I set out on a two-week road trip in a Ram ProMaster van. Before the trip, I asked 10 people living in vehicles what advice they had for me. They encouraged me to make mistakes, travel responsibly, ...

I recently went on a two-week solo trip in a campervan. The idea of sleeping in unfamiliar places left me unnerved before my trip, so I sought advice. Seven women living in vans told me to trust my ...

I returned from a 13-day van trip having gone five days without showering. Before I got clean, I unpacked and did a load of laundry. By unpacking first, I was able to completely relax post-trip. I ...

In the fall of 2022, I left Colorado in a Ram ProMaster to test out van life. I headed to Taos, New Mexico, where I spent my first night in a forest I'd camped in before. I thought the spot's ...

Editor’s note: Call them passions. Call them obsessions. These are the unique things CNN staffers can’t imagine our lives without. We share our raves and loves, whether it’s an object, place, ...

A sauna is a good place to take the temperature of a place. “Are you guys on vacation?” asked a woman sitting next to me as we gazed out across the rooftops of downtown Montreal. Like me, she was ...

Last October, I took a 3,000-mile road trip in a campervan. While I remembered to pack important things like a phone mount for driving, I did forget key items. If I take another long trip, I'll pack ...

Abigail Joselyn, a self-described “extrovert,” says she used to rarely do anything, including buying groceries, solo. That is until the (now) 26-year-old decided to throw caution to the wind, quit her ...