Van life can look cheap, carefree, and endlessly scenic from the outside, but full-time travelers say the reality is more complicated than many people expect.

In a world where the pace of life is getting faster with each passing day, more and more people are looking to slow things down by living in tiny homes on wheels. However, cost is the most significant ...

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Lately, I've covered more and more families that enjoy a mobile lifestyle in all sorts of rigs, from a Jeep towing a trailer to camper vans, skoolies, and more. Today, I'm talking about a camper van ...

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At a time when the world is facing various challenges, living a van life is becoming one of the safest and most convenient ways for students to explore the world. The pandemic has forced us to rethink ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brianna Walston, a content creator in Nevada who does van life full time. Before I could make the leap into van life, I'd spent six years dreaming ...

Van life has skyrocketed in popularity over the last few years. It's been glorified with influencers giving us tours of their vans, walkarounds of their minibusses, and how-tos on building the best ...