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.

Even though camping is probably the most inexpensive of family holidays, costs can still blow the budget, especially if you are camping newbies.

Preparing and packing for a last-minute camping getaway doesn’t have to send you into a tailspin.