Van Camping Travel Budget

July 5, 2015 - October 29, 2015 - 117 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Pictures and overview at Western States Road Trip on $20 a day
States traveled: Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi
Total Miles: 10,524 miles
Total $ spent on gas = $1,998 (about 19 cents per mile)
Total $ spent on food, lodging, everything else (parking, camping fees, etc) = $2,605
Total $ spent for EVERYTHING including food, gas, lodging, extras = $4,603
TOTAL Average $ per day food, gas, lodging = $39.34 ($19.67 per person per day)

April 1, 2014 - August 2, 2014 - 124 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Book detailing entire trip on Amazon at Big City Wild Country East Coast Road Trip on $20 a day
States traveled: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois
Total Miles: 7,532 miles
Total $ spent on gas = $1,926 (about 26 cents per mile)
Total $ spent on food, lodging, everything else (parking, camping fees, etc) = $2,896
Total $ spent for EVERYTHING including food, gas, lodging, extras = $4,822
TOTAL Average $ per day food, gas, lodging = $38.88 ($19.44 per person per day)

October 2012 - 41 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Dates traveled: October 7, 2012 through September 16, 2012
States traveled: Florida, from Port Canaveral to Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach and back
Total Miles: 390 miles (used bicycles extensively on this trip which we normally do not recommend)
Total spent: fuel, groceries, ice, 5 nights campground fees, restaurant meals mostly breakfast and lunch, 2 nights in a budget hotel, Light House and park entrance fees
Grand Total: for 41 days on the road: $1276
Our daily average spend: $31.12 ($15.56 per person per day)
Daily strict Vanabode average spend: $1076 ($13.12 per person per day) if you remove the "extras and unnecessary additional expenses" that we incur due to our particular lifestyle choices, but which are not necessary to live and enjoy the trip: restaurant meals, hotel stays, on beach parking frequently

August 2012 - 28 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Dates traveled: August 2, 2012 through August 31, 2012
States traveled: Florida, from Port Canaveral to Key West through South Beach Miami and back
Total Miles: 940 miles
Total spent: fuel, groceries, tolls, ice, 3 nights campground fees, restaurant meals mostly lunch, 1 night in a hotel, entrance fees to John Pennecamp with snorkeling offshore, shower fees
Grand Total: for 28 days on the road: $1088
Our daily average spend: $38.80 ($19.42 per person per day)
Daily strict Vanabode average spend: $26.05 ($13.03 per person per day) if you remove the "extras and unnecessary additional expenses" that we incur due to our particular lifestyle choices but which are not necessary to live and enjoy the trip: restaurant meals, hotel stay, Pennecamp snorkeling trip

June 2010 - 20 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Dates traveled: June 2nd 2010 through June 26th 2010
States traveled: Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Canada
Total Miles: 2866
Total spent: fuel, groceries, tolls, ice, 3 nights campground fees, 4 movie tickets, 1 night in a hotel, entrance fees to private game parks and exhibits, shower fees, 4 bottles of wine, ferry ride
Grand Total: for 20 days on the road: $1154
Our daily average spend: $57.70 ($28.85 per person per day)
Daily strict Vanabode average spend: $40.84 ($20.42 per person per day) if you remove the "extras and unnecessary additional expenses" that we incur due to our particular lifestyle but which are not necessary to live and enjoy the trip: movie tickets, wine, extravagant restaurant meals, hotel stays. Note: we traveled an average of 143 miles per day in order to complete this trip on a certain schedule for personal reasons. I recommend no more than 50 miles of travel per day ordinarily and this would have reduced the daily strict Vanabode average spend to less than $14 per person.

May 2008 - July 2008 69 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Dates traveled: May 9th 2008 through July 16th 2008
States traveled: Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
Total Miles: 10,112
Total spent: fuel, oil change, ice, groceries, dinners out, tolls, misc., movies, and three nights in a hotel:
Grand Total: for 69 days on the road: $3459
Our daily average spend: $50.13 ($25.07 per person per day)
Daily average strict Vanabode spend: $34.30 ($17.15 per person per day) if you remove the "extras and unnecessary additional expenses" that we incur due to our particular lifestyle but which are not necessary to live and enjoy the trip: movie tickets, wine, extravagant restaurant meals, hotel stays.

November 2006 - January 2007 81 day Vanabode Budget
Vehicle - van shown in the book Vanabode how to happily camp, travel and live forever on $20 a day.
Dates traveled: November 11, 2006 through January 31, 2007
States traveled: Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida.
Total Miles: 10,215
Total spent on transportation: on fuel and one oil change: $1,565
Total spent: for groceries, lunches and dinners out with family and friends, tolls, misc., movies, and two nights in a hotel, ice: $2,517
Grand Total: for 81 days on the road: $4,082
Our daily average spend: $51 ($25.50 per person per day)
Daily average strict Vanabode spend: $32.82 ($16.41 per person per day) if you remove the "extras and unnecessary additional expenses" that we incur due to our particular lifestyle but which are not necessary to live and enjoy the trip: movie tickets, wine, hotel stays, extravagant restaurant meals.

Living and traveling long term and full time from a van, motorhome, RV or travel trailer is one of the best ways to spend your most precious resource: your time. It is also the best value for your money. Make memories with your family while you still can. You never know how long you have to live. You may visit full-time rv travel and lifestyle budget for information on how much we spent while living from a big class a motorhome before creating the Vanabode style of travel.

    

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