I used to dream of vanlife freedom. But in reality, I had no income, was overthinking every step, burning through my savings, and feeling lost driving from place to place, hoping it would fix everything. On the outside, I was living free. Inside, I was scared and stuck – dreaming of the freedom I thought I already had. It sucked because I had no idea how to make money online. No roadmap. No mentor. No one to hold me accountable. I felt lonely and isolated because none of my friends or family understood what I was doing. Just me, my laptop, and a growing sense of panic every time I checked my bank account. Then I realized freedom doesn’t come from going places – it comes from helping real people solve real problems. When Skool came around, things finally clicked. Within 21 days, I made my first $1,000 helping others improve their digital art in Affinity Photo – and later built The Vanlife Network to connect and support like-minded travellers on the road. Now I work completely on my own terms and do what I love while enjoying my freedom. Couldn’t be more grateful ❤️

I’ve been in quite many storms during my 4 years of vanlife, but the one on 13 September definitely was the worst so far. Buddy woke me up in the middle of the night, by jumping on the bed, because of a thunderstorm. Shortly after, sh*t went wild. Hailstones, about the size of golfballs, were dropping from the sky for like 2 - 3 minutes. Neither of us (@Larissa van Leeuwen & @Annika van Helvoort) had signal so I plugged in my Starlink to make sure we were all safe. Apart from one broken light on my camper, all seemed fine. Until the sunlight hit it at a specific angle. Much “character” was added to Taro — my motorhome — that day. One more crazy story added to our vanlife journal! 🫡 Here’s to many more! 🫶 👉 What was one scary situation you were in? Let’s share experiences! P.S. (iPhone does quite a good job at noise cancellation, but you’ll hear how loud it all was when I start speaking.)

Hey road fam! ❤️ A lot has happened this week, so get ready for an extra long episode of TVLN News! ⭐️ Here’s what we cover today: - TVLN = Top 1% Skool Community (in 6 months)! ⭐️ - A wave of Lvl 7 members! 🌊 - More fun with TVLN GIFs! 🤪 - Skool Ads by Rens! 🚀 - Launching TVLN Spotify Playlist! 🎶 👉 Watch it on our YouTube channel here. Hope you found this update useful and I'm super grateful you're part of this. 🫶🏽 Much love, — Rens P.S. Love this community? Click here to upgrade! 👑

Getting my first van at the end of this month. I am on a tight budget and super worried I will end up buying something that isn't ok. Looking at a transit connect or T4 something like that. What's your advice for things to check when buying? This is all very new to me.

When we launched this community I quickly made an AI image as cover banner. But since we're all about real human connections, we did a redesign! What do you think? 🫡