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Vanlife & RV travel data — fuel prices, weather, currency, events, news (free, 11 MCP tools)
Vanlife & RV travel data — fuel prices, weather, currency, events, news (free, 11 MCP tools)
Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp
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Add this to your MCP configuration to connect:
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-kopaev-openvan-travel": {
"url": "https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp"
}
}
}From the project's GitHub README.
Free, no-auth API for vanlife data: fuel prices, currency rates, food cost index, vanlife events, and news stories — all in one place, no registration required.
Base URL: https://openvan.camp
Auth: None required
CORS: Enabled
License: CC BY 4.0
MCP Server (for AI agents): mcp-server/ — hosted at https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp, also npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp for Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf. Install docs →
Custom GPT: OpenVan Travel Assistant — live in ChatGPT GPT Store.
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| This README | Quick overview and code examples |
/docs | Interactive documentation with "Try it out" |
/docs.openapi | Full OpenAPI 3.0 contract (always up to date) |
/docs.postman | Postman collection |
The OpenAPI spec at /docs.openapi is generated from the live codebase and is the authoritative contract. Numbers in this README (country counts, story totals) are approximate and updated periodically — check /api/fuel/prices meta or /api/stories pagination for current totals.
| Endpoint | Description | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
GET /api/fuel/prices | Retail fuel prices (gasoline, diesel, LPG, E85) | 120+ countries |
GET /api/currency/rates | Exchange rates relative to EUR | 150+ currencies |
GET /api/vanbasket/countries | Food price index relative to world average (100 = world avg) | 90+ countries |
GET /api/vanbasket/compare?from=DE&to=TR | Compare food costs between two countries | — |
GET /api/vanbasket/countries/{code} | Single country + historical snapshots | — |
GET /api/events | Vanlife events: expos, festivals, meetups, road trips | 695 events |
GET /api/event/{slug} | Full event details with geo coordinates | — |
GET /api/event/{slug}/articles | Source articles linked to an event | — |
GET /api/stories | News stories aggregated from 200+ publishers | 8200+ stories |
GET /api/story/{slug} | Full story with all source articles and direct links | — |
# Fuel prices
curl https://openvan.camp/api/fuel/prices
# Currency rates (EUR-based)
curl https://openvan.camp/api/currency/rates
# Food price index
curl https://openvan.camp/api/vanbasket/countries
# Upcoming vanlife events in Germany
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/events?country=DE&status=upcoming&locale=en"
# Latest vanlife news stories in English
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/stories?locale=en"
/api/fuel/pricesWeekly retail prices from 45+ official government sources.
Cache TTL: 6 hours. Please poll no faster than every 10 minutes.
curl https://openvan.camp/api/fuel/prices
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"DE": {
"country_code": "DE",
"country_name": "Germany",
"region": "europe",
"currency": "EUR",
"local_currency": "EUR",
"unit": "liter",
"prices": {
"gasoline": 1.79,
"diesel": 1.69,
"lpg": 0.89,
"e85": null,
"premium": null
},
"price_changes": { "gasoline": -0.02, "diesel": 0.01, "lpg": 0.0 },
"fetched_at": "2026-04-05T10:00:00+00:00",
"sources": ["EU Weekly Oil Bulletin", "Fuelo.net"],
"sources_count": 2,
"is_excluded": false
}
},
"meta": {
"total_countries": 121,
"updated_at": "2026-04-05 10:00:00",
"cache_ttl_hours": 6
}
}
Notes:
unit is "liter" for most countries, "gallon" for US and Ecuadoris_excluded: true means the country has heavy fuel subsidies (prices don't reflect market rates)price_changes = delta vs last week's prices/api/currency/ratesEUR-based exchange rates from multiple open-source providers with automatic fallback.
Cache TTL: 25 hours. Refreshed daily at 07:00 UTC.
curl https://openvan.camp/api/currency/rates
{
"success": true,
"rates": {
"EUR": 1,
"USD": 1.08,
"GBP": 0.85,
"TRY": 38.5,
"GEL": 2.95,
"KZT": 510,
"RUB": 98.5
},
"cached": true,
"updated_at": "2026-04-08T07:00:00+00:00"
}
Convert to any currency:
const priceInUSD = (priceEUR / rates.EUR) * rates.USD;
const priceInTRY = (priceEUR / rates.EUR) * rates.TRY;
/api/vanbasket/*Relative cost of a food basket compared to world average (World = 100).
Based on World Bank ICP 2021 data, adjusted with IMF CPI.
Data source: CC BY 4.0
# All countries
curl https://openvan.camp/api/vanbasket/countries
# Compare two countries
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/vanbasket/compare?from=DE&to=TR"
# Single country with historical snapshots
curl https://openvan.camp/api/vanbasket/countries/DE
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"CH": { "country_code": "CH", "country_name": "Switzerland", "vanbasket_index": 162.3, "pct_vs_world": 62.3 },
"DE": { "country_code": "DE", "country_name": "Germany", "vanbasket_index": 118.7, "pct_vs_world": 18.7 },
"TR": { "country_code": "TR", "country_name": "Turkey", "vanbasket_index": 82.4, "pct_vs_world": -17.6 },
"GE": { "country_code": "GE", "country_name": "Georgia", "vanbasket_index": 64.1, "pct_vs_world": -35.9 }
},
"meta": {
"total_countries": 92,
"world_avg": 100,
"base_year": 2021,
"source": "World Bank ICP 2021",
"license": "CC BY 4.0"
}
}
Compare response:
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"from": { "country_code": "DE", "country_name": "Germany", "vanbasket_index": 118.7 },
"to": { "country_code": "TR", "country_name": "Turkey", "vanbasket_index": 82.4 },
"diff_percent": -30.6,
"budget_100": 69,
"cheaper": true
}
}
budget_100: if you spend €100 on food in the from country, you'd spend €69 in the to country.
/api/eventsVanlife events: exhibitions, festivals, meetups, road trips. Updated in real time.
Query params:
| Param | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
locale | en ru de fr es pt tr | en |
status | upcoming ongoing past all | upcoming |
type | expo festival forum meetup roadtrip | — |
country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 | — |
search | text | — |
page | integer | 1 |
limit | integer (max 100) | 30 |
# Upcoming events in Germany
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/events?country=DE&status=upcoming&locale=en"
# Event details
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/event/fit-camper-2026?locale=en"
# Source articles linked to an event
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/event/fit-camper-2026/articles?locale=en"
{
"events": [
{
"id": 493,
"slug": "fit-camper-2026",
"event_name": "Fit Your Camper",
"event_type": "expo",
"event_type_label": "Exhibition",
"start_date": "2026-04-09",
"end_date": "2026-04-12",
"city": "Bologna",
"country_code": "IT",
"country": { "code": "it", "name": "Italy", "flag_emoji": "🇮🇹" },
"venue_name": "BolognaFiere",
"status": "upcoming",
"articles_count": 7,
"url": "https://openvan.camp/en/event/fit-camper-2026"
}
],
"pagination": { "total": 48, "page": 1, "limit": 30, "pages": 2 }
}
Notes:
locale silently falls back to en/api/event/{slug}/articles returns source articles filtered by locale; if none match, all articles are returned (may be in the original publisher language)/api/storiesVanlife news stories aggregated from 200+ publishers and translated into 7 languages. Each story clusters multiple source articles covering the same topic.
Query params:
| Param | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
locale | en ru de fr es pt tr | en |
category | category slug (e.g. camping, travel, gear, incident) | — |
country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 | — |
search | text | — |
page | integer | 1 |
limit | integer (max 50) | 20 |
# Latest stories in English
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/stories?locale=en"
# German vanlife news in Germany
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/stories?locale=de&country=DE"
# Full story with all source links
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/story/free-overnight-parking-netherlands?locale=en"
{
"slug": "free-overnight-parking-netherlands",
"title": "Free Overnight Parking for Motorhomes in the Netherlands",
"summary": "The Dutch motorhome community is pushing for more designated free overnight spots...",
"image_url": "https://...",
"category": { "slug": "travel", "name": "Travel" },
"countries": [{ "code": "nl", "name": "Netherlands", "flag_emoji": "🇳🇱" }],
"first_published_at": "2026-04-01T10:00:00+00:00",
"last_updated_at": "2026-04-03T08:00:00+00:00",
"articles_count": 5,
"url": "https://openvan.camp/en/news/travel/free-overnight-parking-netherlands",
"sources": [
{
"title": "Gratis overnachten in je camper: de beste plekken",
"original_url": "https://www.campermagazine.nl/overnachten/gratis-plaatsen",
"source_name": "CamperMagazine.nl",
"published_at": "2026-04-01T10:00:00+00:00",
"language": "nl",
"image_url": "https://..."
}
]
}
Notes:
title and summary are translated to the requested localesources[].language is always the original publisher language, regardless of localesources[].original_url is the direct link to the publisher articleAll JSON endpoints follow a consistent envelope:
{ "success": true, "data": { ... }, "meta": { ... }, "_attribution": { ... } }
Every response includes an _attribution object:
"_attribution": {
"data_source": "openvan.camp",
"license": "CC BY 4.0",
"attribution_url": "https://openvan.camp/",
"attribution_html": "Data: <a href=\"https://openvan.camp/\">OpenVan.camp</a> (CC BY 4.0)"
}
Errors:
{ "success": false, "error": "Description of the error." }
If you call without Accept: application/json, some error responses may return HTML. Always send the header:
Accept: application/json
120 requests per minute per IP. Please be responsible:
Required by CC BY 4.0. Suggested format:
Data: <a href="https://openvan.camp/">OpenVan.camp</a> — CC BY 4.0
Pass ?source=yoursite.com with any request — no registration needed. Your value is echoed back as _attribution.your_source so you can verify it's working:
curl "https://openvan.camp/api/fuel/prices?source=myapp.com"
{
"success": true,
"data": { "..." },
"meta": { "..." },
"_attribution": {
"data_source": "openvan.camp",
"license": "CC BY 4.0",
"attribution_url": "https://openvan.camp/",
"attribution_html": "Data: <a href=\"https://openvan.camp/\">OpenVan.camp</a> (CC BY 4.0)",
"your_source": "myapp.com"
}
}
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