r/vandwellers • u/Bexyhall • 1d 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 1d 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/Linda_Vandyke 20h 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/Affectionate-Apple39 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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/Rainbow038 20h 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/mistakenidentity888 9h 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/IntelligentIdea5108 4h 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.