Van Dwelling

This is the Roberta Vandar. It’s Darian Vander Vliet’s 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan Minivan Camper. It’s a blast from the past reader submission that slipped through the cracks from 2016 but I figured would still be an interesting van build-out to look at, so here it is! Have you ever considered traveling and camping out [...]

Now THIS is a van conversion. Advanced RV, a van building company, has created their signature “B Box,” which is essentially a box placed on a Mercedes Sprinter chassis. It provides a lot more interior space without making the van any wider, or much taller. As a result, they’re able to make these B Boxes [...]

This is one awesome woman! She has been living solo van life now for four years — just because she wanted to. Which is the best reason. Her travels are funded by selling essential oils, which she was doing pre-van-life and translated well to life on the road. Her only complaint about living in a [...]

While plenty of people choose to go tiny to save money, Nikki & Emmaus just wanted the adventure! The entrepreneurial couple manages to make 6 figures a year from a variety of businesses, books, and passive income sources. As such, they had their gorgeous van built for them by Off Grid Adventure Vans and the [...]

Brie & Shawn wanted to enjoy being out in nature with their dogs and escape the pricey Seattle-area rent. Their first van was the cheapest they could find, and they soon upgraded to a Sprinter, and finally (for now) their 2019 Ford Transit. Their story is a good reminder that your first van (or tiny [...]

This awesome couple were no strangers to #vanlife — they had spent a couple years living in a van in New Zealand and working in permaculture. When they moved back to the states, they started looking all over for the perfect vehicle to make into home sweet home. They proved that a box truck can [...]