Trend Watch Van Life: Vacation in a Motorhome

14.3 million posts on Instagram can't lie: #vanlife is more than a short-lived trend that has caught on with millennials. Being on the road in a camper van has a long tradition that began before motorization. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was already a camper - for his trips to Italy, he had a carriage converted with a bed and reading lamp. He also had a wooden secretary for notes and a small stove.