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72 HOURS OF VAN LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND (this is what it's really like)

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72 HOURS OF VAN LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND (this is what it's really like)

Now we see why fall in New England is on everyone’s bucket list????

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Episode 795 | New England, USA | Filmed Oct 13, 2021

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0:00 How we shower in our van
1:42 Things aren't off to a great start
3:46 An incredible sunrise on Cape Cod
6:41 L.L. Bean Fashion Show :)
8:02 Quick stops Plymouth & Salem Massachusetts
10:21 Driving the Kancamagus Scenic Byway
12:01 Our favorite fall inspired ramen
16:14 Our train journey to the highest point in the Northeast
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72 HOURS OF VAN LIFE IN MEXICO…

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Episode 818 | Baja, Mexico | Filmed March 2022

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went home to “normal life.” We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????

#travel #travelvlog #vanlife #vanlifebaja #BajaMexico

0:00 Mexico van life ????
1:40 Not sure if this is worth it..
2:50 is this real life?!
6:54 Why Oura Ring is the best
8:13 First time filling up our van with water in Mexico
9:29 Picking up our first hitchhiker!
10:09 We’re HALFWAY down the Baja Peninsula!
10:33 Military checkpoint number 4
14:30 insanely beautiful beach camping! (Playa Santispak)
21:20 Nate’s 33rd birthday :)
25:04 Bay of Conception (Requeson)
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First 72 Hours in the Van | WE HAD NO IDEA | Van Life

We hit the road in our UNFINISHED Promaster to catch the fall foliage in New England. We quickly find out how unprepared we really were. Tune in to find out the struggles we faced during our first 72 hours of van life.

We are Ben and Jelaine with Nomadic Visuals. We have just embarked on a journey of our lifetime of full time travel in our Ram Promaster 3500! Come join us on this new journey we are calling life.



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Our scariest day of van life. (winter in Yellowstone)

Our 13 hour drive from Nebraska to Yellowstone, Wyoming turned into our scariest day of van life yet. This video is sponsored by Better Help; Get 10% off your first month here:

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Vlog 761 | #Yellowstone, #Wyoming, USA | State 25/50 | Filmed March 11, 2021

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married June 2013 and quickly caught the travel bug! We started “travel hacking” & finally decided we wanted to go travel for one year. After 2 years of saving $ and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016. We started this travelvlog to share our experiences with friends and family, then decided we really liked vlogging and traveling, and we didn’t want to stop after just one year! After achieving our new goal of 100 countries and then all 7 continents (check out our documentary here: we had no plans to slow down, until 2020 decided to force us to ;) which is when we bought a converted Sprinter van to start exploring our own country for the first time. #Vanlife was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????
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3 Days of Floating Van Life (England to Wales by Narrowboat)

This is the BEST way to see the U.K.! We spent 3 days living on a narrowboat and drove 22 miles through the British canals from England to Wales! ???????? Thanks to SoFi for sponsoring the video! Enter to win $10,000: - Sign up for SoFi Insights or Credit Score Monitoring to enter. No purchase necessary. See Rules for info & free entry method.

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Episode 885 | Filmed May 2023 | England/Wales

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00:00 Here’s the plan!
01:12 day 1: learning to drive
04:41 history of the canals
06:39 our first bridges/Kara takes the wheel
10:17 home for the night
13:34 day 2: narrowboat tour
19:24 our first locks
25:14 England/Wales border
30:34 day 3: world’s tallest aqueduct
34:42 bloops

FIRST 72 HOURS OF FULL TIME VAN LIFE ( was it all worth it? )

After spending the last 6 months self-converting our camper van, we're now officially on the road travelling full-time!

For our first 72 hours in full time van life, we travel down towards the New Forest and stumble across the perfect park up for our first night in the van. We also celebrate Jimmy's 33rd birthday and find the most beautiful little market.


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Life in the COLDEST PLACE on Earth (Record-Breaking Cold!) | Yakutsk, Yakutia

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Life in the Coldest place on earth, the region of Yakutia (Republic of Sakha), Siberia, Russia, & the Worlds coldest city, Yakutsk. We traveled to Yakutsk in the middle of winter to find out how people here survive in the toughest climate in the world. Little did we know, we would manage to time it so perfect that we would actually arrive during the coldest day in the last 20 years (-63'C / '81.5'F).
The lowest air temperature ever recorded in this region is -96°F (-71°C). The coldest town is Oymyakon, which is also in Yakutia, Siberia.
Life up here in the coldest city and region on planet earth is tough, and winter is long, however, people have lived here for centuries. The Yakut (Sakha) people have called this region home for generations and their unique culture & attitude to life has helped them thrive here in cold tundra of Yakutia, Siberia.

Join us, as we explore one of the coldest & unique places in Russia, during the coldest day in recent history!

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72 HOUR SURVIVAL (no food, no water, on an island)

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Episode 824 | Panama | Filmed April 2022

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went home to “normal life.” We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????

#bushcraft #survivor #travel #travelvlog #Panama

0:00 Nate’s childhood dream come true!
0:54 We only brought one item each
2:50 Building our shelter
5:33 starting a fire primitively!
7:31 why we LOVE athletic greens!
9:50 a snake almost landed on my face
12:32 GIANT POISONOUS SPIDER
13:51 Making drinking water!
14:43 natural bug repellent!
17:02 Day 2 - worst sleep ever (CRABS EVERYWHERE)
19:17 Nature’s toothbrush
19:44 Building a ladder out of bamboo
21:23 Making a crab fence…
21:55 IT RAINED
24:20 feeling defeated…
25:07 Fishing primitively
30:45 day 3 started off rough
33:08 FINALLY COFFEE
34:48 full tour of our camp
39:20 Making coconut fish curry
43:08 life changing experience
46:13 RESCUE DAY

BACK TO VAN LIFE (huge announcement)

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Episode 902 | Filmed September 2023 | USA

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Who are Kara and Nate?!
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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.

We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)

So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.

Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.

4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!

After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)

We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ???????????? Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!

00:00 day 1: Back to van life!
06:35 Day 2: Nashville to St. Louis
12:02 Day 3: St. Louis to Kansas
13:52 Day 4: Kansas to Colorado
15:12 Day 5: Climbing a 14er- Mt Massive
18:36 Day 6: Driving Vegas for ADELE
26:06 Day 7: Sleeping on the strip
30:13 Day 9: Installing solar in the desert
32:32 Day 10: THE BIG REVEAL in CA!
36:28 bloops

VAN LIFE OKLAHOMA (better than it sounds)

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Vlog 759 | Oklahoma, USA | Filmed March 7, 2021

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married June 2013 and quickly caught the #travel bug! We started “travel hacking” & finally decided we wanted to go travel for one year. After 2 years of saving $ and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016. We started this #travelvlog to share our experiences with friends and family, then decided we really liked vlogging and traveling, and we didn’t want to stop after just one year! After achieving our new goal of 100 countries and then all 7 continents (check out our documentary here: we had no plans to slow down, until 2020 decided to force us to ;) which is when we bought a converted Sprinter van to start exploring our own country for the first time. It was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????
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We Tried Van Life Above the Arctic Circle (bad idea?)

Winter #vanlife with @kingingit was....memorable ;) 4 people in 1 van during a winter storm = ultimate friendship test! A portion of this video was sponsored by Viator. Visit 
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Episode 859 | Filmed January 2023 | Lofoten, Norway

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Who are Kara and Nate?!
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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went home to “normal life.” We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????

00:00 traveling northern Norway is hard
01:05 overnight ferry⛴
02:23 Craig and Aimee ????????
04:09 day 3: winter van life????
09:00 feeding reindeer????
10:17 arctic surfing????????‍♂️
14:28 day 4: van tour ????

6 PEOPLE LIVING IN A VAN ft. Kara & Nate + Kinging-It

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In 2017 we bought our first sprinter van and spent 30 days renovating it into our dream tiny home. The plan was to van life around the world and we'd made it all the way from Canada to Africa. Fast forward to COVID...us abandoning our van in a Moroccan parking lot, flying home to Canada, converting yet another van, and then moving to our cabin in the woods.

We've always envisioned moving into the woods by the lake and building our dream tiny cabin as a home base for us to come back to in between our international van life travels. With our sights set on returning to Morocco, we thought it was time we dust off our van life skills. So, we squeeze 6 people into our sprinter van conversion for 24 hours!

Catch up on our #vanlife videos
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Back to Van Life
Abandoning Our Van in Africa

ROAD TRIP WITH US (back to van life)

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Episode 841 | Filmed August 2022

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Who are Kara and Nate?!
Watch our documentary here:

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went home to “normal life.” We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????

#vanlife #travel #travelvlog

0:00 from the North Pole to VAN LIFE!
0:55 How we ended up here?
2:25 heading NORTH!
3:25 Finding somewhere to sleep tonight…
6:08 Day 2: we’ve MISSED this!
8:32 Drone training LOL
9:30 How to save $$$ online shopping!
10:32 Cooking lunch in the van!
11:56 Hello Ohio! And Jungle Jim’s?
14:40 PEANUT BUTTER RAMEN
16:53 Day 4: Canada border crossing
25:00 SO THANKFUL THIS YEAR
27:30 REUNITING WITH OUR BFFS

HER FIRST SOLO VAN LIFE ADVENTURE (and biking 200+ miles)

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#vanlife / Travel vlog 730 | Colorado Trail | Filmed August, 2020

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And Then We Fell from the Sky - Across The Great Valley
Aoraki - Ooyy
Borrowed Matches - Tape Machines
Burn Within Sight - Dylan Sitts
Cashmere - Dylan Sitts
Crack On - Dylan Sitts
Got Real - Splasher!
Haw Par Villla - Ooyy
Heist Huzzle - Fasion
Informed and Prudent - Yi Nantiro
Jade Plant - Dylan Sitts
Kebnekaise - Czar Donic
Kyoto by Dawn - Ooyy
Mountain Downhill - Niclas Gustavsson
Mugged Off- Dylan Sitts
On Track- Dylan Sitts
Some of Y'all (Instrumental Version) - Work from Home.
Split - [ocean jams)
Still Cold - Crystal Shards
Toast - Dylan Sitts
Tweet and Delete - Dylan Sitts
Urban Chase - FormantX
Virtual Underworld - Dylan Sitts
Way Too Soon - Dylan Sitts
Words - Dylan Sitts
Valium - nothanks
Ocean Breeze - Timothy Infinite
Olympos - Ooyy

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married June 2013 and quickly caught the #travel bug! We started “travel hacking” & finally decided we wanted to travel for one year. After 2 years of saving $ and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016. We started this #travelvlog to share our experiences with friends and family, then decided we really liked vlogging and traveling! After achieving our new goal of 100 countries before 2020 and all 7 continents, we have no plans to slow down anytime soon, and we are incredibly thankful to do something we love every day. :)

Van Life Wales: What is it REALLY Like? (Vanlife UK)

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Our Race to Leave Europe (Illegal in 6 days) Van Life Europe

This week we race to leave Van Life Europe! Get an exclusive Surfshark deal! Enter promo code RYOW for an extra 3 months free at

Since our van build, we've travelled and like the van life europe life many times. Now we must race to get over (Yep, the B word) as our time in the Schengen zone is running out.

A mixture of a travel vlog with some vanlife stuff sprinkled in. We can all agree, travelling Norway in the spring has been extra special especially living in a van with all the open windows!

Join us as we make our way through Europe to escape a fine and a big ban. Will we do it.. well, that's the question!


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MOVING BACK INTO THE VAN (preparing for winter van life!)

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Episode 807 | Dallas to New Mexico | Filmed January 2022

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0:00 our epic 3,000m van life road trip!
0:35 Winterizing our van into a SkiBumMobile!
2:24 “Building” a new grey water system
5:53 Turning off our shower water supply
7:39 our FAV all in one daily drink!
9:10 Turning our shower into a SKI LOCKER
10:38 new flooring!
12:17 Sleeping at a casino…
14:54 We have NO winter clothes
16:17 We are VEGAN now!
17:52 how to get FREE water!
19:13 Sleeping in -6F!
22:51 Skiing in Taos, New Mexico
28:43 About Nate’s mustache…

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Who are Kara and Nate?!
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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” & became obsessed. So after 2 years of saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we rean out of money and went home to normal life. We started this travel vlog to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with this lifestyle and did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time. Van life was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????

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My Worst NIGHTMARE - Van Life FAIL Europe

This week Aimee faces her worst nightmare head on. As we make our way out of Norway in our van, we have to take a few boats along the way and we finally get to the big ferry which will transport us from Kristiansand in Norway to Cuxhaven in Germany. This is an 18 hour boat ride and we all know Aimee gets very boat sick and usually always chooses another option. But we're still running out of time to get out of Europe before our Schengen time is up and we get fined or worse - banned! Custard does not help this situation and has a little break down just for fun.

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MOVING BACK INTO THE VAN (life update)

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#Vanlife Vlog 755 | Nashville, Tennessee | Filmed February 18, 2021

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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married June 2013 and quickly caught the #travel bug! We started “travel hacking” & finally decided we wanted to go travel for one year. After 2 years of saving $ and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016. We started this #travelvlog to share our experiences with friends and family, then decided we really liked vlogging and traveling, and we didn’t want to stop after just one year! After achieving our new goal of 100 countries and then all 7 continents (check out our documentary here: we had no plans to slow down, until 2020 decided to force us to ;) which is when we bought a converted Sprinter van to start exploring our own country for the first time. It was a major adjustment and so different than flying every week like we were used to, but we are incredibly thankful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. ????????????

72 Hours Inside A Van Life Community

Van Life Mexico | Come join us for 3 days in our van life community down here in Baja, Mexico. We have made friends on the road that really feel like family and this week we want to show you a van life reality video of what van life is really like when travelling with friends. #vanlife #vanlifemexico #travelvlog

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➤ ABOUT US: Hi! We’re Nick & Raychel, the couple behind the blog Not Luxe - where we write travel guides & help people open their eyes to alternative living, whether that be teaching English online, moving to Cambodia, taking advantage of working holiday visas (like in Australia) or building a DIY stealthy camper van to live & work on the road. Right now, we’re living the van life and travelling throughout Canada and the USA.

Our goal here is to bring you weekly content where we hope to inspire you to break free & live the life you desire. On this channel, we talk everything from finances to minimalism to working online to mindset and post a weekly vlog of our daily lives. We hope you join us on our journey to see the world, save money, live minimally, and most importantly, have fun.

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