That’s the question. I am not very social so I never really talk to other people in their vans, but I get curious about their experience. Here being anonymous seems ok to ask.

I live in one, in case it’s not clear. I know there’s a lot of people who do the same so maybe there’s someone here. Probably not but it’s worth a try. There used to be a van dwellers community on reddit, but mostly americans and instagram people.

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    22 hours ago

    Kind of… It’s kind of like being in a hotel for a week and considering that you lived in one. Though you did have the actual experience then of not always having a bathroom or shower around

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      It’s funny - the trip in question was five years ago, and you’re right in that the van had neither toilet nor shower. But, I don’t remember either of those being an issue to me. I remember showering at a friend’s place, I must have showered other places. I honestly don’t remember.

      How do you do showers? Membership at one of the gym chains? Ad-hoc community pool visits? One of those solar camping showers? All of the above?

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        Ehehehe, you guessed well. All of the above, plus beach showers when it’s not too cold. Camping showers for when I’m in the outback. It’s not usually a problem, and certainly wouldn’t be in just 1 week, but it’s a defining part of it.

        I say having to find toilet is a much bigger issue, but even then rarely really a problem.