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Everything we have picked up from years of splitting life between an Algarve base and the open road lives in this hub, sorted so you can find the bit you need without wading through the rest. Think of it as the map to the whole section, whether you are dreaming, building, or already parked up somewhere questionable. And if you are right at the beginning, our candid rundown of the mistakes we made starting vanlife is the kindest place to start.
The guide splits into three natural strands. Our Daily Life section covers the real texture of living small, hygiene, heat, cost, pets, and the legal grey areas we have navigated ourselves. Over in Internet and Communication we keep every SIM, eSIM, and Starlink guide that keeps us online across borders, and Layout and DIY holds the nuts and bolts of building a van that actually works for you.
One question comes up more than any other before people commit, so we answered it head on: the honest comparison of buying a converted van or converting it yourself weighs money, time, and sanity in a way that shapes everything after. Read that, pick the strand that matches where you are, and dig in. We built this whole guide to be the thing we needed when we were staring at an empty panel van wondering what on earth we had done.