Where are they now?
We’ve linked to videos from dozens of different vanlife and vanlife-adjacent creators, but where are they now? What are they doing?
Creators
- Christian Schaffer’s work is among the best photographed, but her latest video reveals some doubt about continued vanlife
- Kara and Nate were travel vloggers before turning to vanlife during pandemic. They’re mostly back to travel now
- Mariah Alice sold off her van and started converting a box truck, but is in “hibernation” per her most recent video
- The Vanwives have been focusing on their woodland cabin build for the past year
- Vanlife Sagas used to be a reliable source of vanlife tips and humor, but the couple has broken up and have largely stopped producing content
- Jarrod Tocci has produced a number of van tours, and published another just hours ago
- Ourkaravan has been posting irregularly
- Living the Van Life is still at it
- Mathers on the map appeared in a single, early inspo list, but they’re still producing videos regularly
- Chris and Sara were another travel vlog couple-turned-van lifers that are now back to travel
- Wings and Wheels Alaska are still wheeling
- Scott Adamson took a long break, but just started posting videos again
- Seven O Savage disappeared for a while, but continues intermittently
- Lidia Rico is posting on her own now after a breakup
- Kels and Jay went from bus to van, and more recently sold off that van and started a conversion company
- Ladi and Margaret are still kicking it
- Kinging-It are still rocking their van
- Levi Allen is still producing his mix of adventure, DiY, and van building stories
- Regretlyss is still posting emotional videos
- Wonderhussy never did van life, but is continuing to adventure around the dry west
- Bound For Nowhere has been on hiatus after produced a couple epic series through pandemic, but they promise a new series soon
- Overland Trail Guides is producing videos of (mostly) western states adventures
- Get Lost With Brooks had some fire content, but hasn’t released a new video in years
- Quin Gable is still sharing stories of traveling with her cats
- Will Prowse is still tearing apart batteries and demoing electrical builds
- Anna Uncharted sold off her van, and it’s not clear what’s next
- Everlanders are still sharing technical and DIY content
- Calum, who only produced a couple vanlife videos among his many explainer videos, continues explaining everything
- Xyla Foxlin continues to be an awesome maker, though the teardrop trailer video was mostly a one-off for vanlife-adjacent content
- The Story Till Now is still on the road
- Only a Roadtrip Away has given up on the last project and is now on hiatus
- Sunny Luna Living appears to be on hiatus, wit the last video published five months ago
Conversion and kit shops
- Freedom Vans has built a number of vehicles in our inspo list, and they’re still at it
- Titan Vans has built a number of vehicles in our inspo list, and they’re still at it
- Humble Road is an entertaining builder, even if their vehicles don’t match our taste
- Campovans is still a life goals on a lot of dimensions (and they’re still producing videos)
- Van Land continues to introduce new products and post new videos
- Explorist Life is still one of the best sources of info for van electrical systems
Cover photo from Calum’s explainer on the world’s largest overland vehicles.