UK Travel & Vehicle Pack — Printable PDF

Three of the most fiddly bits of UK family admin — packing for a holiday, keeping the car legal and roadworthy, planning a UK day out — in one 14-page printable binder.

The UK Travel, Vehicle & Day-Trip Pack is a 14-page printable PDF binder for UK households who'd rather not hold all this in their head. Trip overview, GHIC and passport prompts, packing list, day-by-day itinerary, emergency contacts; vehicle info sheet, MOT and road tax tracker, service log, breakdown cover, FORCES pre-journey checklist; family road trip planner, UK day-trip checklist, post-trip review.

Built specifically for UK admin — GHIC, FCDO, MOT, V5C, VED, SORN, National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw, RingGo — not adapted from a US template.

What's inside (14 pages):

• Travel (6 pages) — trip overview, pre-trip checklist with the EU passport rule and GHIC prompts, five-column packing list, day-by-day itinerary, emergency contacts and insurance details
• Vehicle (5 pages) — vehicle info sheet (one or two cars), service history log, MOT + road tax tracker with a 12-month renewal calendar, breakdown cover details, FORCES pre-journey checklist
• Day-Trips (3 pages) — family road trip activities planner, UK day-trip checklist, post-trip review

UK specificity, page by page. The EU passport rule (issued less than 10 years before entry AND valid 3+ months after you leave the Schengen area). GHIC from gov.uk only (free, 5-year validity, every traveller needs their own). MOT from the third anniversary, then annually — £1,000 fine for driving without one. The free DVSA MOT reminder service at gov.uk/mot-reminder. The 1986 MOT exemption (still must be roadworthy). RingGo, PayByPhone and JustPark under the National Parking Platform. The Met Office app for weather. National Trust, English Heritage, National Trust for Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Cadw — all five, with a one-line note that NTS is a separate Scottish charity.

UK nation differences covered. National Trust covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland; NTS is a separate Scottish charity. English Heritage in England; Cadw in Wales; Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland. DVLA across England, Wales and Scotland; DVA for some services in Northern Ireland. National Parking Platform rollout is active across England, Wales and Scotland.

Format: A4 PDF, instant download. Print at home, fill in digitally, or both. Designed for standard home printers — black & white or colour.

Why this pack: Online planner shops are full of US-coded travel planners (gas stations, ZIP codes, license plates) and generic vehicle logs that don't mention MOT, V5C or VED. This pack is built for the UK trip, the UK car, and the UK day out — and it bundles three searches into one binder.

This pack is a planning aid. It signposts UK government and provider processes — it does not replace legal, medical, financial or insurance advice. Prices, deadlines and rules can change; the pack contains links throughout to live sources at gov.uk, the FCDO, the NHS and the relevant authorities. Edition 2026/27.

Made in Liverpool. Designed for the way UK households actually travel.

— ReadyHomeUK