Van Life Guides, Budgets & Routes
Buying a campervan is one of those decisions that feels simple until you start researching, and then suddenly there are seventeen different options and strong opinions about all of them. This guide cuts through it…
The most important thing you can do before buying a campervan is work out what it's actually going to cost you to live in one. Not the romanticised version — the real one, with fuel,…
The hardest part of van life isn't the living — it's the starting. There's an overwhelming amount of information out there, most of it either too vague to be useful or written by people who…
One of the first things that surprises people when they start van life is how much free camping actually exists in the United States. We're talking millions of acres of public land where you can…
Van life insurance is one of those topics that most people don't think about until something goes wrong — and by then, it's too late. I've seen people lose everything because their standard vehicle policy…
The solar setup question is the one that trips up almost every first-time van builder. Go on any van life forum and you'll see people confidently saying "100W is plenty" right next to people saying…
When I first started researching van conversions, every article I found gave me numbers that seemed either impossibly low ("I built my van for $3,000!") or eye-wateringly high (professional builds starting at $80,000). The reality,…
Europe is probably the best continent in the world for van life. I know that sounds like a bold claim, but hear me out — you can drive from the Atlantic coast of Portugal to…
Working remotely from a van is more viable than it's ever been — better connectivity options, more widespread remote work culture, and a van life community that has figured out most of the problems you'll…
Finding free camping is one of the most valuable skills in van life — and the right apps make it dramatically easier. The community-powered databases have matured enormously over the last few years, and there…
