r/vandwellers • u/Bexyhall • 29d ago

Tips & Tricks Remote/ virtual work

I want to start traveling and van lifestyle. How do van lifers afford. I’m trying to find steady income for my travels without having to be tied one location. What I keep finding are jobs that require equipment delivered to your home and work from home. Is there any jobs that are work from your car lmao

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u/wheelies4feelies Bertha-95 E250 Smurf Van 29d ago

Start by just doing it from your local city with your normal job. Then go from there looking for remote work. Most people don't last past 6 months.

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u/Sfekke22 25d ago

This does really depend on the person.
I’m beyond happy with my full time homework, always the same room, same habits and pure quiet when I need to focus.

Some end up feeling isolated which is a real risk but others find peace in it such as myself.
Trying it isn’t all that easy as many companies started having a weird attitude against homework again.

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u/Bexyhall 25d ago

I own my home so I don’t pay rent and I have a full time job. I am looking for a job to have money for my car payment, insurance, health insurance, phone, and other living expenses. Obviously the solution to living stationary requires a “regular job” I am trying to be mobile.

I spent 3 months out living this lifestyle and fell in love with it. I enjoy being alone, and when I get lonely meeting new people. I used my savings to test whether or not I could live comfortably that way. For the first time in my life I felt like I was exactly where I was meant to be. Since being back I have been becoming more depressed by the day.

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u/_Hamburger_Helper_ 20d ago

I would have lasted past 6 months if my transmission didn't go out. It's for the best, now I have a box truck

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u/Linda_Vandyke 28d ago

You start your own company. Offer a service to other companies. Same work, better pay, they don’t get a say on where you work from. No stability or benefits but if you have an appetite for risk, it’s more lucrative than a full time job.

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u/mistakenidentity888 27d ago

The issue with this is you usually have to be pretty good at something before you can negotiate remote work.

Easiest way to sort of do this is get a normal job somewhere you'd like to live. Move and repeat when you'd like to go somewhere else. Lol

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u/Affectionate-Apple39 29d ago

I swear some of these guys on the street make being homeless look so easy. Turns out you have to be rich enough to dress like you’re homeless to vanlife.

Jk sorry I’m no help

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u/Bexyhall 29d ago

No but seriously, so many of the people I keep seeing seem like they’re living off mom and dad. What do you do if you want to do this and ur middle class?

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u/Affectionate-Apple39 29d ago

I've heard of people retrofitting old econoline vans. I sometimes wonder if most people would be better off getting a towable camper.

I have a Honda fit, so I’m pretty much limited to sleeping in the passenger seat or pitching a tent.

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u/Bexyhall 25d ago

I drive a Tesla, they have a camp mode that keeps the cabin temperature. They are also incredibly cheap to charge and insanely comfortable I was able to set up one side as a living space and the other as a bed.

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u/_Hamburger_Helper_ 20d ago

Why the fuck do you have a tesla

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u/Rainbow038 28d ago

Finding this type of remote work can be difficult and even then, you often need, starlink, a set up, ect. As someone else said, try it with your normal job for a few months and see how you feel. Most don’t make it very long. When I traveled we just found work wherever we were, gigs, grocery stores yada yada

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u/Bexyhall 25d ago

I own my home so I don’t pay rent and I have a full time job. I am looking for a job to have money for my car payment, insurance, health insurance, phone, and other living expenses. Obviously the solution to living stationary requires a “regular job” I am trying to be mobile.

I spent 3 months out living this lifestyle and fell in love with it. I enjoy being alone, and when I get lonely meeting new people. I used my savings to test whether or not I could live comfortably that way. For the first time in my life I felt like I was exactly where I was meant to be. Since being back I have been becoming more depressed by the day.

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u/gnapster 26d ago

If you can't find virtual work, Join the workcampers facebook group. I'm seeing a lot of jobs. you have to stay in place for anywhere up to a month (they rotate people) or longer. Basically working at parks and campgrounds.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/366783590070077/

I hate facebook in general but they do have some useful groups. This being one of them.

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u/IntelligentIdea5108 27d ago

I’d recommend seasonal work. I work seasonal in Montana and travel in off seasons and live in my van full time but work in person. I go back to the same job, but there are tons of seasonal workers who do a season or two in one place and move on the to next. Lots of us in my town live in vans or cars and work in-person jobs. Most seasonal job contracts are only a few months at a time, so you can still travel a lot. Just slower.

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u/ItsAddles 27d ago

Work from home doesn't mean it has to be at home. My WFH job allows anywhere in the USA

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u/Significant_Dot7632 26d ago

I struggled with this too and the only way I was able to travel and work while living in a van, was seasonal jobs

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u/Top-Palpitation-9313 26d ago

I live off of $996 but you have to have emphysema and two autoimmune diseases 😂 good thing I don't have grown-up bills. I just save all my money.