Film Locations Glossary
Honeywagon
What is a honeywagon?
Also called honey wagon.
A honeywagon is the trailer providing restrooms and small changing rooms at a location, and often the first vehicle a location has to be able to physically accommodate.
Its size, weight, leveling needs, and servicing access shape where base camp can go. A location with no honeywagon access is a location with a portable-toilet plan and a neighbor conversation.
Example
The honeywagon is 45 feet long, needs level ground, a servicing route, and space to open its doors. A charming cobbled lane that cannot take it means portable toilets, a neighbor conversation, and a plan for servicing them.
Figures are illustrative, chosen to show the mechanics rather than to quote market rates.
Where you'll see it
The first vehicle a base camp site is measured against, on the transportation and locations plan.
Common mistake
Committing to a base camp before measuring whether the honeywagon can get in, level, and be serviced. It is the vehicle that most often rules a site out.
Related questions
- What is a honeywagon on a film set?
- The trailer providing restrooms and small changing rooms at a location, and usually the largest single access constraint on a base camp site.
- What if a location cannot take a honeywagon?
- Portable toilets, a servicing plan, and a conversation with the neighbors, all of which are worse for the crew and for the production's standing.