The fact that a person can not live in their vehicle on the side of some road for free really should tell us something about our freedom nowadays

Great channel. Just stumbled across this on my news feed. Looking forward to watching more!

Thanks for the breakdown far cheaper than rent or mortgage payments 😎

This was your helpful! I’m heading off around Aus next year with my partners and I’m trying to figure out our budget 😊

Your break out of expenses is interesting. I have lived in my house (north-eastern USA, by two lakes) for 31 years, now paid for (mortgage Was $1000./month). Taxes are $500./month. Food (no restaurants) & utilities (electric, gas, water, sewage, trash, phone, internet, insurance, petrol) are $600./month. For 10 years I lived in a 16 foot caravan in California on & near the Coast, so your life style I can relate to. Simple living with few possessions is good. Thank you for sharing a portion of your life, it is good to see & hear your adventures. :)

That's not so bad. When you consider having an apartment that you can live in and work from plus running a vehicle, power, water, food, etc it's quite cheap really. I enjoy your videos as they are well edited, they explain things well in a matter of fact way.

9 NZ dollars a night is cheap that's less than five UK pounds wish we could camp for that. Nice video thanks

Well done you I think that’s pretty good going. We stay in parks so ours would be much more a year. But we both work and two live as cheap as one. It’s definitely lots cheaper especially in Australia. Electric is so expensive rates etc. so it does mean extra money for saving for those breaks away. And we bought new car and caravan so had no repair expenses not yet anyway. Love your work. 🙏👍

Yep, I take my bottle before we go on holiday and fill it up at the same time I fill my car, so that way I don’t need a spare bottle and start each holiday with a full bottle 👍 sometimes only takes a few £££s to top up😁

Great video... I live in a caravan in remote north Yorkshire in the UK Winters are tough in the northern regions of the UK. Snow storms. Windy cold weather... But in the summer it's lovely. No pollution from living in a big city like London. It's relaxing freedom... Truly amazing highly recommended

I live at a campground in Denmark. It has several toilets, bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, playground, mini golf, a pool, a small gym and a few other things. I pay 10-11 dollars per night. It sounds quite expensive in New Zealand I must say.

So helpful! My partner and I are moving into a caravan soon so it's good to get an idea of what things will work out at. I wondered whether you had heard of skinny 4G broadband ? It is $49 a month for 120GB - this is what I am thinking of doing as I think Wireless Nation is too expensive for the amount of data you get.

Very interesting video. Thanks

Nothing to add. But keep up the great vids and enjoy your journey..

Great insight All the best for 2018

That was helpful although we are in the UK. 😊 We are going to be full time tourers as soon as we have sold our house, so your vlog has given us some idea. Thank you 😊

That's incredible! My rent along cost more than your total expenses, granted I'm in Australia but still awesome!

Hi mam really great vedio made and really informative thanks alot and god bless you.....

I am retired and live in a 28 foot RV in rural northern Florida in a RV park for $370 per month. You get water, sewer, wifi, tv cable 38 Channels, electricity , dumpster, a parking spot plus yard mowing etc, under huge oak trees. 14 campers total in a rural setting on the edge of town so everything is less than a mile away. I think 4 are owner owned, others owned by park so charge more. No car needed, get around on my power wheelchair. Great for a retiree but a few working families with kids here as well.

Thank u!!!!

Not sure when you had all the fridge issues but food loss from that may drive your bill up. Some of the monthly insurance might be cheaper on 6months or a yearly bill. It seems to me that that this caravan was meant for weekend trips (hence no installed water tanks) not full time living and that might increase all the repairs (fridge, oven , heater, the plastic doors, etc.). They are probably not built for constant wear and tear. For the car and caravan you can pay more upfront for new or better stuff, or pay for more repairs; it is a gamble because new stuff breaks too.

I've been hoping you'd give us an idea of costs, thanks

I'm in the U.S. I have a new Airstream and I tow with a new truck. I stay at three RV parks in one year, so I can stay in the best of weather. My cost per year is "U.S. dollar" is $16,416.00 per year. That's food, phone, gas and propane, RV park space, My lic. tabs and my Ins. is an extra $1,856.00.... So living on the road is $ 18,272.00

Small correction re yearly food bill: $6954 / 365 = $19.05.

Thanks for doing this (and all your) vid(deos) and being so upfront about it all, Karen. In retrospect, do you think.... rather spending your maintenance bill.... $3500 on an earlier model caravan and $3500 on an earlier model vehicle, might have been a better move? I am getting ready to go fulltime on the road in April and am trying to figure out the best way to spend my limited budget. 🌸

Ur pretty.. good luck .. in my future i will a buy a caravan.. for weekends.. greetins from Romania!

I spend $1300-$1500 per month for everything for a 2 bedroom apartment, that includes a pool, exercise room. I order groceries about 4 times a year, and I try to save $500-$700 per month for emergencies, gifts, and travel. I am retired with a daughter who,teaches English online to the Chines, so she is free to work anywhere and is currently back in Bali. I will be 77 in October and daughter made 39 today. 3/17 I have supported her from conception, since her dad and I amicably decided not to divorce, but he died of a heart attack when she was seven. He was 22 years my senior.

Could you give an up to date cost of living in a caravan now a days?

Hello Karen, Greets from deep South. I've applied for large loan for self contained caravan & upgrade to solar power etc & am going to upgrade my old 96 SUV 3.1 diesel manual transmission for 10 years younger & got quote from Covi & I'll dressmake in caravan for retail. I look up to you as a Kiwi Guru of Caravanning & appreciate all you do. I'm wondering if it's a major difference for cabin fever with 1999 to 2004 16 to 18 feet caravan vs 2006 caravan 20 to 21 feet caravan but obviously $7K ish difference ? Just me and my small dog, small space for dressmaking ? I thought the extra few feet would be better but I really don't know. I've established that Diesel 4wd/4x4 turbo is better for towing BUT it seems 50/50 for manual vs auto transmission for towing. Joining NZCA & have plans to do the big OE Overland Experience ! Needing about 18 to 24 months to achieve similar to what you're doing now. I've rented 20 years in 11 houses always moving at the whim of landlords and I'm tired. Need to be FREE by the Ocean & I am aware it's not always a bed of roses but nor is renting and moving around. Age is not on my side but I think it will be cool to do this whilst I can and enjoy the travel and scenery. There's a beautiful caravan in Palmerston Otago Caravan Connection it's 24995 and is a 2006 Coachman Pastiche VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL vs the smaller caravan at Steph's Boxes in AK at 16999 Abbey Vogue 1999. Both offer upgrades at 1799. Your thoughts ? 7K difference between the 2. I think the Pastiche is Gorgeous but 7K ? I think 24 months comfort is an important factor ? Anyway, I'm swotting up on your videos :) They are now my stand by Bibles :) Hope you are all well and much gratitude Karen. Blessed Be 🙏🙃

Thank you for being honest . Imagine living on a pension and in a van . Be very hard

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what is the back ground music called its sounds good

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A caravan is limiting to freedom camping compared to a self contained van. You would save more money as well. Thanks for your insight.

Have you tried using davinci resolve instead of adobe it’s free and of the same quality

How do you pay for this what job do you do it’s a be interesting

did you count write off (reduced value) of your car and caravan and the buying of the car and caravan itself?

Might be wrong, but if you spend $18,248.00 a year as stated that is not $375 a month so daily rate is wrong also. But what do I know? 70 year old English man :o)

Hello Travelling K $68 per month for insurance is way to much, I pay 562 per year for a 21ft 38k van

I don't want to be a prophet of doom but as your vehicle gets older it may start to cost you more not less. Could this be the time to start thinking about changing it, before anything else goes wrong?

Diesel not petrol

Buy yourself a little pressure cooker. Save heaps on gas.

What about WIFI in caravan??

Hi Karen, I didn't understand how you reach to 7220 $ for the maintenance so i look on the blog and what i see : 3300 $ for a solar panel !! The seller see you " as a american " ( we say that in france it's like to nice dumb ) futhermore i look you as a single women so i think: yes i can bleed her !! In the past i look also for a solar panel but now i'm not off grid with my caravan, but a day i see Mongol in a yurt, with goat and horse ( so very very poor ! ) and he have a solar panel just pose against it's yurt, i think near china, the price a very cheap ( do you know aliexpress on the net ? ). In general, caravans specific accessories a very expensive, when i need something for, i always search on amazon or cdiscount ( only in europe ? ) , at this time i'me looking for a 6 places folded table ( for this summer hey hey ! we have a non folded garden table yet but it's too width ) and it's often 50% cheaper on the net that in caravan shop. In france the gaz bottle is sold as the same price 28-32 €( 13 kg of propane ). I have questions exactly, because you are "in movement " if you want to order something on Amazon for example, how do you do for the deliver ? at the camp office ? I enjoy watching your video, and i want to ask you if you are staying to do this again this winter ( for you in NZ ) ? In the last video, you show us you have friends on board and you are pointing finger on the little space on board, do you consider a little awning ( exactly a store ) ? So see you later, enjoy the sun ( winter is comming tell me jon snow ! ) Denis.

3.3 k fir solar ????? Holly smoke girl .

Gasp...your caravan insurance is too much.

ADOBE?//It's called a TORRENT!!!! ..and as per my previous post.. get a WFI GUN!!

I think women all ways get charged more for car stuff,

I think a lot of your car expenses starts with the age and ks on a secondhand vehicle. Obviously, if you get a new or newer low k car you're better off.