European Van Life: 8 hidden rule & regulations that carry heavy fines and/or chance of deportation from mainland Europe or Schengen Zone areas - you need to know this before starting Europe Vanlife #EuropeVanLifeSucks #BeWarned #HiddenFines
We have been doing vanlife in the UK for the last 18 months, and headed over to Europe in our camper van conversion with hopes to stay for months, but had to return after just 3 weeks
1. Crit'air stickers - https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/motoring-news/law-change-for-uk-drivers-in-french-cities/ Also double check each country you plan to go to for a similar thing. We encountered Eco Badges in Germany which are similar.
You can get the Eurolite headlamp stickers in this kit https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07RKYRZR7/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d
2. Winter Tyres. We drive with Rogue Alloy All Terrain Tyres, which are also classified as winter tyres. Here's a non-affiliated link to Rogue https://www.roguealloy.co.uk/
3. Internet. As UK van life vloggers this was essential to us. We mentioned Starlink satellite internet for motorhomes and campervans. Here is a link and all the info you need on them https://www.starlink.com/rv
4. Schengen Calculator website that we have used is here https://www.visa-calculator.com/ we don't recommend any of the apps as the ones we tried weren't good
5. Campervan Insurance. We are currently with A-Plan https://www.aplan.co.uk/personal/motor/specialist-motor-insurance/motorhome-insurance but potentially might go with Adrian Flux next as they offer more days in Europe on a policy https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/camper/
6. RAC Camper Breakdown Cover, includes membership to Caravan and Motorhome Club which is a bonus https://www.rac.co.uk/breakdown-cover/caravanandmotorhome
7. Documents. Make sure you take your V5C log book to Europe, along with passports, latest MOT certificate and insurance details
8. Euro Vehicle Kit is a MUST for travelling to Europe, we got ours from Amazon and it contained all that we needed https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07RKYRZR7/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d
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We had a CRAZY WINTER in our previous campervan, which led us to buy a removals truck...here is the story so you can watch https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvYUExWBSWVhW1pstS07agf80wi9O4pTm
Did you know that one of the craziest days of van life we had in the UK was at a NUDIST BEACH? It's one of the best beaches we have EVER been to, here is the video https://youtu.be/LHQ0E7nvzBk
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Why We Had To Cut Our Trip Short
00:59 You Need Stickers For Europe
02:23 Winter Tyres
03:18 Internet & Data Roaming
06:13 Insurance for Campers & Motorhomes
07:50 Breakdown Cover for Europe
09:02 Schengen Visa & Allowances
10:49 Essential Documents
12:06 Euro Car Kit