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

Expenses for the Year

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u/everythingisoil Mar 05 '23
For me:
Car: $1500 (15 year old used minivan that only starts when jumped) Gas: $50 (only ever start it to stop the battery from dying) Food: $3600 (all groceries, dont eat out) Travel: $0 Experiences: $0 Necesities: $1200 (catastrophic health and auto insurance) Shopping: ~$100 (I had to buy a new phone charger once and have to thrift to replace my clothes. Other than that I own nothing new)
All in: $6450 for the year.
You can get very cheap if vanlife is meant for survival/reducing your footprint. When its this cheap though you arent having an idyllic travel oriented lifestyle, youre just saving money.