After living in two vans, driving between seasonal jobs for years, we’ve learned a thing or two!

Here are a few tips we’ve learned from part-time and full-time van life 🚐

Join Us Virtually on the Road for Van Life Travels!

Ever wonder about van life meetups?

How do people who live in vans make money?

Scroll down to find answers to your questions and more!

🚐 Van Life Guides & Meet-Ups 🚐

We’ve lived in our van in between thru-hikes and seasonal jobs since 2016. This often puts us in the van during cold weather… so buckle up and jump in! 🌵

Van Related Jobs

One Option: Sugar Beet Harvest

SIGN UP for October usually happens in March/April!

One of the FASTEST ways to make money on the road is the Sugar Beet Harvest! 💰

We worked the whole season (3 weeks) and wrote down everything we knew about it.

Choose your path below…the Ultimate Guide, which answers all your Sugar Beet FAQs, or the journal-style daily updates. ⬇️

Woman working the sugar beet harvest with two red sugar beets the size of her head.
Ultimate Guide to the Sugar Beet Harvest workamping job for nomads
Daily updates from a nomad who worked the Sugar Beet Harvest.
Woman skier shredding powder.

Another Option

Seasonal Work at ski resorts

As perpetual thru-hikers, we love seasonal work. A lot of these jobs can work with van life, OR often as a break from it.

This is how we sustained our thru-hikes for years! Bonus…it comes with ski time!

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