Pack Up Everything And Start Living That #VanLife. Here’s How.

It’s a hippie’s dream of living off the grid crossed with a millennial’s need to portray the perfect life. It’s #VanLife.

And it’s the new social trend in which frustrated folks pack everything into vans and hit the road to live the van lifestyle. And we mean, like, permanently. Because they live in vans and do dope van stuff now. So, sound appealing?

Then check out these #VanLife Instagram pics and get ready to hit the open road.

Got My Vans On

What is #vanlife? For critics, it’s a hippie-dippie phase, an excuse to shirk responsibilities and doink around the world in an auto. For true believers, it’s transformative, cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, and so much more.

This photo comes from Tessa and Dillon of The Bus And Us.

American Van-dal

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Foster Huntington, an early Instagram celebrity because of his van travels, coined the term “van life” as a take on Tupac’s “thug life.” He also used hashtags #homeiswhereyouparkit and #livesimply. Here, several #vanlife enthusiasts enjoy a fire courtesy of Travis, aka @travywild.

Cheap Thrills

Before moving into his 1987 Volkswagen Syncro and traveling across the country in 2011, Huntington lived in New York and worked as a designer for Ralph Lauren.

“It’s cheap to live in a van,” he admitted to the New Yorker. In this photo, Hayden Warner enjoys Hume Lake, CA.

More Travels More Money

As romantic as #vanlife is, it partially stems from a negative reaction to economic realties. “I think there’s a sense of hopelessness in my generation, in terms of jobs,” explained Huntington. Monetizing one’s travels is a workaround. Here, Peter Amend explores Sequoia National Park, CA.