Living and Exploring Out of a Van

Many people are living out of vans, motorhomes and even cars to combat the economy. Many are having a blast doing it .
Here's an excerpt from a great website about a guy from Vancouver BC enjoying a van dwelling lifestyle:
http://www.vanliving.net/VL/van/advice.htm

Throughout the first several months of vanliving, a thought keeps coming to me how easy the transition from apartment living to living in a van has occurred. Considering that I have not spent a single day in any RV prior to April 1 2009, when I slept for the first time in a converted van, the only explanation I can think of is that many years of dreaming and planning materialized into a smooth move from an apartment into a van. Thus, the first advice to anyone considering vanliving is to wait.

Often we want something, but with time our plans change. You do not want to spend a very considerable amount of money and then find out you don't really enjoy living in a van all that much. It would be a good idea to rent a class B RV (a van-based recreational vehicle) for a week or two, and pretend you live there, doing things exactly the way you would do them if you had no other place to call home.

It may cost a pretty penny to rent an RV, but considering a small fortune you may end up wasting, this would be money well spent. And you may discover what features you really like in your RV, and what items you can live without.