high? that is a good question. alex, what advice are you sharing with fellow or prospective van lifers? one of the most important things to consider if you are just buying a van is how many miles per gallon you get. if you are looking at getting a giant 30 foot school bus, you will really feel it at the pump. if you pick something smaller and sportier, still home size, you will definitely make out better at the pumps. frankie, tell me how they record high gas prices have impacted your life. i think we travel slower now. we try to stay in places and make sure we know where we would go on our route, that way we can calculate exactly how much money we need for fuel. . if you started in 2020, the gas prices some 40% higher. that has to be such a change for you guys.
podcast, you can hear different types of examples of jobs on the road that are traveling nurses, or doing content like ourselves, we work with sponsorships and grandiose, which makes it to where we can have a affordable lifestyle and put money in the bank as well.. we know people who are teachers on the road. they do graphic design. any kind of job you can do digitally, we know accountants and website builders from a-z, we see the gamut of jobs on the road. like frankie said, the cost of living, once you are in the vehicle, i know you were talking about the prices of vehicles skyrocketing, but once you are in the van, your life on the road is inexpensive. what would you two both say with the one thing you wish you had known before you hit the road? one thing i wish i knew was the fact that life could be so inexpensive and not to be scared. there are people in the world that are super friendly.
exploding pandemic make americans restless and hungry for new adventures. some of them hit the road living in a home on wheels and embracing a nomadic lifestyle known as van life. they are facing a new reality, hundreds of dollars to fuel up their van or bus or rv. alex and frankie mccullough are living on the road and sharing their experiences and expertise on youtube and social media. great to see both of you from inside of your van. let s share a clip from your youtube channel. let s take a look. feel is one of the most expensive parts of van life. with prices rising, is the van life over? we are sharing our tips to save money and asking fellow van life is, what will you do now that the price of gas is so
yes. when we first left, we were paying about $2.00 per gallon. now, we are traveling in california where prices were almost at $7.00, it definitely hurts. we will go back and watch our old videos where we were company about prices over three dollars and now we are jumping for joy to see that. a lot of perspective there. frankie, by most accounts, the gas prices are likely to go higher, do you think that will shrink the number of people choosing to live the van life? i think that will shrink the number. the reason why is because when you get into van life, we are saving a lot of money on rent. we are not paying the amount of money a normal person would pay for rent, which that could be a budget for fuel.. do you think this will be a lifestyle 30 years from now, even five or 10 years from now, or do you think this was a