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Quitting an unfulfilling job, hitting the wide-open road, and living the van life dream sounds liberating. But before you gather the courage to ditch that 9-to-5 job, you need a way to finance your nomadic life. Thankfully, there are plenty of remote jobs that you can work when living the van life.
With just a laptop, reliable internet connections, and a sincerely quiet spot, the following jobs can make you enough income to fuel your van, pay for repairs, stay at decent campgrounds, and feed your family. And if you perfect your trade, some remote jobs for van life could generate enough income to fund van upgrades, epic cross-country adventures, and your camper loan repayment.
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Now let’s learn how to make money living in a van.
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Negotiate a Permanent Remote Work Arrangement at Your Current Workplace
The easiest way to get a stable income when van lifing is to keep the job you already have if you still love it. Before you hand over your resignation letters and embrace the freedom of the road, negotiate a full-time work-from-home arrangement. Many companies are now open to remote work and prefer to retain an existing employee rather than hire a replacement.
Become a Virtual Assistant
Virtual assistance is one of the most popular ways to make money living in a van build. You’ll provide administrative services such as scheduling appointments, managing emails, booking travel and accommodation, creating presentations, and conducting research on various topics.
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Try Transcription
Transcribing entails listening to live proceedings or recorded audio (or video) and creating a written version word-for-word. You’ll be expected to transcribe interviews, conference calls, lectures, legal proceedings, speeches, YouTube videos, and podcasts. The owner can use them as e-books, blog posts, or subtitles.
Get a Job as a Graphic Designer
Another job that will fund van life without requiring you to show up at a physical office is graphic design. You’ll be tasked with creating graphics for social media, merchandise, company logos, quotes, and packaging. However, it’s quite a technical job, so you’ll need to perfect this skill before you hit the road.
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Sell Crafts Online
Making and selling unique crafts in bulk is one of the easiest jobs you can do remotely while traveling in a camper van. You can become a nomadic painter, knitter, potter, or jewelry maker. You can also sell tufted rugs, string wall art, note cards, keychains, rope bowls, etched guards, and carved wood products. Sell on Etsy, and display your wares at the RV park office, near your campsite, and at gatherings like festivals and fairs.
Work as a Digital Marketing Manager
If you’re skilled in digital matters, this job can help you make and save money while living in a mobile dwelling. As a digital marketing manager, you’ll be responsible for developing, implementing, and evolving a brand's online presence and marketing campaigns. You’ll engage, inform, and motivate your target audience through social media networks, website content, Google Ads, and email marketing.
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Make Money from Your Writing Skills
Freelance writing is an excellent remote occupation for van life as it has a low barrier to entry. Websites are always looking for content writers to contribute to their sites and blog sections. And if you have knowledge and experience in a particular niche, you’ll earn higher. This industry is broad, and you can choose to focus on blogs, journalism, copywriting, white paper writing, or technical writing.
Proofread to Make Money on the Road
Those with a keen reading eye can apply for a proofreading job. Your duties will include spotting spelling errors, bad grammar, punctuation problems, and formatting issues in a document before it’s published or shared. You’ll also need to fact-check dates, quoted statistics, and other statements for accuracy.
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Build Websites From Anywhere
As more businesses look to have an online presence, there’s a growing demand for web developers. Start perfecting your coding skills, and learn to use platforms like WordPress, Chrome Developer Tools, Dreamweaver, Bootstrap, and Flowcode. There are also web building templates that will help you construct professional-looking sites without coding.
Find a Role in Telehealth
While becoming a travel nurse offers a lot of perks, it’s not as flexible as becoming a telehealth professional. Finding a role in telehealth will make you independent of location and provide a living while you enjoy the van life. Here, registered health workers such as nurses and doctors use technology such as video, phone, email, and messaging to provide high-quality care to patients.
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Apply to be a Tutor
If you have a good grasp of a particular language, then becoming a tutor will be a great job for your on-the-go lifestyle. You can teach English to non-English speakers, and if you're skilled in other subjects, you can help students understand new concepts, solve problems, and improve their school performance.
Be a Customer Service Representative
One of the best van life jobs you can do online is to be a customer service representative. Your duty is to facilitate relationships between a company and customers via phone, email, mail, or social media. Responsibilities range from helping customers with complaints, answering questions, creating new customer accounts, providing information about products and services, and assisting in the placement of orders, returns, and exchanges.
Remote Jobs for Van Life are Plenty and Diverse
As you can see, there are so many ways of making money online while living in a van. Whether you are skilled in crafting, accounting, writing, technology, marketing, or cultivating relationships with clients, you can find a remote job that will sustain your nomadic lifestyle. We hope our ideas will inspire you to start earning on the road.