To get an idea of the budget involved, we asked our camper vanlife mates from Des fenêtres sur le monde who have been on the road for four years. This is what they said: “The budget is perhaps the trickiest point because there are so many different ways to travel in a campervan. It all depends on your lifestyle and pace of travel, without forgetting where you’re going and who you are travelling with (alone, couple, family), your leisure activities and your vehicle’s fuel consumption, etc.
In general, however, your budget can be broken down as follows: 33% fuel, 33% food and 33% leisure activities. If you’re more of a restaurant goer than a sandwich in the van type, then the food budget will be higher. Similarly, if you prefer 5-star campsites to camping wild, then your leisure budget will be higher. So, your budget will depend on how you plan your road trip.
Oh! one more thing: don’t forget to keep something aside for “mechanical glitches” on the road! We hope you won’t have to use it, but better safe than sorry!”