planning

Having just returned from a 1,600 mile trip with my daughter, I realized that one of the largest problems I have is being spontaneous with our travels, but still being able to find a place to stay. Being early April, it seemed as though nothing was open and we spent far too long searching the...

:::::: quietly and tentatively waving from the sidelines, and looking forward to getting in the game :::::: I’m right on the verge of taking the plunge, y’all. After years of researching, dreaming, and planning, I finally found “the one” and am hoping to bring her home in the next month or two...

Hey everyone! First time poster here. Me and my family (wife and 3 year old daughter) have a 2020 Subaru Ascent and recently purchased a teardrop trailer to haul behind it. I have my 07 Chevy Silverado 1500 but we enjoy the space of our Ascent for longer trips. Were planning a trip in October...

Hey all. You can call me BB. I'm a freelance photographer and artist and my partner, Sky, is also an artist and behavioural consultant (for animals and their humans). :greetings: We have been talking about converting a bus and/or building a tiny home for about 10 years now. We're at a point now...

Hi, I was looking for some help in our travels from Massachusetts to pick up our trailer in Chilliwack, BC. I have attached a photo from googles maps for this trip. We are trying to determine which route we should drive to Chilliwack the N Dakota route or the S Dakota route since we will not...

We have been downsizing and planning our next chapter which until recently was to design and build a tiny house. We currently camp year round in our hand-built teardrop trailer. We've recently discovered and decided that our future is best realized with bus conversion. We welcome direction from...

Hi, I’ve been pondering an RV platfiorm for a while, and early on focused on the DIY option, mostly because of money and specific needs. I realized a few months back that I could get a more solid mid-sized bus than an extended cargo van for way less money, and get more room, and from there...

Hello everyone! I've been a lurker on this forum for awhile, and I think we're on track to buy a bus early in 2018. My husband, 8-month-old little girl (another one on the way in July of 2018), and Great Dane live in Austin TX, but we are Louisville KY natives. We've always admired tiny homes...

Hi all! So excited to be starting this journey. We officially decided to start a bus conversion. We have been doing a ton of research. So within the year, we are hoping to buy, convert and move into our bus. At some point we're going to relocate from Boston to his family's property near Albany...

Hello Group I will soon have my basic truck and still in the researching the camper phase. I expect to "wander" around some just looking for a suitable camper. Trip/road planning for the new guy. Your thoughts on estimating road(s) vis Benchmark/DeLorme ( AKA Garmin as they bought DeLorme in...

So, I am starting to nail down space planning for our bus, I have reviewed many of the threads here for ideas and general build advice. This thread is more intended to capture unique or specifically space saving ideas. I would mainly like to encourage sharing things like drawer systems...

Hi all! We're excited to find this site. We're at the very beginning of our schoolie journey, just in the planning stages. We're hoping to build our bus to live in full-time for a few years to help us save money to build a sustainable home. We have two cats who would be moving in with us as...

I'm honestly a major newby and don't have hardly any experience in crafting/construction, working under the assumption that I already have a bus, what should my first step be? (Flooring, plumbing, electricity, etc,)

Dollar stretching tips!!?? Ok...we are looking at extended travels upone retirement in 11 months. We love to save money on campgrounds. While we can afford some of the luxurys of a $60 a night "resort", we love the State Parks a little more. We are also looking at the nicer COE campgrounds...

My wife (SJ) and I are planning on doing a bus conversion. No kids, yet. SJ is 5'2" and I am 6'4". I been looking around at different buses. Outside found, "Hank bought a bus", those look great. I really like the dog nose look. (We would love to do something like this!) AND then the rest of...

Hello lovely Skoolie people- My name is Katelyn, and last week I purchased a Thomas 1992 school bus. I purchased it partially converted, but it still has quite a long ways to go. My plan is to finish the conversion and make this my full-time dwelling. I'm young and single, and my friends...

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I am scouring around the minds of experienced converters since I am a newbie to this community. We are working on a "plan" and gathering up resources so things would be able to run without a lot of headache. A possible glitch I foresee is an area for construction is this...I had the idea that...