I moved into a house after spending four years traveling around the US and Canada in a van. Van life looks relaxing on social media, but I have much more free time now than I did then.

The van has 428,000 kms on it, but they say it could go a lot further. About 75 per cent of people who’ve viewed the van plan on living in it, they say. Ms. Tolentino says she can relate.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raychel Reimer, a van-life content creator from Vancouver, Canada. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

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