Campground quality and motorhome services vary: many sites are tent-focused, so confirm vehicle access, height, power, water and waste handling.
Camper Rules Assistant
Build a country route and get compact allowed/do-not-assume/check cards for overnight rules, LEZ, tolls, documents and winter requirements.
Thailand
Thailand motorhome planning is built around Department of Land Transport permission for foreign vehicles, Thai Customs temporary import, recognised driving documents, official campgrounds or private stops, tollways, national parks and monsoon disruption.
Use national-park campgrounds, paid campsites, resorts with permission or private hosted stops; do not assume beaches, temples, petrol stations or viewpoints allow overnight camping.
Bangkok-area tollways, bridges, ferries, park entrance fees, campsite charges and temporary-import guarantees should be part of the budget. There is no simple visitor camper sticker that solves city access: traffic density, height limits, parking size, old-town streets and local police rules need route checks.
India
India can work for carefully planned caravan travel, but rules and facilities are state-led. Plan around official caravan parks or hosted stops, FASTag and toll categories, forest and national-park permissions, monsoon or heat risk, and vehicle-entry paperwork before committing to a route.
Motorhome-grade dump points, shore power and fresh-water service are uneven, so route planning should be conservative outside known caravan parks and resorts.
Do not assume roadside or beach wild camping is acceptable; use registered caravan parks, camps, hotels with secure parking or private permission.
National Highway tolls, state tolls, bridges, city parking, ferries and park fees can matter more than distance alone. Dense cities, low bridges, narrow streets, old-town access, air-quality restrictions and protected-area rules can make a large camper impractical.
LEZ and cities
Thailand
There is no simple visitor camper sticker that solves city access: traffic density, height limits, parking size, old-town streets and local police rules need route checks.
- Use edge parking or hosted sites for Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Pattaya and historic towns unless a large-vehicle space is confirmed.
- Protected areas, border provinces and military or royal sites can have local access restrictions.
India
Dense cities, low bridges, narrow streets, old-town access, air-quality restrictions and protected-area rules can make a large camper impractical.
- Use edge parking, hotels or camps as a city base for Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Goa beach towns and hill stations unless access is confirmed.
- National parks, tiger reserves, forest roads and protected beaches usually need permits, guide rules or designated vehicle access.