VAN LIFE in Europe Cost Breakdown & Tips

[@erniejohns3750]

Your excitement is infectious, put a great cover of your trips, well done.

[@GerardHosker]

Hey guys, brilliant we’ve done it we are in ours 70s now but thought you both are just lovely down to earth but realistic and very sensible, We’ve had motorhomes but sold ours during the pandemic realised we made a mistake,so I bought a delivery van Ford Transit LWB/HT and converted it , so now we have a CAMPERVAN which we love. In August 23 my little wife had a massive heart attack had three stents put in her heart, she is now doing well and now we are looking forward to start our travels again soon. Enjoy your life together look after each other and keep laughing, Best wishes to you both, Gerry and Veronica.❤

[@Steps2adventure]

Sorry to hear your wife has gone through a rough patch but I'm glad she's come out smiling get yourselfs on the road and enjoy yourself life's for living and experiences my grandad had a heart attack whilst in Spain the hospital was amazing over there he had stents but he was perfect a few days later full new lease of life 💯🙌

[@jjs_adventureswithcharlie]

Brilliant break down of costs. Can pay double that for 2 weeks holiday so it really is a bargain when you look at it and all the places you have visited and all the memories made are priceless. We cant wait to start our European adventures hopefully next year.

[@Steps2adventure]

Absolutely!! Ah you’ll love it, it’s the best experience

[@MarkShaw-x1h]

Just watched your video. And was thinking that only spending £32 pounds per day is absolutely amazing. Love watching your videos. Thank you 😀😀

[@2028rtn]

Thanks for always replying, I hope to bump into you one day and buy you both a drink or three ❤

[@patrickhawkins9087]

The most enjoyable travelling pair on you tube, Love everyone of your Uploads

[@davesdaze]

Hello Both. Well what can I say. You had a fantastic time in Spain and all for 2700 pounds, sounds fantastic. England is just a rip off. Can see now why everyone with a motorhome head down there. Nice sun, nice food, nice country, nice people. No brainier really. Yes u need to keep doing it while young, good luck to u both. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Take care. This old timer well 58 is still converting my ex sainsbury supermarket van to camper, might just make it to Felixstowe, 30 miles away. Don't get old. Best wishes David and Beverley Norfolk

[@Steps2adventure]

As soon as you have finished it get overseas and explore you will absolutely love it thanks for the kind words 💯 hope you get your build finished soon

[@davesdaze]

@@Steps2adventure thank u

[@julian-1955]

Just found your channel and loving the tips. Especially the W3W for park ups. We're almost 70, only 6 months into motorhoming and loving it. Did 16 weeks to Greece and back via Albania etc. Trip of a lifetime. Life is for living! Can't wait to do 24/25 winter in Spain. Sick of UK winters. We both had heart attacks and me stents like your grandfather but believe we must do these experiences before we get old, poor health or just don't want to any longer. Well done you two. A breath of fresh air. Very interesting and entertaining. Muchas gracias. 🤙👏👍😊🙏

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks so so much your not wrong life is for living get out there and travel you can't beat heading off overseas and seeing new things 😊💯

[@davidludford2164]

Brilliant,thank you so much,currently I am in Thailand ,I have been married to a Thai for 37 years,I have been to 154 countries and territories,I have never done van life,you have a whole life time of travel a head of you,turkey Albania Morocco are a very interesting,yourvideo was very helpful,and remember the Scottish highlands are just a days drive away

[@Steps2adventure]

We are always in Scotland we love heading up there skiing and relaxing with great views ahaha

[@alanhat5252]

Very useful video, thanks. I've seen other channels try this & yours seems the most comprehensive. Again, thanks. 😊

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks for watching 😊💯

[@glynn1301]

Loving the videos. Catching up on ones I’ve not seen before. Thanks again from Chorley

[@shaunmccaw2911]

83 days what a bargain considering everything you guys did win win for me 🤙🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Steps2adventure]

We definitely think so!! Thanks for watching

[@DaveKeenan1956]

I bloody knew I was right to subscribe to you guys!

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks mate for the support 💯👌

[@jessicapomroy9382]

Wow amazing my partner and I are converting our van for this Summer and have budgeted almost double this for our 3 month trip! Thank you for sharing 😁

[@Steps2adventure]

You will love it if yiu spend more time in Spain you will spend next to nothing as everythings so cheap 👌💯

[@jessicapomroy9382]

@@Steps2adventure thanks for the insight! Our plan is for Spain & Portugal 😍

[@Zola57]

Had you thought about taking 20litre jerry cans to use when you came across cheap fuel?

[@Steps2adventure]

We would probably do this if we are out for longer 😊

[@faisaliqbal7249]

well done you 2!! Really enjoyed your videos - keep going, truly amazing young couple....

[@beetroot133]

Nice to chat with you this morning, good luck in your future endeavours😁

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks really appreciate it 💯 enjoy your travels

[@mickjenkins670]

Spain is the best place love it so much

[@Steps2adventure]

You literally can't beat it ahah

[@michaelpilling9659]

Hello You Three - greetings from Poland. Fascinating video learning about how you spent your money over a 3 month period.

[@Steps2adventure]

Hey Michael, thanks for watching x

[@garyhollywell2112]

Just found you, brilliant watch and will review all your Vlogs

[@Steps2adventure]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Heartdrivenadventures]

Thank you , great information , just setting off myself

[@Steps2adventure]

Have the best time 🥰

[@tomm5228]

Newly subscribed, we have a villa near Mojacar and moving across next year, Irish parents/ grandparents so eligible for Irish passports, love Murcia Lunar cable park, Cuevas de Almanzora well worth a visit

[@seafar9]

Thanks for the travel tip on the GHIC health card.

[@Steps2adventure]

No probs!

[@bongoslide]

I you plan tpo go through the alps in side Austria is a village called samnoun a swiss town known for the cheapest petrol and other things, go throough the cliff tunnels, great trip

[@Steps2adventure]

We will have to keep that for the next time we are out aha 😊

[@bongoslide]

@@Steps2adventure Itrs isolated and in Austria land, the upper sauner meats a swiss river,stunning raods and views, as the sauner is the main tributary to the INN river,good place to enter other Alpine countries, my friends;' ,go on a rafting trip.

[@Vdtravels]

Cheers steps 2 adventure, we are planning to retire early next year and have not yet been explained how to get over the 4 months restriction on the dog passport to enable us to Schengen shuffle. Love your vids so keep up the great work but could you maybe go into more detail on dog passports for brits this would really be helpful for like minded travellers to erase the expensive uk health certificate. love to you both.

[@Steps2adventure]

Hi dave it's super simple you just have to register your dog overseas in any vet just pop in and ask for a eu passport for your dog they basically do everything for you make sure to take your animal health certificate and any vaccines your dog has had so they can transfer the information you will need to get the rabies boosters every year in an EU country but if your wanting to do the schengen shuffle make sure you get a titer test done at the same time if your dog fails you will have to go again which is a pain as 3 month is a tight deadline hopefully in the next year or two we will be back in but for now it's a right pain with a dog to do the schengen shuffle

[@Vdtravels]

@@Steps2adventure Cheers for the info , we will definably look into it when we are there, just one more thing guys , we have been informed by some people that we have to supply a EU address to register our dog with an EU vet?

[@Steps2adventure]

@@Vdtravels you can usually use either a friends address or depending on the vet they might let you use theirs, or if you stay at any campsite/air bnb x

[@janehutchinson9999]

Thanks for all this info, really appreciate it. Se you next week😀😀

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks for watching 🥰

[@2028rtn]

Cheers thanks for the info. Trying to budget my own trip. I've seen a few of these and they never include insurance for MH, health insurance or breakdown cover, this would obviously add to your monthly cost other than that I think everything was covered. I know you included the ghic card but I thought you would also have health insurance

[@Steps2adventure]

Hey to be honest we completely forgot about that. Travel insurance was £40 for both of us. Breakdown cover was £60 with AA. Our normal campervan insurance covers European cover for 3 months so no additional charge 🥰

[@steveweaver3020]

Great vlogs guys 👍 what sort of miles to the gallon are you getting? You did a lot of miles on little fuel, well done keep up the great vlogs 👍

[@Steps2adventure]

We actually don't know as the van doesn't record mpg but it seems to be really good however it's much better now since we had new injectors put in 👌

[@Rolly_the_camper]

Just what I need to have a good idea for future trip

[@Steps2adventure]

Glad we can help 🥰

[@jakespeed6515]

This makes me wanna buy and convert a van!

[@Steps2adventure]

do it ahah you will love it

[@johnmcgrath1970]

I love watching your adventures, but this VLOG i am impressed as you guy's really got across the EU pet passport and the rules, happy adventures with lily and maybe i'll catch ya on the road!

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks so much for watching

[@2028rtn]

Thanks

[@Steps2adventure]

So kind! Thanks so much

[@toulouselaplot5695]

Excellent info thanks ✅

[@Steps2adventure]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SpearfishingWalrus]

Being outside of schengen is faf basically....

[@michaeltong8645]

Nice one you 2 shows it can be done on a small budget. is it cheaper abroad because the weather is so much better than uk 🇬🇧 therefore you can spend more time outdoors

[@Steps2adventure]

We agree! You hardly spend anytime in the van, always outside it’s so nice

[@nigelandsueadventures]

I'm actually really surprised - that was a lot cheaper than I expected. Which excites me for our upcoming trip. We spent more than double that (per day) on our recent 6 weeks in Tasmania. How many kilometres (or miles) did you drive in that 83 days?

[@Steps2adventure]

Ahaha I couldn't tell you ahaha it was alot probably over 5000 km surely ahah it's so cheap down in Spain and Portugal compared to France and the UK

[@colinclark7467]

cheers guys

[@Steps2adventure]

💯🙌

[@LucasSilva-wn3qs]

Have you ever thought about visiting Ireland?

[@Steps2adventure]

Yeah we will be visiting soon 🥰

[@mainaccount3]

Cutest dog, you mentioned before getting a smaller van what smaller van would you get?

[@Steps2adventure]

I would only ever get a euro 4 pre 2012 sprinter most other vans are quite unreliable and hard to work on sprinters are simple I would just get the same van just mwb

[@MeditationParadiseLand]

Very useful information… thank you❤️🥰

[@Steps2adventure]

Glad it was helpful!

[@russmcsporran]

Well done at keeping the costs so low. I’m amazed at your food bill being so low - you must’ve been on beans on toast half the time! 😉

[@Steps2adventure]

To be honest we live off pasta & chicken most of the time anyway so it was super cheap for us 😂 I do love a good beans on toast for dinner tho, with extra cheese!!

[@hilaryduffy8133]

Can you talk about the schengen shuffle please

[@Steps2adventure]

So you only get 90 days in the Schengen area before having to leave for 90 days. So instead of returning back to the UK you can go to somewhere like Turkey for 90 days to then be able to go back into the Schengen area again 🫣

[@hilaryduffy8133]

@@Steps2adventurethank you for clarifying that for me. Do you need a visa to be in Turkey for that long?

[@Steps2adventure]

Anything after 90 days you need a visa in Turkey 😊

[@hilaryduffy8133]

Thank you x

[@candythecrafter]

Got us all excited for our Europe trip now iv watched this. Did you at any point feel unsafe in any areas or sketched out leaving the van? Also seen a lot of videos about campers being targeted by police for fines etc, did you guys come across this. Thanks for the video guys, very helpful.

[@Steps2adventure]

No it's 100% safe you get the odd dodgy place but don't get any trouble and the ones that are getting the fines off the police deserve it they park in car parks and have all there shit out some of them empty there toilets in the hedge they deserve fines the police where lovely with us had no issues from them they fined people in front of us for disrespecting them and ignoring them

[@candythecrafter]

@@Steps2adventure yeah totally agree with you on that then, they deserve it. These people ruin it for the rest of us as well. Thank you for getting back to me gives us peace of mind. Looking to book the ferry for end of april time ideally, can't wait now!!

[@2028rtn]

Another brilliant vlog, very informative. How much did gas cost for the 3 months please?

[@Steps2adventure]

14 euro per bottle and we only got two in the 3 months total 28 euro 😊

[@chrisharrington9543]

Thanks, sounds like a great trip and very good cost breakdown. Do you know what your MPG is as i am looking at a similar trip and would like to gauge it as mine only does 24 to 25 MPG at the moment?

[@Steps2adventure]

Hey! Not 100% sure but maybe around 27mpg? X

[@thenoworriesnomad]

Well I budget £3k for my winter trip to Southern France and im easily in budget but next winter im going to Southern Spain so it will be cheaper by the sounds of it, although I might treat myself to the Bilbao or Santander boat next time, that service place in Murcia, was it called Anibal on the RM333 near Calarreona?

[@Steps2adventure]

Yeah that's the one 👌

[@raytandy8142]

Great videos thanks are you from Warrington?

[@Steps2adventure]

Not far! We’re from St Helens 🥰

[@raytandy8142]

Great part of the world I lived in Warrington some of my family live in Widnes and Runcorn I’m in Stourport on Severn now miss the chippy lol I have a Peaugeot Boxer LW Camper love how you’ve built yours . 🌞🌞

[@TresManifiquee]

Hey!! How did you get on with getting water in Europe? I’m finding it quite elusive in the UK apart from shell service stations🙃 thanks!!

[@Steps2adventure]

Hey! We had no problem filling up water anywhere in Europe. The uk is terrible for campervans/motorhomes they are so behind 🫣😂

[@TresManifiquee]

Omg great news!! We’re heading off in 5 weeks and I was getting quite panicky about running out and not being able to find anywhere easily! Can I also ask a quick question about gas - do you have the European equivalent of calor gas? We have calor gas and from what I can see will need an adaptor to fill up the bottle?

[@QB2ERS]

Graveyards, crems, handbasins, beach showers, taps by beachhuts, yes garages, marinas.

[@georgeclayton5890]

Thanks for a really helpful video! :) We are off at the end of July onwards so looking at how much we might spend. Do you know the rules for dogs into Turkey? I know it all the usual plus a Titer test but not sure if you have to do that every time you go in or just once if you keep up with vaccinations.

[@Steps2adventure]

Hey! Ah I’m honestly not sure, I know the Titer test but don’t know if there was anything else. Sorry we can’t be more help 🫣😂

[@spartanGB]

I would say Greece is better compared to Spain.

[@Steps2adventure]

Niceee the difference is spain has everything plus the only desert 🏜 in Europe ski slopes amazing beaches and loads of islands to explore but greece is on the cards for travel 👌

[@spartanGB]

@@Steps2adventure You need to go to Greece and I will follow you closely to see what you have to say after that.

[@denisescally7090]

🤔

[@Steps2adventure]

You ok there Denise?

[@lynnescaddan8919]

Did you get married abroad.?

[@Steps2adventure]

No we got engaged in the Lake District a few years ago ☺️

[@simonpe3trie102]

I definitely think that was cheap This is officially a joke, but you probably spent 90% of that in France lol 😝

[@Steps2adventure]

🤣🤣 Probably about right that ahaha

[@clegsta42]

Superb vlog. Really engaging and funny.

[@Steps2adventure]

Thanks so much for watching

[@PRESTIGEANDCLASSIC]

[@szymon2525]

Europe??? You barely scratched it...

[@Steps2adventure]

Not much you can do in 3 months 👍🏼