Is VANLIFE *ACTUALLY* Cheaper Than Renting an Apartment? (Real Cost of Living)

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In Today’s video, we share our full spending budget after living in our Rv full-time for the first full month, to find out if van life is actually cheaper than renting an apartment.

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0:00 Intro
0:55 Groceries
4:05 Camping
7:58 RV Insurance
9:12 Travel Insurance
11:28 Fuel
13:22 Dumping
14:24 Propane
16:50 Total
17:07 Unexpected Expenses

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15 Comments

  1. I can’t believe the cost of campsites in the U.K. it’s around £25 here or if you join a camping club you get around 20-25% discount. Do you not have camping clubs there?

  2. You need to boondocks to save money no rv parks ,we had two dogs and lived in van for a year stayed at free sites at lakes and in national Forrest found sites to find free camping it was great

  3. Hey lloyd we did 2 awnings this year the cost of the tarp was 220 Canadian and I watch a video on YouTube and with 2 people and limited tools we got it done ourselfs …good luck mate

  4. Our insurance covered our awning a couple times actually. It’s expensive to replace, probably 1500-2000

  5. But we had to replace the entire mechanism too, once from wind, once from rain. It was an act of God so it was covered. 😊

  6. Get a solar panel ,hook to your house battery,,,,trickle charge all day,,,,,stay on BLM land ! I go down for six months every year from Canada to Arizona California New Mexico and I don't pay for one single night the whole time I'm in the USA the people I meet down there have dogs they run around all over the place not on a leash big open space as you're not near any people lol gas just went up to a $1.96 a liter on Vancouver Island that is about $8 a gallon ! In over four years of full-time RV living for me I have never used my awning I actually took it off last winter and got rid of it at quartzsite Arizona at the dump

  7. Buying frequently means fresh hopefully. Pre planning meals is always a dollar saver versus hungry shopping.
    Don't forget to change the Fuel and Air filter when you do the oil.

  8. Wow! That’s way more expensive than I thought. I’m really surprised though that the gas wasn’t more. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us and for all the tips. Good to know. 😊

  9. Glad you'll going back to Asia. I'm guessing that you figured out that Van Life is a very saturated area on YT. Plus N. Americans like myself aren't really interested in seeing more of N. America (I speak for myself). Best of luck to you & I look forward to your upcoming content from Vietnam. Cheers

  10. I think you missed cell phone coverage and internet access costs, those are two big one I think

  11. Have you tried Hipcamp? Sometimes it has some good places. I haven't actually used it yet, but I plan on trying it this summer at some point…good luck!

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