Sustainable? Tick. Slow travel? Tick. Affordable? Tick.
Move over glamping, #vanlife is the latest travel trend we can’t get enough of. Whether you’re hitting the road in a revamped VW, careering through California in an RV or pitching up on a campsite in a static caravan, bundling your pals/ family/ pets into the back of a campervan is the way to adventure in summer 2021.
We’re ditching the traditional flight-and-hotel model and riding the campervan trend as soon as travel gets back on the road. Helping us travel more sustainably, slowly and smarter, listen up as we deep-drive into why a holiday-on-wheels is the next outdoor trend. Plus, we reveal our own campervan travel tales, the road trip routes we want to take and whose vans we’re borrowing.
We’ll also be joined by the trio behind the UK’s newest (and coolest) staycation retreat, Club Jupiter. Interior designer Whinnie Williams, interior writer and stylist Emma Jane Palin and travel journalist (and long-time SUITCASE contributor) Anna Hart have spent the last year of lockdown revamping a static caravan in Kent. Snazzy. Tune in as they share the hotels that have inspired them, nifty interior DIY tips and why we’re all seeking a dose of nostalgia.
We’ll save a space for you by the campfire.
We’d love to know where you’re going next and how you think the travel landscape might change as lockdown restrictions ease. Send your voice notes to fleur@suitcasemag.com or drop us a DM on Instagram @fleur_rm. For a daily dose of travel inspiration, check in with us at suitcasemag.com or get yourself a copy of SUITCASE Magazine.
Links and notes from the episode
Follow Club Jupiter here:
https://www.instagram.com/clubjupiteruk/
Didn’t catch the name of the peer-to-peer campervan rental Fleur suggested (read: butchered), it’s here:
Want to join India on a motorhome adventure through Japan, check it out here:
In need of some #Vanlife road trip inspiration? From Sicily to Sydney, California to Cádiz, we’ve got you covered:
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/us-road-trip
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/road-trip-destinations
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/australian-road-trip
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/italy-road-trip
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/road-trip-iberia
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/sweet-nothings-a-road-trip-through-portugals-wild-west
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/best-road-trips-in-the-world
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