Thinking about living in a van? It is a big decision.. no, it is a huge decision. This video will help you decide if VAN LIFE is for you! Be sure to comment with any quesitons you may have! ~Snow and Curt
LOL Your kitties had me at 'thumbs up'. I have 5 aging cats; so I"m not up to a 'van life' yet. I was just wondering how your cats stay cool when you are parked and out for hikes and such?
Already viewing many self conversions. Loved yours which I found yesterday. Loving all the information you are giving. I am retired, widowed, selling my home and looking forward to being able to travel and stay near siblings, family and friends. Don’t want to stay with them because my dad always said family are like dead fish. They begin to stink after 3 days. Lol! Also love to travel. Your videos have already been so informative I am binge watching so I can learn all I can. Shower, solar, and all the planning you did beforehand will be so helpful. I will be interested in the cost as well. I also want to install an incinerator toilet if possible. Don’t know if that will work with a shower. Looking forward to checking out your van design help too. Thanks for giving to us who are wanting to live the van life too!🤗😊👍
This is a great video for not just van life but life in general. During the pandemic, I realized things had to change ...more living in my life than going through life. Be safe.
Curt and I have discussed that often I er the past few months... The silver lining of the pandemic is that some folks will reevaluate how they live! Good luck friend!
I just found you guys via the "1 year anniversary van tour" clip, and it's amazing! I think I will bingewatch all your content! Looking forward to all the things I will learn and maybe use when I build my own sprinter van conversion. And congratulations with the 1 year van life!
I’m in the process of bldg out my Ford Transit. One of my fav parts of preparing for van life was getting rid of my stuff. Absolutely liberating!! The problem I am facing is I’m a crafter and I have a shit ton of supplies! Idk how I’ll pare that down. Love your videos!
I showed my sons that my dream home would be your van. I told my boys they need to make it for me! My oldest son (15) was curious if you designed and built your van...he says you "must be a freakin' genius to have designed that"! That's good stuff from teenager!
That is a big compliment for a teen! LOL! Curt built our van (I helped when I could)... he amazes me too! If one of your sons ever wants to tackle it, we are having plans drawn up that will be ready soon... so tell them we are issuing them a challenge!! Ha!
Oh wow Snow, I get migraines too. When I was working full time I could get two or three a week, but now that I'm retired I bet I haven't had more than 12 in the last two years. It's something that people don't understand unless they suffer from them. I feel for you.🙏
I've been thinking about a roaming life in semi-retirement for the last few years and just in the last couple weeks started thinking about it in terms of rv/camper van life. Found your channel a few days ago and am so grateful for the amazing content. This one really struck a chord--thinking about possessions. I appreciate your openness, sharing your mini breakdown as you prepped for the estate sale. What I think is really grate about the story: it was TOUGH but then you worked your way through it. Also, I have two cats and I am loving watching GMoney and Vanna's journey with you.
Thanks for the thoughtful questions to consider. A great book to suggest to people on how to let go of stuff and create more room in your life for people and experiences is "Goodbye Things." It has set me free to get rid of things.
Thanks Pamela! I have noted the book title... we have quite a few folks ask about that. And... it is pretty hard to actually put into words. So thanks for sharing the book title.
I’m so glad I clicked on your Van tour video! These 7 ?’s are so perfect to consider living off the grid. Thx for sharing! I will definitely be watching more of your videos
Wow, the demo of Curt using the toilet.... You guys are so specific and detailed! Thanks for the videos with the realistic and relevant content. I am planning this in a few years and I hope the companies that do build outs watch you guys. Really amazing!
Hi! I have just found y'all recently, but I wanted to say I am uplifted by y'alls' videos. Every time I watch I am in awe of your humility, realness, and love for one another. Keep doing you!
Snow something is different about you. I haven’t watched in a while. Losing weight maybe. Love your hair you are pretty. You guys have the best van I have seen. Live your commitment to each other thanks for the vid
The stress-free life has us both feeling better... But, I think it's the fact that I actually did my hair! Lol!! Figured I should before I forgot how! Van life usually means 'hair up in a clip'!! ☺️☺️☺️
I have a no build build bc I got into this to get out of Shawshank, the money pit, a house. I dreamed of getting a van and equipping it w an electric bicycle. Nope, I have both one wheels and 2 gotways. I’m a road pirate/cowboy and life is good. I can’t entertain but that doesn’t mean I can’t be entertained. I wanted to do this w someone, but I’m better off alone. I wish u guys the best!
Thank you for taking the time to do this. I will be buying a rig in 2 months. Ready to do this adventure. I remember my dad would always say he wanted a school bus to build into an RV for traveling and camping. That was in the 60s and 70s. We were a camping family because it was cheap and we were a lower-income family. I still love going camping and I knew when I retired I would be traveling and camping in my rig around the US. Unfortunately, my parents aren't here to experience it now but I know my dad especially, would be so happy that I'm doing it. I will be a solo traveler, with a dog or 2 that I will rescue along the way. My daughter will have our dogs at home. I want to go to Alaska and spend some time there and all the other cool places the US has to offer. Anyway, I am glad I stumbled upon your channel. Thank you again for taking the time to record your lives and sharing them. Be Safe
This is ‘perfect’!!!! Would make our traveling soooo much easier, but so out of my price and my no-diy hubby!!!! Wishing you nothing but happy travels!!!!
Thankyou so much for these 7 thoughts. I really want to do van life. My kids think I wouldn’t like it, but I want to travel, see things, feel things,I told them I would just be a Gypsy. But you 7 questions really help. I’m sure you have made it easier for others to decide. My only fear is traveling alone. ❤️this is lady from California 😘✌🏼
Kari I am 65 (female) and plan to retire next year and travel solo....I am hoping to meet up with other solo females, hang out in same area a few days then maybe “caravan” together - not all the time but often enough to get over the jitters, lol!
Excellent vid! I am currently traveling in my Promaster. I still have a "sticks & bricks" but would love to be full time one day. Selling everything is completely overwhelming. I asked my daughter if she would just take my house and everything in it. Maybe some day she'll agree to that, but says for now she'd miss me too much. 🥴 I love the full time option and congrats on your first (of many) year! 👍
YES! I'm saving up to buy a scamp and do "vanlife" that way. But these are all great points to consider. I've been thinking about this for a year or so. Decided I definitely want to do it. Now it's saving money and looking into the logistics of it. I don't know if I'll continuously travel, or travel for a while, then stop and work to make money to go travelling again. All I know is that travelling is my ultimate goal. Thanks!
I think when you start talking about going smaller the first thing people say is "you'll be divorced in a matter of months". My husband and I lived in our travel trailer while building our house and since we built it ourselves around our jobs it took 18 months. I think it's the best thing we ever did and we actually grew closer. I would love to travel but he wants to stay close to home. We do camp often but only about an hour from home which is nice, but I want to see all lower 48 states. Just have to keep working on him. Thanks for sharing.
Yes.... we are for sure closer than ever before! Keep on him... maybe you can get some of the lower 48, even if you have to compromise and not get them all!
Great insight. Your lifestyle is an inspiration. Being a native NYer I’m so ready for a change. Not an immediate change lol but in the near future. Watching Your videos make van life a viable option for me. When my kids finish college I will be ready. Congrats on your van life success & continued happy trails 🙂
Just to add to the points - at least rent a van, try it out first, see what you like and don't like. This will certainly help you see things you may not have have considered, good and bad.
Congrats on the 1 year mark!!! Snow, you are so real! Thanks for letting us all know that "heels don't go in the van"!! LMAO!! Keeping it real, love it! And you answered everything about the holiday festivities and all the sacrifices you are willing to accept to make vanlife possible! 📎📝🗄Noted! You guys are the real deal!!! Still love your van design, best by far from the others, hands down! Now you 2 need to go celebrate!!! 🛒🍾🥂🥩🎆🎉 Vie 🇨🇦
Sylvie... The Christmas ornaments punched me right in the stomach, but after being out here, I have no regrets!! Thanks for the kind words and welcome to our channel!!
@@SnowAndCurt I told my husband that my next vehicle is a van that I/we will convert slowly to our needs but your design is spot on!!!! *I love Chrome's (vancity vanlife) new cabinets from last fall so I am taking notes and listing!! ...I think I sold the idea to my husband last week 🤞🏼, when he saw Kurt's water system👍🏼!! Snow you inspire as always!! Safe travels! Vie 🇨🇦
One year already, WOW! I love to follow you because of the joy your videos show as you see and experience new places and things. Hoping your next year is just as interesting. Our moto is: In Everything You Do In Life, Find Joy.
This is really great advise. I have been having this type of conversation with myself, but your video helped me to put a form to my conversations. Thanks
Great video. Just to help on marketing side, I would add to title: "7 Key Questions You Must Ask Yourself". Then have all 7 as front matter and also each question as one slide each preceding each section (helps with those of us who scan videos when we don't have the full 20 minutes.
LOVE this video! .....but it made me want 2 follow -up videos: 1. Why we love each other more today than ever. 2. How this change in lifestyle made me become a better person. Being in a 3 legged sack race for a year requires a highly edited life with lots of agreement and compliance and fun. 😎
@Curt - Did you just use my "vaniversary"? And what did you stuff down the front of your disco pants? 😂🤣😂 I haven't got my van yet (I believe I mentioned that before 😁) but van life is already a decided thing and one of the reasons is the dependency on material possessions you mentioned. I walked through our apartment one day and I thought, "what do we have this big space for? The kids have flown the nest. Why these extra rooms?" And I realised that we don't really need this space for us. We need it to store all the crap that we bought in the last 25-30 years! That was when it became clear to me (not so much to my wife, though 😂) that we needed to minimalise drastically. Anyway, another great video! I could watch you guys for hours, mainly because you're such a nice couple. I think if we met in real life, we'd be good friends. 🙏🏼😌
Thank you for your educational video and all the beautiful nature scenes as well :-) my husband and I are considering downsizing from our cCass A to a Van RV and are considering the leisure Wonder van (as anything smaller my claustrophobia unfortunately acts up) but we are just in the beginning stages, so videos like this are very helpful ... Thank you again 🤗
So crazy! I went through the same prcoess. Sold everything I owned and planned my move to thailand. Had a death in the family and decided to stay in CA. Got caught back up in the rat race, and I’m so tired of it. Vanlife is the life for me! Thanks for the video guys
Welcome aboard! You can find a link to a playlist with our fav songs we use in our videos at the bottom of the description. We use Epidemic Sound! One of the best parts about editing these videos is picking out great tunes! THANKS
I'm not ready to full time, but I sure enjoy traveling in my van! I spent three months in TX, AZ, and CA this winter and really enjoyed it. My goodness, the desert is beautiful, isn't it? I'm headed back to TX soon to travel back here with my family, but it's just a quick trip. Well, quick as in no sightseeing, haha! Even so, I've missed being in my van so much and I'm really excited to get on the road. And Snow, your hair looks fantastic today!
Awwwww.... Thanks! It's rare that I actually do anything to my hair. But, every once in a while I think I need to do I don't forget how! LOL!! Travel safe!
I'm planning trying the van life. I've watched lot of videos and the first thing some of van life ppl tell you is just do it huh no this isn't ad. When you don't plain then you plan to fail. So thanks for your I insight keep videos coming
I recommend a mini Christmas tree for the van! One of those decorative kind, I found one at a thrift for $2! Thank you for this video, I just got back into van life, this weekend. Tonight is my 3rd night back and second boondocking solo with my pup. I always thought about van life, mainly because my mom followed the Dead back in the day and she had a van. Last year I was starting to make my own plans when I met a guy who had a van and I ended up moving in. We did urban van life and followed some music. When that ended I got lucky to find my own van (affordable and in great condition) right away right before lockdown started. I spent the time coming up with a temporary set up and finally set out this weekend. This whole time I kept asking myself, what made me want to be in a van in the first place last year when I first started making plans? I really couldn’t remember what I imagined it would be like. Nothing like it was in that relationship. But now I’m on my own for the first time in my own place and your video absolutely made me think of the right questions to get back there! I am currently staring out at a dark lake and very grateful for this life we choose to live. Thank you so much again safe travels to you!
We bought one.... Spent $20 in Christmas decor at the dollar tree store. Then donated it to a school teacher for her classroom! Worked out well! ☺️☺️☺️
I just began watching your channel. I love you guys. I have been thinking of and researching living in a van for a year now. This video and the questions that were asked have been soooooo very helpful. Thank you. Hope to see you out there soon.
This is really good information. Thank you. Keep sharing these essential information and things to think about before plunging into van life but also I wanted know if you have a video or if you can disclose how much purchasing a van like yours is worth? It seems really expensive with all the perks you’ve added to it.
We are putting a video together on hw much the nav cost... we have also done a video on our van life budget that may interest you... you can find it on our channel! Thanks for tuning in!
Thanks for inspiration! Watching videos like this more and more on UA-cam just wants me to move into a van more and more. Hope we guys meet someday if you come to India, and I hope I'd be in a van when that happens 😇💓
What a great video! You really put it in perspective. Those are some tough decisions to make. And also, I just have to say that you look absolutely beautiful in this video, Snow! I love the hair and that color looks great on you! Looks like I’m still a month behind but I’m catching up lol.
Thanks Misti!! I broke down and got a keratin treatment... I had them for fifteen years and I tried to go without for the past year so I was not having to find a stylist every six months as we travel the world.... but, girl!!! I could not even get a comb thru the frizz!!! LOL!!! So, I am back on the keratin!
Great video, lots of important info to consider. You guys have the best van build. I'm impressed! Must have cost some bucks. Thanks for your channel, I love it.
Good advice I like that I live at my van part-time and have a small little Studio I only paid 550 a month so I bet the boat was I'm a minimalist.. and I do this lifestyle so I can lift simple and cheap and have money in my pocket every day and I'm not reaping the benefits I love it.. I'll never pay her rent again those days are over..
We actually fel like we get along even better now... but you are right, it could be tough for a couple tht is not meant to be together! Thanks for tuning in!
That one video you last made has helped your channel blow up, well done finally a video has helped you grow, Congrats on 20k subs you had 8k 6 days ago, yewwwww well done
@@SnowAndCurt Yes 100% you can't beat the loyal ones that were here first, and today is over 22k subs, you both must be so happy, its great to see as I wouldn't of found you guys without that video as I was searching van life
You two had me sold on you when I saw your screen door and sweet garage. Love it and you. Just saw one of your videos yesterday. Happy 1year Anniverssary! and it's not dorky, it's a great milestone. Wishing you great support and adventures.
I loooove traveling... tired of the rat race but right now is what is getting me closer to my goals.... soon enough I can perhaps share my own van life journey 😍 thanks so much for these videos! By far I love your bathroom. PS: can't believe Curt just pulled down his pants 😳 🤪😄
Just found your channel a few days ago... your van tour video. I felt like you guys invited me into your home and gave me a tour. You’re both so relatable and down to earth... I subscribed right away. Thanks for sharing a bit about yourselves and 7 great questions you should think about. Do you have a website? I would like to ask you some questions about your van.
Love you guys. I would love to do a van. We have a trailer with 3 dogs. Not quit retired yet. When we have no dogs I would love to do a van. I just want to go see the country but for now I will see it through your eyes thanks so much.
Hmmmmm. since I (Snow) do 99.9% of the comment replies... I am going to ignore the last phrase in your comment.... if not, I might would have to block you form the channel! LOL! GO GATORS!!!
@@SnowAndCurt Lol Snow the subtle faces you make at Curt are the best part about this channel. I saw your orange and blue and thought about how y'all need a "Van Divided" bumper sticker.
I have a suit case with all of my old photo albums and such in the guest room of my brothers closet! And a couple of dresses and a few clothes in case we have to make a quick trip home! But, it all fit into one suitcase! Everything else is gone unless it is in the van with us! Great Question!
Yay, congratulations on all the new subscriptions! Great job! Wonderful video. Some great points to think about. Loved it! Can't wait to see all your next adventures!
Yeah everybody wants easy money now a days like all those you tubers. I agree with you not to think you are gonna make huge chunks of money and be free to go live in a van I hope I get to do that someday to live retirement like that too best life ever
Snow & Curt = hello S&C. I love your videos and I do envy your Van life. I have a question. So, after 10 or 12 years of traveling around the world, are you going to settle down after that or continue Van life?? I know that you 2 are at the honeymoon stage of your Van life right now, it’s stupid of me to ask that question. But I just wonder. I am 35 years old, male. I have a great job (100K per year). I live in a Tab 400 behind my parents’ house. I am trying to save 90% of my income , so I can do what you 2 are doing when I am 45. I want to have at least 500K in the bank when I make that decision. Is that make any sense. Pls, advise. Thanks so much. Have fun with Van life and be safe
Makes perfect sense... It's a great plan! We will pick our fav place and retire there... It could very well be back in Florida or somewhere crazy around the world. It will have to be affordable though, we will have money set aside for retirement, but most of it is going to this journey! Trading experiences for things! Keep saving... It's worth it to get out here!
Snow & Curt = thank you for your advices, I will keep on watching your videos. Can’t wait for the next one. I wonder where you 2 will be. Have lots of fun and be safe.
Congratulations on your anniversary. I have been wanting to live in a van. Then I face reality. I am 73, on oxygen therapy and have a very angry back. I still think I can do it. So I just dream on. How did you get your van overseas?
Congratulation! We want to see you at your 10th anniversary... Ideea for building a van? So far I love everything from your ideeas. I plan to buy a 170 ext. 3500 diesel. What will be great if you do, to come with more details of building the van: more details about parts, step by step process, ... I am willing to pay for a clear, step by step, information how to build. The information on this market are full of theories and very little about practical. I hope you come with the practical one. All the best!
WOW, U4 are also great to talk about all this is making sense the only thing I want to say is the Pooping time. this is not to sure about my husband ""Reed"" we shall see....U4 are wonderful......I am from Canada Vancouver and we will be really interesting to travel.........Reed is a musician and has at least 7 guitars. I also wonder how we can make this fun situation.......we shall see
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Thinking about living in a van? It is a big decision.. no, it is a huge decision. This video will help you decide if VAN LIFE is for you! Be sure to comment with any quesitons you may have! ~Snow and Curt
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LOL Your kitties had me at 'thumbs up'. I have 5 aging cats; so I"m not up to a 'van life' yet. I was just wondering how your cats stay cool when you are parked and out for hikes and such?
Hello this is my first video. Very well done. Do you wish you have a lot with a garage and bathroom?
Already viewing many self conversions. Loved yours which I found yesterday. Loving all the information you are giving. I am retired, widowed, selling my home and looking forward to being able to travel and stay near siblings, family and friends. Don’t want to stay with them because my dad always said family are like dead fish. They begin to stink after 3 days. Lol! Also love to travel. Your videos have already been so informative I am binge watching so I can learn all I can. Shower, solar, and all the planning you did beforehand will be so helpful. I will be interested in the cost as well. I also want to install an incinerator toilet if possible. Don’t know if that will work with a shower. Looking forward to checking out your van design help too. Thanks for giving to us who are wanting to live the van life too!🤗😊👍
Lol
Thx as always for sharing.The mango party was a
fun idea! Grown like they are I can only imagine how delicious. Keep healthy and safe!
I love your sit down talks. I personally believe yall are the most honest and realistic in the van life videos. Thanks.
Thanks Holly! When we decided to share this journey online, the top priority was keeping it REAL. So, thank you for that!
You two are clearly in love with van life, and more importantly, each other. Congratulations on your vanniversary!
Thanks, Brian Mombourquette!
Vanniverssary! Lol!
This is a great video for not just van life but life in general. During the pandemic, I realized things had to change ...more living in my life than going through life. Be safe.
Curt and I have discussed that often I er the past few months... The silver lining of the pandemic is that some folks will reevaluate how they live! Good luck friend!
L C yes less stress less anxiety and less technology
Realistic life, Good Questions, hard decision, Real Happiness.
Exactly! ☺️☺️🚐😺😺
Love you guys!! I'm 70 and wish I had the time and funds to be where you are today.
Be happy and be SAFE !!!! Want to hear more from you!!
Thanks!! We know how lucky we are to be out here living like this!
Thank you very much for this video, very clear and honest talk 👏
Glad it was helpful!
I just found you guys via the "1 year anniversary van tour" clip, and it's amazing! I think I will bingewatch all your content! Looking forward to all the things I will learn and maybe use when I build my own sprinter van conversion.
And congratulations with the 1 year van life!
Awesome! Thank you! We are happy to have you along on this journey with us Pim!
This video just made me understand that I am not ready to live in a van just yet, but maybe in the next year or 2
Glad we could help... it's a big decision!
I’m in the process of bldg out my Ford Transit. One of my fav parts of preparing for van life was getting rid of my stuff. Absolutely liberating!! The problem I am facing is I’m a crafter and I have a shit ton of supplies! Idk how I’ll pare that down.
Love your videos!
We hear ya! The choices can be tough... Prioritize the things you use more often. Good luck!
I showed my sons that my dream home would be your van. I told my boys they need to make it for me! My oldest son (15) was curious if you designed and built your van...he says you "must be a freakin' genius to have designed that"! That's good stuff from teenager!
That is a big compliment for a teen! LOL! Curt built our van (I helped when I could)... he amazes me too! If one of your sons ever wants to tackle it, we are having plans drawn up that will be ready soon... so tell them we are issuing them a challenge!! Ha!
Oh wow Snow, I get migraines too. When I was working full time I could get two or three a week, but now that I'm retired I bet I haven't had more than 12 in the last two years. It's something that people don't understand unless they suffer from them. I feel for you.🙏
Congrats to a yr 1 van-anniversary!! You both look so much healthier, and happier.
Thanks Dianne!! Leaving the stress behind and living a life more about freedom has for sure helped us to feel better!
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I've been thinking about a roaming life in semi-retirement for the last few years and just in the last couple weeks started thinking about it in terms of rv/camper van life. Found your channel a few days ago and am so grateful for the amazing content. This one really struck a chord--thinking about possessions. I appreciate your openness, sharing your mini breakdown as you prepped for the estate sale. What I think is really grate about the story: it was TOUGH but then you worked your way through it. Also, I have two cats and I am loving watching GMoney and Vanna's journey with you.
Thanks for the thoughtful questions to consider. A great book to suggest to people on how to let go of stuff and create more room in your life for people and experiences is "Goodbye Things." It has set me free to get rid of things.
Thanks Pamela! I have noted the book title... we have quite a few folks ask about that. And... it is pretty hard to actually put into words. So thanks for sharing the book title.
I’m so glad I clicked on your Van tour video! These 7 ?’s are so perfect to consider living off the grid. Thx for sharing! I will definitely be watching more of your videos
Glad you like them!
Best van-talk video ever.👍👍👍
Thanks Lynn! We think it's an important decision for sure!!
Thank you, we have been rving for 11 years, looking for a change and considering van life.
you are welcoem!
Wow, the demo of Curt using the toilet.... You guys are so specific and detailed! Thanks for the videos with the realistic and relevant content. I am planning this in a few years and I hope the companies that do build outs watch you guys. Really amazing!
Thanks!! We went back and forth on putting the toilet video in... But, it's REAL van life... Small space, no doors! 😁😳 Thanks for tuning in!!
Hi! I have just found y'all recently, but I wanted to say I am uplifted by y'alls' videos. Every time I watch I am in awe of your humility, realness, and love for one another. Keep doing you!
Thank you so much! That is an amazing compliment.
you have the best nav design i have ever seen. i am in love with your channel :)
Wow, thank you! GLad to have you along for the ride Omar!
Snow something is different about you. I haven’t watched in a while. Losing weight maybe. Love your hair you are pretty. You guys have the best van I have seen. Live your commitment to each other thanks for the vid
The stress-free life has us both feeling better... But, I think it's the fact that I actually did my hair! Lol!! Figured I should before I forgot how! Van life usually means 'hair up in a clip'!! ☺️☺️☺️
I can’t wait to see the van build you guys come out with 👍
Thanks!!
I have a no build build bc I got into this to get out of Shawshank, the money pit, a house. I dreamed of getting a van and equipping it w an electric bicycle. Nope, I have both one wheels and 2 gotways. I’m a road pirate/cowboy and life is good. I can’t entertain but that doesn’t mean I can’t be entertained. I wanted to do this w someone, but I’m better off alone. I wish u guys the best!
Thanks for tuning in... Cheers! Stay safe out there!
Thank you for taking the time to do this. I will be buying a rig in 2 months. Ready to do this adventure. I remember my dad would always say he wanted a school bus to build into an RV for traveling and camping. That was in the 60s and 70s. We were a camping family because it was cheap and we were a lower-income family. I still love going camping and I knew when I retired I would be traveling and camping in my rig around the US. Unfortunately, my parents aren't here to experience it now but I know my dad especially, would be so happy that I'm doing it. I will be a solo traveler, with a dog or 2 that I will rescue along the way. My daughter will have our dogs at home. I want to go to Alaska and spend some time there and all the other cool places the US has to offer. Anyway, I am glad I stumbled upon your channel. Thank you again for taking the time to record your lives and sharing them. Be Safe
Thanks for coming along on this journey with us! ANd good luck... keep us posted when you hit the road!
This is ‘perfect’!!!! Would make our traveling soooo much easier, but so out of my price and my no-diy hubby!!!! Wishing you nothing but happy travels!!!!
Oh, I know how lucky I am that Curt is crazy handy!! Thanks for tuning in Cathie!
I like how you guys get along, and your seven questions were great! Thanks
Thanks! 🚐☺️
Thankyou so much for these 7 thoughts. I really want to do van life. My kids think I wouldn’t like it, but I want to travel, see things, feel things,I told them I would just be a Gypsy. But you 7 questions really help. I’m sure you have made it easier for others to decide. My only fear is traveling alone. ❤️this is lady from California 😘✌🏼
Happy to help Kari... It's a big decision. But, if it's right for you... Well, it's amazing out here! Good luck making your decision!
Kari I am 65 (female) and plan to retire next year and travel solo....I am hoping to meet up with other solo females, hang out in same area a few days then maybe “caravan” together - not all the time but often enough to get over the jitters, lol!
Excellent vid! I am currently traveling in my Promaster. I still have a "sticks & bricks" but would love to be full time one day. Selling everything is completely overwhelming. I asked my daughter if she would just take my house and everything in it. Maybe some day she'll agree to that, but says for now she'd miss me too much. 🥴 I love the full time option and congrats on your first (of many) year! 👍
Thanks Catherine!! It's a HUGE task to get rid of everything... But when it was over, we felt do much lighter!! Good luck.
You guys are truly amazing thank you for the inspiration
Thanks for tuning in! 🚐☺️
YES!
I'm saving up to buy a scamp and do "vanlife" that way.
But these are all great points to consider. I've been thinking about this for a year or so. Decided I definitely want to do it. Now it's saving money and looking into the logistics of it. I don't know if I'll continuously travel, or travel for a while, then stop and work to make money to go travelling again.
All I know is that travelling is my ultimate goal.
Thanks!
You can do it!
Great video, makes you think about the REAL reasons you'd want to do this! TFS👍
Exactly!! ☺️☺️🚐
I think when you start talking about going smaller the first thing people say is "you'll be divorced in a matter of months". My husband and I lived in our travel trailer while building our house and since we built it ourselves around our jobs it took 18 months. I think it's the best thing we ever did and we actually grew closer. I would love to travel but he wants to stay close to home. We do camp often but only about an hour from home which is nice, but I want to see all lower 48 states. Just have to keep working on him. Thanks for sharing.
Yes.... we are for sure closer than ever before! Keep on him... maybe you can get some of the lower 48, even if you have to compromise and not get them all!
Thanks for being so honest and real!
You are so welcome!
Great insight. Your lifestyle is an inspiration. Being a native NYer I’m so ready for a change. Not an immediate change lol but in the near future. Watching Your videos make van life a viable option for me. When my kids finish college I will be ready. Congrats on your van life success & continued happy trails 🙂
Gotta get those kids settled into adulthood first... That is important!! Then come on out here and join us!
Thanks for such a well prepared and complete accounting about how and what decisions need to be made.
You are very welcome
Happy vanniversary i enjoy these talks just as much as the tech talks....though for my build i am only gonna be a weekender and summer vanner....
Thanks Mimie! Yep, you can ease up on the storage space for sure! Good luck... And keep us posted on your build!
Just to add to the points - at least rent a van, try it out first, see what you like and don't like. This will certainly help you see things you may not have have considered, good and bad.
Crying while watching... great video!!! This really helped me / us
Glad it helped!
Congrats on the 1 year mark!!!
Snow, you are so real! Thanks for letting us all know that "heels don't go in the van"!! LMAO!! Keeping it real, love it!
And you answered everything about the holiday festivities and all the sacrifices you are willing to accept to make vanlife possible!
📎📝🗄Noted!
You guys are the real deal!!! Still love your van design, best by far from the others, hands down!
Now you 2 need to go celebrate!!!
🛒🍾🥂🥩🎆🎉
Vie 🇨🇦
Sylvie... The Christmas ornaments punched me right in the stomach, but after being out here, I have no regrets!! Thanks for the kind words and welcome to our channel!!
@@SnowAndCurt I told my husband that my next vehicle is a van that I/we will convert slowly to our needs but your design is spot on!!!!
*I love Chrome's (vancity vanlife) new cabinets from last fall so I am taking notes and listing!! ...I think I sold the idea to my husband last week 🤞🏼, when he saw Kurt's water system👍🏼!!
Snow you inspire as always!!
Safe travels!
Vie 🇨🇦
One year already, WOW! I love to follow you because of the joy your videos show as you see and experience new places and things. Hoping your next year is just as interesting. Our moto is: In Everything You Do In Life, Find Joy.
That's an excellent motto Liz!! Thanks for always tuning in! ☺️☺️🚐😺😺
Eye opening and frank discussions. Very helpful.
Thanks you so much... and thanks for watching our vid!
You guy's Rock I like how you
Did your van..
Thanks Jay!! ☺️🚐
This is really great advise. I have been having this type of conversation with myself, but your video helped me to put a form to my conversations. Thanks
We remember all of the emotions involved, do hoping we can help a few folks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Happy to have joined the two of you! Fun to watch !💐💐😀😀
Happy to have you along for the ride!!
Stumbled across your channel today and will definitely check out more.
Welcome aboard! Glad to have you along for the journey!
Great video. Just to help on marketing side, I would add to title: "7 Key Questions You Must Ask Yourself". Then have all 7 as front matter and also each question as one slide each preceding each section (helps with those of us who scan videos when we don't have the full 20 minutes.
Thanks for the tips Jill!
LOVE this video! .....but it made me want 2 follow -up videos:
1. Why we love each other more today than ever.
2. How this change in lifestyle made me become a better person.
Being in a 3 legged sack race for a year requires a highly edited life with lots of agreement and compliance and fun. 😎
We have talked about doing one on how we manage to get along 24/7 in 94sf!
Can't wait for the video about van build!
Check out Curt's Tech Talk Series... he shows how you built our van!
ua-cam.com/video/UJfSXwP9QmM/v-deo.html
Wow, you just got another 12K since making the video! Congratulations!
It's been a great week for our channel!! Thanks for noticing! ☺️☺️🚐
@Curt - Did you just use my "vaniversary"? And what did you stuff down the front of your disco pants? 😂🤣😂
I haven't got my van yet (I believe I mentioned that before 😁) but van life is already a decided thing and one of the reasons is the dependency on material possessions you mentioned. I walked through our apartment one day and I thought, "what do we have this big space for? The kids have flown the nest. Why these extra rooms?" And I realised that we don't really need this space for us. We need it to store all the crap that we bought in the last 25-30 years! That was when it became clear to me (not so much to my wife, though 😂) that we needed to minimalise drastically.
Anyway, another great video! I could watch you guys for hours, mainly because you're such a nice couple. I think if we met in real life, we'd be good friends. 🙏🏼😌
All naturaal...I am sure we would have a blast. Get that van build done and come on. Cheers Jens!!!
Thank you for your educational video and all the beautiful nature scenes as well :-) my husband and I are considering downsizing from our cCass A to a Van RV and are considering the leisure Wonder van (as anything smaller my claustrophobia unfortunately acts up) but we are just in the beginning stages, so videos like this are very helpful ... Thank you again 🤗
You are very welcome. Good luck on making your decision.
I love helping folks develop a flexible time and location income stream. Glad that you found something that works well for you!
Us too! Thanks for tuning in!
So crazy! I went through the same prcoess. Sold everything I owned and planned my move to thailand. Had a death in the family and decided to stay in CA. Got caught back up in the rat race, and I’m so tired of it. Vanlife is the life for me! Thanks for the video guys
When it is right for ya... There is nothing better!! Come on!! 🚐
I am a new subscriber. I love your van. Also, I am mesmerized by the opening song!
Welcome aboard! You can find a link to a playlist with our fav songs we use in our videos at the bottom of the description. We use Epidemic Sound! One of the best parts about editing these videos is picking out great tunes! THANKS
Great content and presentation. . . Well done . . . Keep it up. Best wishes from South Australia
Thanks and welcome
Happy vaniversary and congratulations on your growing subscribers...well deserved.
Thanks Lola! It's been a great week for our channel! But our 'originals' will always be our favorites! ☺️🚐😺
I'm not ready to full time, but I sure enjoy traveling in my van! I spent three months in TX, AZ, and CA this winter and really enjoyed it. My goodness, the desert is beautiful, isn't it? I'm headed back to TX soon to travel back here with my family, but it's just a quick trip. Well, quick as in no sightseeing, haha! Even so, I've missed being in my van so much and I'm really excited to get on the road.
And Snow, your hair looks fantastic today!
Awwwww.... Thanks! It's rare that I actually do anything to my hair. But, every once in a while I think I need to do I don't forget how! LOL!! Travel safe!
Happy Vanniversary! Wishing you many more joyful vanniversary adventures to come!
Thank you so much!
I'm planning trying the van life. I've watched lot of videos and the first thing some of van life ppl tell you is just do it huh no this isn't ad. When you don't plain then you plan to fail. So thanks for your I insight keep videos coming
Thanks Tina... it is a really big decision, but if it is for you, then it is amazing out here! GLad you enjoyed this video... welcome to our channel!
Congratulations for one year journey
Thanks a ton
I recommend a mini Christmas tree for the van! One of those decorative kind, I found one at a thrift for $2! Thank you for this video, I just got back into van life, this weekend. Tonight is my 3rd night back and second boondocking solo with my pup. I always thought about van life, mainly because my mom followed the Dead back in the day and she had a van. Last year I was starting to make my own plans when I met a guy who had a van and I ended up moving in. We did urban van life and followed some music. When that ended I got lucky to find my own van (affordable and in great condition) right away right before lockdown started. I spent the time coming up with a temporary set up and finally set out this weekend. This whole time I kept asking myself, what made me want to be in a van in the first place last year when I first started making plans? I really couldn’t remember what I imagined it would be like. Nothing like it was in that relationship. But now I’m on my own for the first time in my own place and your video absolutely made me think of the right questions to get back there! I am currently staring out at a dark lake and very grateful for this life we choose to live. Thank you so much again safe travels to you!
We bought one.... Spent $20 in Christmas decor at the dollar tree store. Then donated it to a school teacher for her classroom! Worked out well! ☺️☺️☺️
I just began watching your channel. I love you guys. I have been thinking of and researching living in a van for a year now. This video and the questions that were asked have been soooooo very helpful. Thank you. Hope to see you out there soon.
If it's for you, then get on out here, it's amazing!!! Welcome to the journey!!
This is really good information. Thank you. Keep sharing these essential information and things to think about before plunging into van life but also I wanted know if you have a video or if you can disclose how much purchasing a van like yours is worth? It seems really expensive with all the perks you’ve added to it.
We are putting a video together on hw much the nav cost... we have also done a video on our van life budget that may interest you... you can find it on our channel! Thanks for tuning in!
Thanks for inspiration! Watching videos like this more and more on UA-cam just wants me to move into a van more and more. Hope we guys meet someday if you come to India, and I hope I'd be in a van when that happens 😇💓
We will come to India, but it'll be eight years or do, hope your in your van by then!
You two are looking so healthy and happy.....loved this video...
Thanks Pia!! We feel better and better as our van life journey continues ☺️
Such smart and calm people. I love how they think it through.
Also how they test the concept for a year before going on a world tour.
Thanks Andras... It's a big decision!
You're both an inspiration!!
Awwww... Thanks so much for those kind words Natashasuzanne1!
What a great video! You really put it in perspective. Those are some tough decisions to make. And also, I just have to say that you look absolutely beautiful in this video, Snow! I love the hair and that color looks great on you! Looks like I’m still a month behind but I’m catching up lol.
Thanks Misti!! I broke down and got a keratin treatment... I had them for fifteen years and I tried to go without for the past year so I was not having to find a stylist every six months as we travel the world.... but, girl!!! I could not even get a comb thru the frizz!!! LOL!!! So, I am back on the keratin!
Great video, lots of important info to consider. You guys have the best van build. I'm impressed! Must have cost some bucks. Thanks for your channel, I love it.
Still cost less than our house... and no more electric bill or property taxes! :-)
Welcome to our channel!!
Love your backdrop!
Thanks, Carol Hardy!
Snow & Curt I loved your video too!
Wow good food for thought. Great video.
Glad it was helpful!
Good advice I like that I live at my van part-time and have a small little Studio I only paid 550 a month so I bet the boat was I'm a minimalist.. and I do this lifestyle so I can lift simple and cheap and have money in my pocket every day and I'm not reaping the benefits I love it.. I'll never pay her rent again those days are over..
We actually fel like we get along even better now... but you are right, it could be tough for a couple tht is not meant to be together! Thanks for tuning in!
@@SnowAndCurt you're more than welcome like a channel
That one video you last made has helped your channel blow up, well done finally a video has helped you grow, Congrats on 20k subs you had 8k 6 days ago, yewwwww well done
I know!! We are very excited! It's been a great week for our channel.... But our original subscribers will always be our favorites! ☺️
@@SnowAndCurt Yes 100% you can't beat the loyal ones that were here first, and today is over 22k subs, you both must be so happy, its great to see as I wouldn't of found you guys without that video as I was searching van life
Great video!!!! Thank you for posting... Hopefully see you guys on the road in 5 years!!!
I hope so too!
You two had me sold on you when I saw your screen door and sweet garage. Love it and you. Just saw one of your videos yesterday. Happy 1year Anniverssary! and it's not dorky, it's a great milestone. Wishing you great support and adventures.
Thanks, CHA RED!
Y'all are incredible. Really enjoying the channel! Recent subscriber and excited for the journey!
Awwww... Thanks! And welcome to the journey!
Congratulations!!! Been a fun year for sure - thanks for sharing the journey!
We are happy to have had you with us on the journey from way back when we first got started!! THANK YIU ☺️☺️🚐😺😺
I loooove traveling... tired of the rat race but right now is what is getting me closer to my goals.... soon enough I can perhaps share my own van life journey 😍 thanks so much for these videos! By far I love your bathroom.
PS: can't believe Curt just pulled down his pants 😳 🤪😄
I couldn't either!!! Yes... Wait until you are ready financially!
Thank you. That was so helpful
Just found your channel a few days ago... your van tour video. I felt like you guys invited me into your home and gave me a tour. You’re both so relatable and down to earth... I subscribed right away. Thanks for sharing a bit about yourselves and 7 great questions you should think about. Do you have a website? I would like to ask you some questions about your van.
Yep...
www.TheChillDaze.com
We are happy to have you on this journey with us!! ☺️🚐
Love you guys. I would love to do a van. We have a trailer with 3 dogs. Not quit retired yet. When we have no dogs I would love to do a van. I just want to go see the country but for now I will see it through your eyes thanks so much.
Barb... Welcome to the journey, we are happy to have you along for the ride!!
Love y'alls videos. Keep them coming. Go Noles, Curt.
Hmmmmm. since I (Snow) do 99.9% of the comment replies... I am going to ignore the last phrase in your comment.... if not, I might would have to block you form the channel! LOL! GO GATORS!!!
@@SnowAndCurt Lol Snow the subtle faces you make at Curt are the best part about this channel. I saw your orange and blue and thought about how y'all need a "Van Divided" bumper sticker.
Now your talking!! Lol
Love being able to join you in your life adventure! Question: Have you left even a small box of your past lives in a friend/family attic?
I have a suit case with all of my old photo albums and such in the guest room of my brothers closet! And a couple of dresses and a few clothes in case we have to make a quick trip home! But, it all fit into one suitcase! Everything else is gone unless it is in the van with us! Great Question!
Yay, congratulations on all the new subscriptions! Great job! Wonderful video. Some great points to think about. Loved it! Can't wait to see all your next adventures!
It has been a good week for our channel Lynda... but a SPECIAL thank you to you Lynda... you have been with us for a long while!!
Yeah everybody wants easy money now a days like all those you tubers.
I agree with you not to think you are gonna make huge chunks of money and be free to go live in a van
I hope I get to do that someday to live retirement like that too best life ever
It is amazing out here... but you have to have a financial plan for sure! Just trying to keep it real!! Thanks for tuning in!
Very good advices, thank you for your experience. Pls, keep making those videos
Thanks 🚐☺️
Snow & Curt = hello S&C. I love your videos and I do envy your Van life. I have a question. So, after 10 or 12 years of traveling around the world, are you going to settle down after that or continue Van life?? I know that you 2 are at the honeymoon stage of your Van life right now, it’s stupid of me to ask that question. But I just wonder.
I am 35 years old, male. I have a great job (100K per year). I live in a Tab 400 behind my parents’ house. I am trying to save 90% of my income , so I can do what you 2 are doing when I am 45. I want to have at least 500K in the bank when I make that decision. Is that make any sense. Pls, advise. Thanks so much. Have fun with Van life and be safe
Makes perfect sense... It's a great plan! We will pick our fav place and retire there... It could very well be back in Florida or somewhere crazy around the world. It will have to be affordable though, we will have money set aside for retirement, but most of it is going to this journey! Trading experiences for things! Keep saving... It's worth it to get out here!
Snow & Curt = thank you for your advices, I will keep on watching your videos. Can’t wait for the next one. I wonder where you 2 will be. Have lots of fun and be safe.
i appreciate the honesty
You are welcome!
Thanks for your Video! If you "finally" make this happen! you will be the First to know! God Bless you.
Fingers crossed!
Liked the van tour
Thanks, Patricia T Walsh!
Congratulations on your anniversary. I have been wanting to live in a van. Then I face reality. I am 73, on oxygen therapy and have a very angry back. I still think I can do it. So I just dream on. How did you get your van overseas?
The van squeezes into a shipping container and gets put on a cargo ship. Thanks for tuning in Kathy.
Love your van. You guys did an amazing job. Snow I love your hair!
Thanks April!!! Most of the time it'll be twisted up in a clip, but every great once in a while I'll fix it up a bit! Lol! That's van life!
Super helpful, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I’m working on it .. ☮️ 💟 plan is in the Works💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 Congratulations 🎈🎊🍾 Hope to c u out there 💖
nice!
Where r u 🐾☮️❤️
First time viewer. Great video.
Thanks and welcome
Congratulation! We want to see you at your 10th anniversary...
Ideea for building a van? So far I love everything from your ideeas. I plan to buy a 170 ext. 3500 diesel. What will be great if you do, to come with more details of building the van: more details about parts, step by step process, ... I am willing to pay for a clear, step by step, information how to build. The information on this market are full of theories and very little about practical. I hope you come with the practical one. All the best!
Ha! We literally just hired someone to draw the plans this past weekend. They should be ready in one month. So, stay tuned! Thanks for the kind words!
I cannot. I like plenty of water. Snug home and walls for night. But good for short term travel.
Fair enough! It is not a lifestyle for everyone for sure! Thanks for tuning in.
Wow your subs really bumped up in numbers...congrats!
Yes... It's been a good week for our channel! Thanks for being around for a while ☺️🚐
WOW, U4 are also great to talk about all this is making sense the only thing I want to say is the Pooping time. this is not to sure about my husband ""Reed"" we shall see....U4 are wonderful......I am from Canada Vancouver and we will be really interesting to travel.........Reed is a musician and has at least 7 guitars. I also wonder how we can make this fun situation.......we shall see
We are so happy you are enjoying our videos!! There is definitely not much privacy in a van! 😂
Love your Kitty! ❤️
It is their van... they just let us live in it! LOL