Would You Give Up a House to Live in a Van? Here’s What Stops the People Who Say No.
I asked my van life Facebook page whether they would give up a house for a van. Nearly 300 answered.
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I’ve Lived on the Same 1972 Sailboat Since 2016. Here Is What It Actually Looks Like Inside.
A room-by-room tour of Kristin’s 1972 CT-41 after years aboard: the saloon, the galley and its Force 10 stove, the nav station, the stateroom, the head and the cockpit, with three other cruisers’ boats for contrast.
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I’ve Lived in Vehicles Since 2015. These Are the 14 Mistakes That End Van Life Early, and the One Nobody Budgets For.
Fourteen mistakes new van lifers make, from the emergency fund nobody sets aside to the roof vent people skip, with what we do instead after years of living in vehicles.
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The Best Small Campers a Car Can Pull: 12 Lightweight Trailers With Every Weight Listed
Twelve small campers a car can pull, sorted by real weight band, with which ones have a bathroom, what each costs to start, and the three that have quietly left the market.
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I Lived in a Chevy Astro for Years. Here Is Exactly How to Turn a Minivan Into a Camper, and What Minivan Kits Really Cost
The minivans that convert best (and the two no longer sold new), six minivan camper conversion kits with the prices they list, a six-step DIY build, and five real minivan campers people live in.
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Cozy Van Interior Ideas: 18 Real Van Interiors That Feel Like Home, and Why They Work
Eighteen real campervan interiors that feel like home, from a made bed in a forty-year-old VW to a wood-slat ceiling, with one line on why each one works and how to copy it in your own van.
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The Unwritten Rules of Van Life: 13 Etiquette Rules Everyone Should Know
Van life has no posted rules, but every campground knows when you break one. The thirteen etiquette rules, the city overnighting rules nobody tells you, and the ones readers added.
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I’ve Been Sick Over the Rail Once in Ten Years at Sea. Here’s What Sailors Actually Do About Seasickness, and What’s a Myth.
Ten years living on a sailboat, one trip over the rail. Here is what cruising sailors and the medical reviews say works for seasickness.
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A Hotel Giant Just Bought Harvest Hosts for $130 Million. Here’s What It Means for Your Membership.
Choice Hotels is buying Harvest Hosts and its brands for about $130 million. Here is what the company told members about prices, the app and Choice Privileges, and the one word to read twice.
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I’ve lived in vehicles since 2015. Science explains why it feels so much better in the woods.
That instant calm when you step under the trees isn’t your imagination. Research on cortisol, blood pressure, and the two-hour nature threshold explains what campers have always felt.
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I lived on a sailboat in San Francisco for three years without a liveaboard permit. Here’s why that’s getting harder to pull off, everywhere
Living aboard is legal almost nowhere by right and almost everywhere by permit, and the permits are capped. Washington and San Francisco Bay at 10 percent, Honolulu at 129, Florida after 14 nights at anchor. The map, state by state.
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Can You Sleep at Walmart and Cracker Barrel? The Overnight Rules at Every Chain, Store by Store
Most Walmarts and most Cracker Barrels let you sleep in your vehicle for one night, but the manager and the city decide which. Every chain’s real policy, the one-minute phone call, and what to do when the store says yes and the city says no.
