About Vanlifers

Our Vision

At Vanlifers, we are dedicated to inspiring and guiding those captivated by the freedom and adventure of van life. Whether you’re dreaming of hitting the open road or already living the van life, we provide essential resources and insights to help you thrive.

Our Values

We celebrate and support the vibrant van life community.

Our Journey

Vanlifers began in 2015 as an Instagram account celebrating the van life experience through user-submitted photos. With over 2,000 photos shared, our community has grown to hundreds of thousands of followers, all sharing a passion for van living.

Our Timeline

2015
Launched @vanlifers Instagram account.
2016-2019
Grew the community with thousands of shared photos and stories.
2020
Acquired by RV LIFE, expanding our vision and resources.
Present
Continually evolving as a comprehensive resource for the van life community.

Vanlifers.com was created to complement our Instagram presence by providing educational content, answering common questions, offering practical tips, and serving as an overall informational resource for the van life community.

What We Offer

Vanlifers.com is your go-to hub for all things van life:

Part of the RV LIFE Network

As a key member of the RV LIFE network, Vanlifers benefits from the strength and resources of one of the largest RV community networks. This affiliation helps us cover all facets of RV and nomadic life, offering insights from the initial purchase of a van to practical maintenance tips and locating ideal camping destinations. This collaboration allows us to access a deep well of knowledge, enhancing our ability to deliver well-rounded and valuable content to our readers.

Meet Our Team

Experienced Travelers | Industry Experts | Passionate Writers

Our dedicated team of vanlifers and industry experts has collectively traveled hundreds of thousands of miles, exploring from coast to coast and across borders. Their extensive, road-tested experience ensures that every piece of content is authentic, reliable, and relevant.

Levi Henley

Levi Henley

Site Editor
Content Management and Media Specialist

Eileen Hubbard

Eileen Hubbard

Editor-in-Chief

Patrick Buchanan

Patrick Buchanan

Industry Liaison

Supported by Affiliates and Sponsors

Vanlifers thrives on the support of our advertisers and affiliate programs. This revenue helps us compensate our talented writers and cover operational costs such as hosting, software development, and editing. This support ensures we continue to deliver high-quality, trustworthy content to our readers.

Connect with Us

We invite you to be an active part of our community. Share your stories, tips, and experiences, and connect with us on social media. Your feedback and contributions help us grow and serve you better.

  • Follow Us: Stay updated with our latest posts and join the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.
  • Newsletter: Subscribe to our newsletter for regular updates and exclusive content every Monday.
  • Contact Us: Have questions or want to share your van life story? Reach out to us at [email protected].

DISCLOSURE POLICY

This disclosure document states how we monetize Vanlifers to allow us to keep bringing you the best in van camping information and entertainment – for free.

We don’t have a membership site, and we don’t sell our own products. Instead, we rely on advertising revenue and affiliate programs to compensate our writers and pay for regular expenses like hosting, software development costs, editing, and other normal expenses associated with operating a high-quality digital publishing operation.

LIABILITY:

We are not lawyers or accountants. Any legal or financial advice we give is our opinion based on our experiences. Always seek the advice of a professional before acting on something that we might say.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:

You should assume that we are benefiting financially or otherwise from everything you click on, read, or look at while on our website or in emails. Any revenue generated through affiliate programs does not increase the overall cost of the product or service to you. Rather the referral fee is paid from the revenue of the end seller, for instance, Amazon. We try our best to present factual information and link to reputable websites and sources. We don’t take liability for the content on sites that we link to.

You should assume that we have motivation for linking to everything on this page and will benefit from it somehow though. You should assume we are no better than you are and your opinion has just as much weight as ours. You should question everything we say and come up with your own thoughts and opinions and not blindly trust some blog or news organization.

COMPANY DISCLOSURES:

While we try to remain neutral in our opinions, we may be influenced by relationships with certain companies.

AI DISCLOSURE

At RV LIFE, we strive to embrace innovation and technology that affects RVers and RV travel. Recently, huge leaps have been made in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) that will impact the way information is created. How that will ultimately affect the RVing community remains to be seen, but in the meantime, RV LIFE is proceeding into this new arena with caution.

First off, we want to assure our readers that all of our content is and always has been written by RVers for RVers, and every article is monitored for accuracy by other RVers.

Because we value transparency, we want to be proactive and upfront about how we are currently utilizing AI in our content creation process for RV LIFE. Our team of RVers is experimenting with AI and using it judiciously to enhance some of our content in the following ways:

  • Identifying topics that are popular and providing ideas on what to write about.
  • Creating article outlines that function as a starting point for our writers.
  • Assisting in ideation for content, which is manually reviewed and edited.

At RV LIFE, we are committed to providing the highest quality content possible to our readers. As AI technology continues to evolve, we will update our policy and transparency accordingly so that you can be sure our technology decisions are always made with our readers in mind. 

Regardless of technological advancements in the future, we will always strive to keep our policies transparent and our content relevant and accurate.