Hey there! So you’re ready to start your van life adventure! Congrats. Van life is a liberating experience, full of freedom and adventure. I started out by living in a Toyota Prius in 2015, then a Chevy Astro van, and now a DIY Sprinter van. I hope to help you along in your van life journey.
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Nine days by campervan from Munich through Königssee, Berchtesgaden, Tegernsee, Mittenwald, Garmisch, Linderhof and Neuschwanstein, with every camper park and its price, the hut hikes, and the four thermal saunas that made the trip.
Thirty-one clothing-optional hot springs across the West, from private resorts with written policies to BLM and Forest Service springs where nude soaking is the custom, each with the camping, fees, access and closures a van lifer needs.
Curious about nude or clothing-optional camping? Thirty-five campgrounds and resorts across the US that take vans, RVs and tents, each checked on its own site and labelled family nudist, adults-only or public land.
Since a 2024 Supreme Court ruling, hundreds of cities have restricted sleeping or living in vehicles.
Twelve used campervan buying mistakes, from the inspection I skipped on my Craigslist Astro to the weight sticker nobody reads, with the cheap checks that catch each one.
Whether you want a diesel heater or a propane heater, there are plenty of options to staying warm and toasty in your van in winter. Here are our top picks.
The six places the van world goes when it gets cold, from Quartzsite and the Slabs to Baja and the Texas coast, with what each costs, who ends up where, and why the migration exists.
Many casinos let vans and RVs sleep free in a lit, patrolled lot for a night or three. How the check-in works, the players club catch, what it costs, the Las Vegas exception, and the casinos on the winter route.
I asked my van life Facebook page whether they would give up a house for a van. Nearly 300 answered.
Fourteen mistakes new van lifers make, from the emergency fund nobody sets aside to the roof vent people skip, with what we do instead after years of living in vehicles.
The minivans that convert best (and the two no longer sold new), six minivan camper conversion kits with the prices they list, a six-step DIY build, and five real minivan campers people live in.
Eighteen real campervan interiors that feel like home, from a made bed in a forty-year-old VW to a wood-slat ceiling, with one line on why each one works and how to copy it in your own van.
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