Hey everyone i made a new video today for my youtube channel on the topic of Why I Live In A Van? My reasons are Freedom, Travel, Cheap, And it fits my lifestyle. Ive never been big into big houses and shiny cars id rather live rent free and spend my money on travel and adventure in my van....But thats me.. Id love to hear why YOU choose to live in your vans? What are your reasons and why did you choose it?
Link to my video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRFHmNhpp4
He is from the US & posts vids on youtube. I would guess he is interested in anybody living a similar lifestyle in other parts of the world. Rather more difficult to replicate his lifestyle in UK/Europe unless one does not have to work. He probably found this forum from a random search.
Most motorhome (almost) fulltimers in UK/Europe will be retired on a good pension & have a house as well. The US parallel to most European fulltimers will be the so called 'snowbirds', retired US folk from northern states who drive their RV's down south for winter months so hardly comparable to the Op's chosen lifestyle anyway.
Fyi Cory, for a UK national to live a lifestyle similar to yours that was comfortable one would need to drive down to Spain in winter for some good weather so one would need a way of generating income & unlike US one would need a working knowledge of several languages.
thousands do though every winter spain ,portugal and morocco get loads . maroc at least 40,000 these days . and yet spain is still full . you dont need to speak another language . in places all the shop keepers and bar staff are english . some places german .
mind lots do italy greece and used to do turkey .
The clue as to why CAMERVANCORY posted his Original Post here is perhaps a dead giveaway in his NOM DE PLUME. Incidentally, He may NOT know what a CARAVAN is....he would call it a TRAILER. A Motorhome is an RV if it is as big as a bus.
Welcome to the forum Campervancory, I HOPE you get some answers to your interest in our way of life here and how we use our 'vans.
We have just bought our third new one. It was built the first week of April, and we collected her on the 6th May. This far into getting used to it and the differences from the previous 2 ( both new) we have spent 20 nights away in her. We use it regularly, and find the relaxing lifestyle just how we like it. Peace and quiet is all we are after. We both fish and many sites in the UK and France have some wonderful sites with fishing on them. We carry cycles on a rack on the back of it, to get around whilst staying for a few days at the sites we choose. We also have a 'BUS PASS' each, this gives us free travel (sometimes its good to be old) We have never 'wild camped' as we call it. i.e. pull over and stop for a night or 2. We prefer to stay at established adult only, if possible, camp grounds, with facilities such as showers toilets etc. All 3 of our new vans have had very good heating systems, shower and toilet. Cooking facilities are rather over done (Ha Ha) We have never used the oven/stove on any of them. We have changed nothing since being a retiree, and still prefer to only empty a Solids free toilet cassette on site.If you require more info, please do not hesitate to ask.
Hi Austins
Is your van the 2 berth end kitchen m/home? Reason I ask is that we have been looking at these and 4 berth vans. We quite like the end kitchen 2 berth ones but a little put off with the thought of making the bed up each night ( we would be downsizing from a FB caravan). Where do you store the cushions when making settles into beds? Thanks.
TownsendT...We do not have the Broadway now, we have an Autotrail Imala 620. Firstly the Broadway....shall I say are you sitting comfortably?
We had the dinette model, with the end kitchen. 4 berth. We chose this for a couple of essential reasons. SEAT BELTS being the priority. As a must, we required 4 off. The twin bench model does NOT have 4 seat belts. It was possible with the double dinette model to sleep 5, easily and without fuss. We had the overcab model. Now, with the double dinette, it was possible to sleep 2 small people in the dinette area without having to work hard to make up the d/bed. It was just a case of slide the 2 seat bases of the dinette towards each other along with the cushions. The back cushions of both the seats dropped into place, without the need for extra infills. Indeed those in fills never saw the light of day after we got the van home on the day of purchase. The bench seat on the nearside of the van was able to slide across to meet the off side seating to make up the most expansive double that would easily sleep 3 ( but we never used it as a double ever. Never mind 3 in it. Why force some one to wake up for one to gain access to the toilet in the night. The same goes for these drop down beds, so the rage at the moment. The broadway was different in that 2 people could sleep length or widthways in this massive bed. No need to disturb any one. So the bench was used as a single, in the same way as a dinette, as a double...the back cushion simply dropped in behind the seat cushions. No need for storing any cushion at all. I better say that since we seem to have stolen this this space of the original post made, I will explain the Imala just for you, in a new post. Sorry Campervancory...will leave you to gather info now. LOL
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Topic: Why do you live in a van?
