Flexible (additional) storage ideas

[borat]

Wondering what innovative solutions people have built for when you need additional storage, but still want to be agile and tidy when you’re moving between sites daily? I can happily travel with a drawer of pants and socks, but the Mrs wants to bring her entire wardrobe and bathroom and it drives me nuts! What with that plus the dog’s paraphernalia, We end up with multiple bags that get thrown into the awning usually and inevitably end up in a mess on the floor. The new van will have a lot more storage, but I am betting it still wont be enough, so i was also thinking of getting converters to build something additional that we can throw into the back or attach to the mobiframe rails, perhaps with some sections for storing clothes etc, and maybe doubling up as a bench seat. Or maybe there is something off the shelf that would do the trick? Thinking being, she can decant all her crap into that and it either stays in back of van behind bed, or can be lifted out and put in the awning without making a mess.

Any inspiration welcome! I know i could just bring a bunch of suitcases but they wont match the van lol

 

[EAN]

We have a collapsible kitchen/storage unit that we put in the awning to declutter the van.
The worktop was absolute rubbish, so has been replaced with a sheet of 9mm varnished plywood that slots in.
It’s like this

 

[roadtripper]

We don't camp but we do travel with a fair chunk of kit for weekly road trips.

We've standardised on the £8 barrel bags from eBay to compartmentalise clothes and soft items which means there are a number of ways they can be wedged and stored.

We also have a big duffle bag that means we can bung coats or several of the barrel bags into one unit and often we strap that into a spare seat.

We also use a number of Really Useful Boxes that stack neatly.

Some packing ideas in my build thread in case they give some inspiration:

Post in thread 'Roadtripper's Caravelle tinkering'

29 Jan 2024

Thought I'd do a bit of a post of how we pack the back as another thread was asking and we were away so I could take some pics as we loaded up.

Coming from an XC70 and 450l top box was a bit worried first where we would put everything, especially as leaving the kitchen pod behind would negate the point of having it.

The basic principle that works for us is "think UP and SAFE"

So the first thing is to remove the luggage cover, it sits down at the back of the pod and some thin foam packing wrap around the ends to prevent marking. We have some non slip matting on the pod anyway...

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Post in thread 'Roadtripper's Caravelle tinkering'

20 Mar 2024

So I said I'd add some details of our "full" pack, this is for our annual large roadtrip to Loch Tay and we travel 6 up (4 adults 2 younguns)

Hopefully this can give some inspiration for how to get a lot of stuff into a Caravelle. Coming from the massive capacity of a XC70 estate boot and a 450l top box I'm amazed how much we can actually get in. This is in addition to the "standing equipment" that lives in the van and kitchen pod - must do a post on that some time.

As for the shorter road trips noted above the first set of packing is in Really Useful Boxes. We can fit 3 lots of either...

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[borat]

Awesome, thanks