Living in the bus — daily life, travel, financial, health, parking
This comes up way less often than you’d think in the bus life community, and that’s kind of a problem. Everybody talks about solar panels and floor plans, but nobody wants to talk about what happens when you get sick 400 miles from your doctor. The short answer is that most full-time bus lifers handle … Read more
This is one of those questions that kept coming up every single time I was reading through bus life forums and watching build tours. You’ve got this big beautiful bus that gets you from place to place, but once you’re parked somewhere, you’re kind of stuck unless you want to fire up a 40-foot school … Read more
So you’ve got this big beautiful bus, and now you need groceries. Or you want to catch a movie. Or you just need to run into a store for five minutes. The question that hits everybody at some point is whether you can actually park this thing in a normal parking lot like a regular … Read more
This is one of those questions that comes up way more than you’d expect, and it deserves a straight answer because the people asking it don’t have time for fluff. Yes, you can absolutely live in a bus on a fixed income or Social Security. In fact, bus life might be one of the best … Read more
When I first started looking into getting my skoolie, laundry was one of those things that seemed like a bigger problem than it actually is. I mean, you’re living in basically a very small apartment on wheels. Where are you supposed to wash your clothes? But once I started digging into how people actually handle … Read more
I’ve lost count of how many times someone has asked me some version of “how much does this actually cost?” And the follow-up is always the same: “and how do you pay for it?” Those are two very different questions, and most articles online mash them together into a vague mess that helps nobody. So … Read more
If you’re thinking about moving your family into a converted bus, you’ve probably already gotten the look from at least one person. That mix of curiosity and judgment. I get it. The idea of raising kids in 250 square feet sounds either incredible or insane depending on who you ask, and honestly, some days it’s … Read more
Alright, this one matters. Like really matters. You’re building a home on wheels and you’re going to sleep in it, park it in places you’ve never been, and drive it through weather that would make most people stay home. So let’s actually talk about safety and security in a converted bus, because the YouTube tours … Read more
You’ve got your bus. Maybe you’ve even finished the conversion. But now you’re staring at this 35-foot yellow (or freshly painted) vehicle in your driveway and thinking: where on earth do I actually put this thing? You’re not alone — parking is the single most common worry people have about bus life, and for good … Read more
This is probably the most common debate in the bus life community, and honestly I’ve gone back and forth on it myself. You see a beautiful skoolie build on YouTube, you get excited, and then your spouse or your buddy says “why don’t you just buy an RV?” It’s a fair question. I’ve spent a … Read more