos!
This Lego Volkswagen Campervan is the ultimate in Volkswagen campervan gifts. Not for the faint hearted, this VW T1 van has 1332 pieces and will take around 15 hours to build, but 15 hours of pure nostalgia and fun!
And what about charging all the gadgets? This Goal Zero powerbank pack a serious punch and will power gadgets, phones and laptops multiple times. With 2 x USB-A and USB-C port and 95wh of capacity, the sleek and well thought out design make it easy to use and store. It can also be charged with a Goal Zero Nomad solar panel!
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Likes: living in a box, wine and croissants! Bio: Izzy has been a travel writer since 2019 covering everything from gap years to travelling in Morocco and Turkey in a motorhome. Izzy is the author of "Selling Up to Live in a Motorhome" and enjoys helping others to live their dreams.