On Instagram, road-trip life has taken the more trendy form of vanlife culture—adventurous travel by living in customized vans. A closer look at the reality of vanlife, however, shows that it isn’t always as glamorous as it appears on Instagram.
) on “The things about VanLife not usually shown on Instagram”—became a moment of community therapy for vanlifers happy for some realness on Instagram.
For my cousin, preparation meant a thorough checklist before driving anywhere. “We kept a ‘Preflight checklist’ next to the steering wheel,” he told me, “to make sure we didn’t forget to do anything before moving the van: lock the drawers, lock the cabinets, nothing on the counter, close the vent, nothing on the roof.”
“VanLife,” Jenkins told me, “ is 50 percent of what you see on Instagram and 50 percent of what you don’t see. We really do spend half of our nights in beautiful spots with ocean views or in lush forests, but we also spend half of our nights in Walmart parking lots or at truck stops.” “Unfortunately, the majority of what you see portrayed on the platform is a very small part of vanlife,” Rodriguez told me.
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