I didn’t plan to write a guide this long about living with animals in a bus. But the more I dug into it, the more I realized how much there is to cover, and how many people are getting tripped up by stuff that’s pretty easy to solve if you know about it ahead of … Read more
If you’re thinking about doing the bus thing by yourself, you’ve probably noticed that most of the content out there is aimed at couples and families. The build tours, the floor plans, the budgets — almost all of it assumes there’s at least two people involved. I spent a lot of time digging into what … Read more
So you’ve been watching the YouTube tours. You’ve seen the couples with the gorgeous wood-paneled interiors parked next to a lake somewhere in Colorado. You’ve seen the family of six who sold everything and hit the road in a yellow school bus they bought for $4,000. And now there’s a part of your brain that … Read more
If you’re thinking about doing bus life by yourself, you’ve probably already heard every opinion from “that sounds amazing” to “aren’t you scared?” I’ve spent a lot of time digging into this because the solo angle changes the equation on almost everything, from the build to the budget to how you handle a Tuesday night … Read more
Winter is coming and your bus is basically a steel box on wheels. If you’ve never been through a cold season in a skoolie, the list of things that can go wrong is longer than you’d think — frozen pipes, dead batteries, condensation dripping off the ceiling onto your pillow at 3 AM. Getting a … Read more
Summer in a skoolie is a different animal than winter, and honestly I think it catches more people off guard. Everyone worries about cold weather because it sounds dramatic, but heat is the thing that actually makes people miserable day to day. Getting your bus ready before the temps climb is the difference between enjoying … Read more
If you’ve got kids and you’re thinking about full-time bus life, the education question is probably the one keeping you up at night. Not the plumbing. Not the parking. The school stuff. Homeschooling on a bus is not only doable, it’s become one of the strongest arguments for this lifestyle. State requirements vary wildly but … Read more
Living in a bus with two people is cozy. Living in a bus with five or more is a whole different game, and it’s the thing I get asked about more than almost anything else. (See our guide on How Do You Get a Mailing Address Living in a Bus? for more on this.) Big … Read more
Living in a bus with pets is one of those things that sounds either perfect or completely insane, and honestly it lands somewhere in the middle most days. Dogs, cats, even the occasional rabbit — they all show up in bus builds, and the people who make it work will tell you it’s the best … Read more
Everybody’s got an opinion on bus life. The problem is most of those opinions come from people who’ve either never done it or who are trying to sell you something. So I figured I’d just lay it all out — the good stuff and the bad stuff, no filter, no spin. Living full-time in a … Read more