A very important consideration when your car is carrying a heavy load is the weight of that load and whether you are at risk of exceeding the specified weight carrying capacity of the car, or its payload.

If you think you need a large car for camping when a smaller and more economical and environmentally friendly one is all you want for the rest of the year, then think again.

If you don’t have a suitable car for camping, 8-seater people movers are a great hire car option. Here’s how to pack one.

Probably the biggest challenge for car campers is packing the car and safely fitting it all in, especially when children arrive on the scene. Living in apartments and smaller properties, storage space for bulky camping gear can also be scarce.

While we can’t emphasise enough the importance of keeping within your car’s payload and roof load limit, you can still comfortably transport everything you need, and without the need for a trailer.

When you camp trailer-free as we Set to Camp’ers do, space inside the car is at a premium. Without a trailer, the only way is up – that is, to transport some of your gear on the roof racks.

Images of cars crammed and overloaded with camping gear are pretty cringe worthy. Here are our tips for packing your car for camping.

Your choice of a car might not seem the obvious place to start for a camping website, but it is really the key to comfortable car camping and the safe transporting of you, your family, and your gear – trailer free.