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Until you experience this simple way of traveling, it may look like an uncomfortable thing to do. My girlfriend has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and loves traveling
by cersa8 4y ago
Until you experience this simple way of traveling, it may look like an uncomfortable thing to do. My girlfriend has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and loves traveling this way, where she would often be bedridden at home for days, when traveling she can at least be in a natural park, listening to birds, waking up by a tawny owl, see deer and foxes pass by the car without noticing you. Life becomes simple and you're so much closer to nature.
Even with sub zero temperatures and no heating at night, with the right gear this is still very doable. Of course you have to go to places with low population density and be mindful of your surroundings.
- ianai 4y agoWhat are the costs like per month/year?
- cersa8 4y agoDifficult to say as it depends on the region and distances you are going to travel. We often do this for a couple of weeks with the longest trip being 2 months, while traveling from Northern to Southern Europe where we spend the winter at a rental villa. Biggest cost is the occasional hotel or apartment to freshen up. Otherwise just fuel + food.
- throwaway787544 4y agoVan investment: from $5,000 to $175,000, but more likely $20,000-$50,000. Maintenance: $2500/yr. Insurance: $300/m. Gas: $150-$400/m, depending how much you drive. Camp site fees: $0-50/day. Food: $100/m. I think the bigger question is, what does it cost you to give up on your dream?
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y agoSpot on. That insurance number is for the average van investment so if you start out with a $5000 van like I did you will pay closer to $300 a year for insurance. In case it isn’t obvious, this budget includes like one meal eaten out per month if that.
- berkes 4y ago"It depends". You might find a lot of additional costs, depending on what you want and need to do. Small things that are taken for granted when owning a house, might start adding up quickly. For example: when, for your job, you must receive packages, and post, additional costs for renting several post-boxes might accumulate. Satellite internet when you must have connection at all times, will be expensive. Simple things like a hot shower or garbage disposal might suddenly cost you a few €s each time. Space limitations means you'll have to do small shopping rounds, several times a week, often at smaller (and more expensive) convenience stores. Things like "a monthly subscription at the local gym" are not possible, so you'll be paying per-hour instead, often more expensive. When something in your car breaks, you'll need the fastest, closest and often only mechanic to look at it ASAP, far, far more expensive than the cheapest-goto-mechanic downtown, you found for your Yaris¹. Electricity, when available at e.g. campsites, is sometimes 100x more expensive per kWh than what you'd pay in, say, an appartment in Madrid. And so on. Living from a van is limiting -which also makes it worthwhile!- and often those limitations make costs go up. Source: I travel (edit: a few months per year!) through Europe in my T3 van while doing freelance programming. ¹ edit: allthough my oltimer is easy to fix myself, quite often: a bit of ductape, some WD40, a tie-rip or a bang with a hammer and all runs again. And then, I've found many a mechanic who would gladly help for a beer or a bottle of wine, and for the fun of kicking an old car, instead of his daily routine of connecting-readout-computers-to-toyota's.
- lazyeye 4y agoWithout Bound https://youtu.be/Lg37Cbx-kak https://youtu.be/Lg37Cbx-kak