Openvan Travel

Name: Openvan Travel
Author: Kopaev

by Kopaevcommunityv0.2.1

OpenVan.camp provides a public API for vanlife-related data including fuel prices, currency exchange rates, food cost indices, vanlife events, and aggregated news stories. It also exposes an MCP server endpoint for AI agents to access the same data.

From the registry: Vanlife & RV travel data — fuel prices, weather, currency, events, news (free, 11 MCP tools)

GitHub Repository

Install & configure

Prerequisites

required
Install Node.js
Node.js is required to run the MCP server via npx/mcp-remote.
https://nodejs.org/

Install in your client

Paste into the AI you're chatting with — it will figure out the rest

Please install the `openvan-travel` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).

Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Install Node.js** — Node.js is required to run the MCP server via npx/mcp-remote. (https://nodejs.org/)

Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["-y","mcp-remote","https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp"]

Note: The README states the MCP server is hosted at https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp and suggests using `npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp` for MCP clients. No authentication or environment variables are required.

Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.

Note: The README states the MCP server is hosted at https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp and suggests using `npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp` for MCP clients. No authentication or environment variables are required.

Tools (10)

GET /api/fuel/prices

Returns retail fuel prices by country, including gasoline, diesel, LPG, and E85.

GET /api/currency/rates

Returns EUR-based exchange rates for multiple currencies.

GET /api/vanbasket/countries

Returns the food price index for countries relative to the world average.

GET /api/vanbasket/compare

Compares food costs between two countries.

GET /api/vanbasket/countries/{code}

Returns a single country’s food index data with historical snapshots.

GET /api/events

Lists vanlife events with filters for locale, status, type, country, search, and pagination.

GET /api/event/{slug}

Returns full details for a specific vanlife event.

GET /api/event/{slug}/articles

Returns source articles linked to a specific event.

GET /api/stories

Lists aggregated vanlife news stories with filters for locale, category, country, search, and pagination.

GET /api/story/{slug}

Returns a full story with its source articles and direct links.

Remote Endpoints

https://mcp.openvan.camp/mcp

type: streamable-http

Details

Language: TypeScript
Released: Apr 21, 2026
Last commit: May 22, 2026
Registry name: io.github.Kopaev/openvan-travel

Related Servers

Context7

Up-to-date code docs for any prompt

60.8k

Openmetadata Mcp

Official OpenMetadata MCP: governed context and business semantics for AI assistants and agents.

14.9k

Tolgee

Your app's translations in Tolgee: search keys, create translations, trigger machine translation

4.1k