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The different categories of the #VanRealLife contest
Flop Chef
No, you don't just eat undercooked pasta on a road trip!
And you will have proof in pictures, in addition to drooling over the most beautiful dish prepared on the roads...
It's time to reveal your talents... or your best rates!
The Ace of Van(Real)Life
This category honors the most representative cliché of van(real)life:
no question of aesthetics here, the image will trigger a strong feeling of « déjà vu » among all travel or vehicle living enthusiasts
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The Hairy One
It is well known that the converted vehicle is the favorite niche of felines and other canines...
Which animal vanlife photograph is the funniest?
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The cool truck
Is it a van, a combi, a van, a motorhome, or even a caravan that will catch all the attention with its style or unique decor?
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The cliché
It's the one who wants to make us believe that vanlife is always paradise:
sunsets, sea views ... throw in your clichés!
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The relief
The smaller it is, the cuter it is?
That's what we will see by discovering the picture of the cutest child on the roads...
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Nomadic fashion
You have a unique style when you go on a road trip with your van?
Are you always ready for adventure while being chic and trendy?
It's time to shine!
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Green team
Do you dream of traveling the world while saving the planet?
Don't panic, we're here for that!
Whether you drive a solar van, have banned single-use plastics, or are an expert in selective sorting in nature, we want to see how to take you on an eco-responsible road trip
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Send us your photos / videos using our online form
Share your photos on social media with the hashtag #VanRealLife
What is VanRealLife?
It shines a spotlight on the real life in a van, for non-English speakers. And in all languages, it features authentic images, without staging, without embellishments, and without pretenses, showcasing the wonderful uniqueness of vanlife in its simplest form… VanRealLife is a return to the true face of van holidays, far from the idealized, filtered, and caricatured images that have falsely defined this mode of travel on social networks.
The hashtag #VanRealLife that we launched in recent weeks, includes moments like these:
On our blog , we are eager to reveal to you the different facets of this VanRealLife by speaking truthfully and concretely. Key points include, tips and things that are never told to you to prepare for your next adventures!
We also discuss, for example, the joys (or not) of family road trips or those of hygiene in a van , delving into topics as profound as solutions for answering nature's call when traveling in a converted vehicle.
Among other delights, we also give you advice on your favorite activities while on vacation, such as laundry and meal preparation! unless you want to live on love and fresh water, you won't escape it… 😉
Because yes, all of this is indeed part of van holidays. That's why we regularly focus on these little everyday things that make road trips charming...
Are you following us? Come on, we're going to have a great time!
Help us highlight this viewpoint that is more faithful to reality by sending us your funniest images, the most strikingly true, the rawest, the most nature-painting, the most spontaneous… and who knows, you might end up as a worthy representative of our community in the video we will soon share!
To answer this question, here is one that has imposed itself on us as we see this false idea of reality unfold:
Why should van travel be glamorous?
Here’s another one, for the road…
Isn't van travel, on the contrary, the answer to a quest for simplicity and authenticity?
Putting the van back in the middle of the curve is for us to put the church back in the middle of the village ;) And it’s the best way to make our mea culpa, because we have somewhat contributed to this falsification by sometimes showing a fantasized vision of wild camping.
Why do we want to embody the VanReaLife?
Since 2012, Wikicampers has been supporting owners and renters of vans, converted vans, and motorhomes, who share this desire for nomadic travel.
Alongside them, we have realized that the essence of this quest lies in the closeness to nature, conviviality, and the freedom to move, but also in the attraction to great thrills, spontaneity, and improvisation… even if it sometimes leads to getting bogged down in the pitfalls of reality!
What we remember at the end of a trip is not the most beautiful snapshot of the sunset, but the uncontrollable laughter in a rather embarrassing situation.
Far from clichés and stereotypes, we therefore wish to spread and share authentic images that embody the real daily life of a stay in a recreational vehicle…
What we love is...
the thrill of the unknown, the taste of the unexpected, spaced-out showers, the awkward charm of first times!
What we want is...
A concentrate of snapshots! Follow the movement with the hashtag #VanRealLife
To get back on the right track, Wikicampers proposes to challenge the overly fantasized image associated with vanlife, by opposing it with raw visuals that embody what nomadic travel really is. All of this, in a collaborative/participatory mode with its community, through an approach based on User Generated Content, that is, content created by users, in French.
To do this, we take all the clichés, commonplaces, stereotypes, shortcuts… and we push back a little, we gently mock them! All this to have a good laugh through a campaign that brings us back to reality
Goodbye to tidy and well-organized interiors, daily sunsets, perfect and overly tanned bodies, macramé flower pots… Welcome to breakdowns, leaks, rain, mud, spiders, roadblocks, snoring… all these hazards that spice up van life as it is truly experienced!
Who better than the enthusiasts of traveling in motorhomes, vans, and campervans to embody this perception of reality? That’s why Wikicampers invites its entire community to join in this massive campaign to destroy clichés. ;)
Send us your photos / videos using our online form
Share your photos on social media with the hashtag #VanRealLife
Wikicampers and you...
Want to know a bit more about Wikicampers?
To learn about the history of Wikicampers, check out our page About :)
To find out what sets us apart from our competitor, attend the battle Wikicampers vs Yescapa ...
And if you are already part of the community, maybe you will be among the next winners of the WikiAwards!
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We are here to answer you!