Route planning · reviewed 29 July 2026, midday UK time
How To Plan a Motorhome Route During Wildfire Season
A daily wildfire-season route planning method for campervan, caravan and motorhome trips across Europe.
Open the Europe mapEurope campervan risk page
Free pre-drive checks
Map
Use the Europe and country maps to spot areas that need official confirmation.Warnings
Check national weather, civil-protection, road and local authority sources before relying on route apps.Exits
Avoid stops where one road, bridge, gate or forest track controls your escape.Backup stop
Choose a fallback away from forest, smoke corridors and known disruption before you move.Route decisions that reduce risk
- Drive earlier in the day during heat and fire-danger periods.
- Prefer major roads over scenic shortcuts near active fires or high-risk forests.
- Keep enough range to skip a stop that feels wrong on arrival.
- Tell someone your intended overnight location when touring through high-risk regions.
What stays in the paid guide?
This page gives free safety checks and official sources. The paid France guide adds the organised handbook layer: fuller route-planning routines, printable glovebox pages, France-specific campsite and aire playbooks, and offline-friendly checklists.
Want the France route-planning handbook?
The free maps and warnings tell you what is happening today. The France guide is the paid route-planning layer: aires, campsites, evacuation decisions, smoke rules and printable glovebox pages.
See the France guide Free: live maps, warnings and safety pages. Paid: the organised France campervan handbook and wildfire playbook.Sources used for this page
France aires
Check whether a stopover is sensible in fire season.Emergency kit
Keep the vehicle and grab bag ready.Smoke decisions
Plan around smoke as well as flames.Europe Fire Map is travel decision support, not an emergency service or an official incident feed. Conditions can change faster than this page. Follow local authorities, accommodation providers and emergency services first. In danger anywhere in the EU, call 112.