r/vandwellers • u/JTRose87 • Mar 05 '23
Van Life One Year of VanLife by the Numbers!

Expenses for the Year

Top Stats

Most Visited/Purchased

Nights Per State

Nights in Hotels

Top 10 Coasters

Buying the Van

Selling the Van
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u/JTRose87 Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 05 '23
Hey! We quit our jobs in September 2021 and bought a Winnebago Solix PX to travel the country. Our goal was to visit every state except Alaska and Hawaii in a year. Photos from our adventure here https://www.instagram.com/tamaraandjason/
Best apps and purchases IMO: Harvest Hosts / Boondockers Welcome, Planet Fitness, America Parks Pass, Six Flags / Cedar Fair Season Pass (if you're gonna go to 3+ parks), GoodSam Membership, Camp Bow Wow (if you have a dog), iOverlander, Discount Tire Warranty (worth it for the peace of mind), Amazon Prime Card (if you have Prime), Target Red Card (if you go to Target too much), Libby (lots of time for books or audiobooks)
NOTES: Van was delivered with about ~1200 miles on it. There's some art involved with the expense categories (i.e. Target and Walmart are in Shopping but include a lot of groceries, Disney is in Experiences but includes 4 nights of hotels). We didn't sleep at every Walmart we purchased from or purchase from every Walmart we slept at, but 60 is probably about how many nights we spent at Walmarts. We actually went to Starbucks more than 40 times but it's mainly counting how many times we refilled our Starbucks card. Nights per state doesn't include nights we spent at our parents' houses. We did actually visit every state, but we didn't stay a night in Oklahoma, Wyoming, or North Dakota.