As always Scott, wonderful informative video. One additional thing that I do is cut off the cooking instructions before re-cycling all the outer packaging. Write what the item is on the cut out, if not obvious and keep in a drawer.

We love our Costco and the added plus of having the cheapest gasoline in Nothern CA. We own a 2023 Travato 59G model and don't use the microwave so it becomes another storage for dry goods.

I am a Costco member, love their bags of coffee beans.

I a van life wannabee so this is immensely helpful

I’m a Costco shopper and welcomed your 3 tidbits Thx Scott!

That martini sounded great ! I love your suggestions. Thanks I really enjoy your channel.

If your going to be in the Palm Springs are Katie's sister just drove home and lives near the airport with a handy driveway, so if you need a mooch dock let me know.

I enjoy your videos!

Convenience is an American commodity, live small, think small. Thank you for sharing your tips on making the most of what you have.

These are good even for a small apartment. Thanks!

Use square and/or rectangular containers.

pretty impressive bar for a van

❤️ Costco

Great ideas! Shocked at how much storage you have in that tiny bathroom!

Great ideas! Thanks!

Thanks!

Great tips. Thank you

Awesome. Ty. Great Video

Thanks Scott - great tips I hadn't thought about before. I've also been a Costco member for decades and your ideas are helpful.

Very helpful video for sure.

Awesome

No Costco near me (Albany, NY), but some helpful storage ideas. I need to store likes with likes or I tend to buy duplicates unknowingly. Thanks for your tips.

Storage and organization is something I do daily, and though the tips are nothing new, I loved your video to show how important these tips are when living small, Thank you Scott. I'm in the process of reviewing Class B vans for purchase so I can be ready to go when I retire in 3 years.

That was very helpful

I really appreciate your practical tips and lessons about the van. Travel videos are great too, but I love finding ways to make things work in small spaces.

dude... the liqour alone takes your van over the GWVR................LOL

NEW IDEA: Reusing alcohol bottles that fit in cabinets is genius. I will be doing that. These are great tips for home organizing as well.

Love Costco and love your short informative videos! I can’t wait to try the sirloin. I have the KL so a much smaller refrigerator and tiny freezer. Jealous. I just have to prioritize and shop more frequently. Thanks for your tips.

Great video. I've been a Costco customer before the 2 companies merged (Price Club/Cost Plus) But the vodka goes in the freezer !

Your tip videos are your best work.. I could not drink that much VODKA and Canadian whiskey in a lifetime and never get to the Tennessee ....drop the Lilly name, Scotts Doc Ryans Bar & Grill.....................

We have a 17 foot travel van. For vacations, not FT. 2 adults, 2 big dogs, 2 guitars can make it pretty tight. A few times a travel season and at the end of the season, I re-evaluate what we are actually using. Some items I was sure we needed, weren’t used, so out they go. Turn things on their side, almost always remove packaging, and, yes, the perfect container to optimize space. Also, think out of the box. I turned a clothes closet into a pantry by removing the clothes rod and installing a set of plastic drawers. Thanks for the video!

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When I head out on the road, I will remember all your Tips Thanks. I had the honor of meeting you near Fremont street in Las Vegas. Your a true You tube star the first one I met that I follow. I missed the meet and greet that Friday morning! I regret not taking the time before my flight that day.

Thanks great to see life in a van living instead of just #vanlife. 😆💪💯👍🤙

Thanks Scott! Good tips! Hopefully I will have my Coachmen Beyond 22C Li3 AWD by mid December and I can start traveling! It has been a long 7 years of planning! Been waiting 8 months since I ordered back on Feb 25th!

Great video showing organization. Currently packing and getting ready to head out. Love the containers from Dollar General and turning them on their side. You have mad skills transferring liquid from one bottle to the other. Agree - find the containers that work and re-use them.

Very good thinking and storage solutions! When are cocktails?

Thanks for all the tips and I do appreciate everything you do for us i.e. content, special guests and your many tips for Van lifers.

Good video scott! Just got back from COSTCO. When we cross paths someday I’ll make u some REAL ice coffee brother !!

Great tips - reduce, repackage and recycle- especially when in an RV.

Thank you Scott for your tip on making your groceries small enough to cut van/life. I shop at Costco too! I shop there at least once a month. I stock up on a few things. Like chicken and all that. Hope you are having fun in Las Vegas. Enjoy your time in Vegas. See you soon!

Dude. With costo I think, you missed on an opportunity with a small food saver, repacking for longer storage especially battling elements like humidity, power and space.

Always good tips, find just the right shape container to fit where it needs to go ✔️ Recycling and garbaging right there at Costco ✔️

I gave up my Costco membership years ago, but you have given me 3 really great ideas... it was great to see how you keep your cabinet organized by finding the right containers and then refilling them-- love that idea. Secondly, I can see that maybe one day I could actually go back to having a Costco membership. Finally, when you watch vans for sale they are empty. It's nice to see the cabinets in use so I get a better idea of how the space can get used.

I haven't been great with keeping up with you, but love seeing your #vanlive journey countinue! I hope to see more and to join you one of these days!!

I don’t shop at Costco. (Used to years ago) I live alone so the quantities are crazy big for my purposes. I am a vegan so the meat dept holds no value for me and I can’t use a flat of strawberries or a case of lettuce!! Also, I don’t drink alcohol or use otc medications. My stores are sprouts, frys/Kroger’s and natural grocers for the staples I enjoy. 😊 thanks for the great video Scott. As of today 10-30-21, I’m still waiting for my van. ☮️💜

My tip is to save your money and don’t buy a Costco membership. I’ve saved so much money over the last 20 years since we dropped our Costco because I don’t do any of that impulse buying anymore. “Oh, look, a package of 100 bungees! What a deal!!“ and the only hard liquor I drink is the occasional gin and tonic in a restaurant. Our alcohol for the road is red wine. And I’ve taken to buying boxes of Black Box Cabernet from Chile - or Barefoot Cab if I can’t find that. They tend to run anywhere from $24 to $18 and are the equivalent of four bottles of wine. Boxes are sooooo much easier. Nothing to break or fall over, we transport them on their back with the spout up. O muss, no fuss. But I agree with decanting things and just sizes that work well. One van traveler takes everything out of rigid boxes and puts them in plastic bags, but I can’t find anything that way. How do I to be able to see it glance But we camp, we don’t full-time, so we have a different approach, different needs. If I were full-timing, I would probably try to re-create a liquor cabinet, too! Beef - I occasionally buy some for Jerry, but all I have is fish & chicken. And what I throw in my freezer for hamburger is MorningStar Veggie Griller crumbles. No mess cooking greasy burger, I haven’t bought hamburger for a decade.

Great video 👍👍 We appreciate the excellent tips for bulk packaging to be more user friendly. The wife & I will definitely be using them. Thanks again 👍😊🚐

Great tips, repurposed containers for house too!

Scott, thinking your best ever video. Really nice job and tips.

I haven't been to Costco in quite a while, but you have me rethinking it. It would mean not having to look for a grocery store as often when on the road!

Great tips but have you done video on clothes storage?

Great ideas coming from experience. Really fun video to watch! Thanks!

Great ideas. I have a tear drop which needs to utilize storage ideas as well as van storage.

Great information Scott!

Costco rocks the “$100 chicken”! You are also rockin’ the liquor cabinet… and oh by the way, great meal and storage advice! Costco can’t sell all that great liquor in Idaho and that sucks! Looking forward to re-stocking in Nevada and Arizona in December/January. Safe travels Scott and thanks for another great video.

Great info for van lifers and homes on the range.... too bad the packaging is totally unnecessary...there wid be less waste at the dump....enjoy West Coast....my home

Have you done a tour of your galley cabinet?

I use ziplock bags for everything. Every container you use takes space,so if you have a small container to fill up from a larger one you then have two containers

Love Costco, but I’m not on the road. I chose the cruising life. Prices are great and it’s amazing! Going on my next one tomorrow. Happy Halloween! 🎃

Love Costco Vodka, still looking for the perfect fit bottle for our RV. 😉

Excellent video. Good for home use too! Amazing how much more space you get when you take some of this stuff out of the store packaging. I did get a little concerned when i saw you start in with the instant coffee. I thought we had broken that habit. You did an excellent pivot with the iced coffee thing. However, concern arose when you started talking about the booze. It was like you were an alcoholic hiding his stash. Upon further reflection, I must commend your ingenuity. I'll have to remember this.

Great tips that I will use in my ESV TS…

Scott, you do a great job of making the Travato a home. Do you have problems parking in cities in regard to length restrictions or security guards. Just read another van post where even after spending over $100 at a Safeway they were asked to leave the parking lot after a couple hours. They were in a new Revel so it wasn't an appearance issue.

Great tips Scott, I’m a Costco shopper too and will be needing to find ways to consolidate my buys when I take possession of my van in another month!

Newbie 2020.5 KL - love your videos! You helped us take our first dump 😉😬 (It went well!) Q: Do the bottles rattle too much? I’m still locating our rattles and koozies have become my friends. Rattles seem to be never ending. Greetings from Austin Texas! If you need a moochdock in Austin let me know, we’re central! 🚐🌎

Thank you so much for your informative videos. I have recently retired and am looking to make the jump to full time Rving.. I have always enjoyed camping. Growing up as a kid my folks instilled in us a sense of living off the grid while camping and just seeing the country. My only concern is the smallness of the Travato GL Am looking at the Travato or the Winnebago Outlook C, just for a little more space. I just dont want to feel claustrophobic in the GL.... Every time I see your videos. I think its doable but just haven't decided yet which way to go.... But I just wanted to thank you for being so informative and hope to see you soon on the road!.......

Love it. So many practical ideas. But it was very disorienting that you didn't unmirror the video from the selfie-cam. :-)

We 💗 Costco! Unfortunately, meandering around the Wild West means we are usually not anywhere near a Costco. 🤷‍♀️

Great video. Please tell me again about the beef. There was glare on the package and I didn't get the name. Thanks. Faithful Follower.

Instant coffee 😢 yes Scott I’m still judging you 😂 but definitely some good packing ideas. 👍🏼

Take a caravan and then split it all between everybody

Scott, where do you keep your Instant Pot? 3quart?

Good advice however you have a decent size fridge, I have a deposit on a Thor Scope, to arrive in about a week from Indiana. I guess they drive them out to the destinations. That fridge is small but doable for 1 maybe 2 people for a few days.

No room for a funnel? :) :) :)

Hi Scott, I really enjoy your information and sharing. I am not a camper yet and am considering a Travato because you seem to be so happy with it. If you had to buy new today, would you purchase the same platform? I am also considering an ambulance conversion but because I am self employed in retail furniture, I have little time for the execution of that idea. Any thoughts you offer are greatly appreciated. Roger

Are there any issues carrying open (not sealed) containers of alcoholic beverages in a van? Some states are very strict on any adult drinks not in the pre-sale state of closure.

Does it make anyone else crazy to have the video reversed, like in the opening?

How is your freezer working in those higher temps?

can you park in the C parking lot?

Did that storage clear bend in the refrigerator come with your refrigerator or did you purchase it yourself? If so where can I get it? When I purchase my used T it wasnt one in my unit

Do you buy your gas at costco.

My church is Costco!!!! Jk! Im a devout Catholic!!!