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⭐⭐⭐⭐10 Ways Van Life is Hard (...but can be easy once you know how.) Is it worth it in the end?

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BudgetTravelGuy

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Is Van Life really hard? Is Van Life Worth It? Can you learn to make it easier?
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@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
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@Brigand231
@Brigand231 9 ай бұрын
He's alive! ...again.
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
Hi Brigand231 !!! Yes, I'm still kicking! More soon...safe travels!
@kathleenkline4622
@kathleenkline4622 9 ай бұрын
Better to wake up with a raccoon staring you in the face than a bear!
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
kathleen, THAT is a very good point!
@quash8
@quash8 9 ай бұрын
Car wash in the rain, love it
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
quash8, sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. (Car washes have also saved me several times over the years in hail storms.) More soon...safe travels!
@michaelcervantez3570
@michaelcervantez3570 8 ай бұрын
I don't know what you did for a living before you retired, but I think you found your calling. You have a radio announcer voice. Keep up the great work, thank you.
@rvingwithdoghousegypsies7176
@rvingwithdoghousegypsies7176 9 ай бұрын
This video is so on. It's just the way it is. I agree about "don't use it, chuck it". I have learned all this the hard way, I'm just toooooo "I gotta keep that!" But I get better every day, like the puppies need one jacket not 3 or one for each season (hey we travel the weather so girl-up! Buy a reasonably priced one that is in the middle, you can always upgrade. The very 1st year I figured out that harbor freight and the dollar stores can fix anything that I'm qualified to fix anyway. I do keep the basic 2 screwdrivers and a hammer, but that's about it. Tools use up more gas than you are ever going to use them unless that is your work or fixing and building things is just your thing and you use them a lot. OK! I said it poorly but you get the idea. :-)
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
You're absolutely right about (unneeeded) tools wasting both space and gas - I've met people that are dragging (no joke) probably 400 pounds of tools with them across the country. More soon, safe travels!
@MoreCowBellBBQ
@MoreCowBellBBQ 9 ай бұрын
coming from a man who raised his children in a house, who got to experience the feeling of home ownership, you have had those things, most of these young folks do not have that option, and more and more elderly are living in cars and vans from America to China, and NOT because they love to travel, most can not afford to move the van much due to cost of gas.
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
You're certainly right, as homelessness IS becoming more of an issue, even in small, rural towns both in the USA and Canada. That does push some people into trying "vanlife", and there's a difference in doing something because you "want to" vs "have to". More soon...safe travels!
@TroySetterlund
@TroySetterlund 9 ай бұрын
My biggest hardship on Saturday was trying to travel from Nashville to Manassas on I-40 and I-81. Trying to get through Knoxville on a home game Saturday was the pits! Then... driving past the Bristol area and thinking of Kevin was totally distracting! You really knew what you were doing wearing your Bills gear (that was an ugly game against the Jets... luckily, mostly for the Jets). Take care and enjoy!
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
Troy, Knoxville is always just a bad 20 mile stretch of highway. Hopefully our paths will cross out camping one of these days!
@Kimbers58
@Kimbers58 9 ай бұрын
Hi Kevin, good morning. Ya have some good advice here. I can't imagine waking up to a raccoon staring at me ! Oh boy haha, i bet you did learn.
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
Kimbers58, It's a shame the raccoon incident happened before there were cameras everywhere - having footage of him/her dragging food out of the van would have been priceless. More soon...safe travels!
@barbwire8280
@barbwire8280 9 ай бұрын
Great video, nice to see you. Have a wonderful holiday !!!! Kris
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
Thanks, Kris...hope you have a great Thanksgiving also!
@stevec3872
@stevec3872 9 ай бұрын
My thought as to part of the things that can make van life hard now it that in the public's eye, since the pandemic and the homeless problem many communities are experiencing, people who are living the van life and the homeless living in their vehicles are one and the same. But van lifers want to be in their vans and enjoy the experience, homeless living in their vans would rather not be there. Van lifer's vehicles will generally look nice while too often those of the homeless will be junky with stuff tied all over. But to the public, both arethe same in their minds.
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
Steve, you are certainly right about the "public's perception" of anyone the see camping in a van (rather than a luxury Greyhound Bus sized RV). Honestly, a decade ago, before I started doing this, I would probably have been guilty of thinking the same thing if I had seen someone sleeping in a van, especially someplace like a Walmart parking lot.
@stevec3872
@stevec3872 8 ай бұрын
@@BudgetTravelGuy Today the general public does lump together everyone sleeping in their vehicles as the "unhoused", but vanlifers tend to be more stealthy and respectful and are there because they want to be there generally. Even if the unhoused are in an RV, it will tend to be obviously old with stuff handing all over it. Plus they will usually park in the same spot until they are told to move on. I wonder if this public perception will ever change because the unhoused problem all over this country is a bell that has been rung that cannot be unrung.
@MoBangFoYoBucks
@MoBangFoYoBucks 9 ай бұрын
Lol a racoon staring at ya!!!? You left your door unlock, didn't ya? Good tips!!!
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
Yep, left those sliding doors cracked a bit too much that first night - but the raccoon taught me well !!!!! Safe travels, Tim!
@wildflowerblessings
@wildflowerblessings 9 ай бұрын
Safety is something to problem-solve for sure. Always being alert and aware. Were you really typing out what I think you were about clowns!? 😮
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
@wildflowerblessings, I think you were the first (and maybe only) one to catch my little "clown search" joke. (...and no, I didn't REALLY finish that search!!!) I do stick the odd "easter egg" in a video from time to time. More soon - safe travels!
@orbyjett2864
@orbyjett2864 9 ай бұрын
Yeah!
@jtig9685
@jtig9685 9 ай бұрын
Love it. You must be like macgyver...
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
Lol...I REALLY appreciate the compliment, but trust me - about 95% of what I've figured out I've learned from others (and tweaked a little bit). I did pretty much everything wrong when I started out doing this stuff, so hopefully I can keep others from making the same van/van build mistakes. More soon...safe travels!
@patpiper6884
@patpiper6884 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience and advice.
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the compliment, Pat. I'll be rolling out some more stuff soon, incuding (finally) van build 2.0 - I hope you'll find some of it useful to you !
@lionesslisa8000
@lionesslisa8000 5 ай бұрын
How about staying on the top floor of a hospital parking garage?
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 4 ай бұрын
Lionesslisa, I've never tried a hospital parking garage, although I think that could certainly be workable in a pinch for a place to sleep in a van overnight. Your idea is worth adding to the list! More soon...safe travels!
@gabe2045
@gabe2045 9 ай бұрын
💯💯💯💯
@BudgetTravelGuy
@BudgetTravelGuy 9 ай бұрын
Thank you, Gabe2045...glad you enjoyed that vid, and hope you'll find some of the other stuff I'll be putting out soon useful to you as well.
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