Living while traveling in a motorhome. The year is 2020. The year of the pandemic. Are you aware that you're making history? Many people are already preparing to migrate to the 'new normal'. Have you ever been tempted by the nomadic life or living in a motorhome?
Discover the best recommendations of this family that lives, travels and enjoys in a motorhome with their precious baby. They left everything to live in their motorhome traveling the world and they are succeeding despite the current Covid situation. They have been on their adventure for 3 months.
But first, some very practical things about living while traveling in a van or motorhome! Keep reading!
Can you live traveling in a motorhome?
In this life wanting is power. And if not, our babyvanblog family will quickly show you. You can live in a van or you can live in a motorhome, of course, although first you should know a few things.
Living in a motorhome saves on bills and lifts the spirits. It's a new way of life for many brave and adventurous families. It's said that living in a motorhome saves you more than €6.000 a year on living expenses. According to these calculations, you'd spend €17.000 a year on a traditional house, while in a campervan, the figure drops to just over €10.000. Of course, everyone's situation is different, so the average of €27 a day can vary considerably depending on the family.
We already know how much it costs to live in a motorhome. Now, we wonder if "you can live in a motorhome." In other words, is it legal to live in a motorhome?
If this lifestyle appeals to you, you should know that in Spain, you can't register your address at your motorhome or campervan, which poses a problem for school enrollment and access to healthcare. However, if you don't settle in one place with your motorhome, the chances of legal issues are reduced. The authorities will treat you as just another traveler . Living a nomadic life means you can move and live anywhere in the world without too many ties.
This is according to motorhome enthusiasts who have already experienced living in a motorhome, such as Babyvanblog.
The nomadic family that left the south of the south
- FAVORITE DESTINATION: SIERRA MORENA
- TIP: USE SOLAR PLATES
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This family, rooted in Tarifa, in the far south of Spain, consists of Marco (Italian), Oli (Galician), and their son Iago . They've been traveling together for a year in a sturdy, old motorhome. They're currently enjoying a nomadic lifestyle in it. They've renovated it, and it's their home. It has a name: "La Gorda" (The Fat One). Their cat, Lola, is also part of the family.
What advice do you give a newbie to AC or camper?
We consider ourselves newbies! We would not know what recommendation to make. I imagine that the best thing we can share, what has served us the most is trying to ensure that destiny or times do not limit our well-being along the way.
On our first trip we hoped to complete a certain route that became an impractical plan when we started shooting. We knew how to redirect on time, adapting to the needs of the three of us, the road pleasantly surprised us and we ended up having a wonderful experience.
But the process of learning and adapting to the motorhome without previous experience was and continues to be slower than we thought. Our motorhome is from 89 and we take great care of it, for example we realized that with her and Iago, who was a year and a half, we could not make trips as long as we had planned.
What extra do you recommend for a motorhome or camper?
I think our biggest extra was the bikes. Thanks to them, our daily logistics of travel, excursions and errands greatly improved. In many small towns or tourist sites in high season it is not very easy to move a motorhome every time you need to make a short trip (if there are no good combinations of public transport, for example).
Iago is in his back seat very happy and we feel much more autonomous. And right now, we think our biggest extra is the solar panel. We seek above all autonomy.
Any trick that makes your life easier?
Yes ... right now that we have been planning our "escape plan" ... hehe, we have made a garden during confinement and prepared preserves that do not need a refrigerator. The vacuum bags to store blankets or winter clothes are also helping us a lot.
For those who do not have a compressor refrigerator and have an old trivalent refrigerator, like us, it is not bad to install a double fan (pc) to blow the hot air out and improve performance.
In our motorhome we do not have air conditioning for very hot days, but we have installed a "turbovent", a skylight that moves the air both outside and inside (depending on what you need) and improves the ventilation of the cell at nap time or as an extractor hood for cooking.
What route do you recommend taking in a motorhome or campervan in Spain? The coast and the interior of Cádiz province. Autumn and spring are wonderful, with lovely beaches and plenty of natural parks for those who enjoy nature and active sports.
It has it all, the mountains very close to the coast, and a humid interior such as the Sierra de Grazalema or the Bosque de la Niebla, where you can find primitive vegetation typical of a climate very distant from what one imagines when coming to the south. The sunsets in autumn are the ones with the most special color.
What route do you recommend doing in a motorhome or camper in Europe?
We can recommend what we have done so far. Lombardy- Liguria- Tuscany- Umbria and Sardinia. We have done it in July-August and we totally advise that it be at another time, as it is very crowded. Liguria and Tuscany have many things to offer and are well prepared for motorhome tourism, they are family sites and of great heritage and landscape interest.
As for Sardinia, it is a paradise, both the coast and the interior. In every curve there is an impressive place. Dream coasts with dream mountains. The northeast area is difficult for motorhome tourism, very prohibitive and unwelcoming. The southern area is great, nothing to see. We did the entire coast, arriving in Olbia from Civitavecchia by ferry, and leaving from Portotorres to Barcelona by ferry as well.
And what destination at Christmas?
We cannot make any recommendation for this date. We haven't tried that experience yet.
The best proposal to go in a motorhome or camper with children?
For us, any place with a natural environment is always great. We love meeting other families or visiting sustainable or educational projects, but we understand that the variety of possibilities depends a lot on each case.
As a new mother and father and a new family in a motorhome, we feel that we have a thousand possibilities ahead of us to explore!
The most impressive place to spend the night with a motorhome or camper?
We feel a certain sensitivity towards Sierra Morena, in the part of Jaén, specifically Aldea Quemada with its canyon, gorge and the Cimbarra waterfall. Our hearts shrink and our instincts sharpen.
Be it the roar of the waterfall when it is full, knowing that space is shared with lynxes and wolves or the great starry sky from the hole in the skylight. Of course, it is a protected area and you have to be respectful of the regulations and contribute to conserving the area. For the night, the town is very close.
What do you think of his advice on living in a motorhome?
Thanks for the recommendation of these routes. I will definitely do them on my next motorhome trip which I hope will be very soon.
I am excited to see the testimony of this family. A life full of new experiences every day.
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Thanks Hugo. They truly are an inspiring family to many of us. A hug family!