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COLE & JUNE BARRETT A ROAD MANUAL

The road taught us to live on $600 a month.

Cut $10,000–$15,000 a year off rent, camping, fuel, food, and repairs — using the twenty-five road systems we've refined across seven years and 630,000 miles of full-time van life. A 100+ page illustrated First Edition. Most readers earn the $47 back their first weekend, just from the free-camping system and the fuel habit.

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Not for dropping out. For keeping more of what you earn.

COLE & JUNE · ON THE ROAD
I.
THE MANUAL

One book. Twenty-five systems. Twelve thousand dollars a year.

Van, build, power, heat, cooling, water, kitchen, food, camping, hygiene, money, maintenance, community. Thirteen sections. Twenty-five road systems. Each one with the gear list, current 2026 prices, and the step-by-step. Start this weekend by sleeping free tonight.

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ILLUSTRATED EBOOK · 100+ PAGES · FIRST EDITION

The complete blueprint to live well on the road for under $600 a month.

$47$77LAUNCH PRICE — ENDS SUNDAY
WHAT YOU GET FOR $47:
The Van Life Savings Manual — 100+ page illustrated ebook, 25 numbered systems, gear lists, 2026 prices, step-by-step$47
The First-Week Road Map — three fixes that earn the $47 back by Sunday$19
The Van Savings Ledger — printable tracker for what each system returned in your rig$19
The Gear & Sourcing Sheet — the cheapest real source for every part (no affiliate links)$14
Lifetime updates — every revision, every new edition, free forever$21
Total value$120
You pay today$47
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II.
THE MATH

Where your money actually goes. And what you can stop paying.

Pull up your last 12 months of spending. The left column is what most people quietly tolerate — in an apartment, or doing van life the expensive way. The right column is the same life after the twenty-five systems.

The expensive way

APARTMENT LIFE — OR VAN LIFE DONE WRONG · PER YEAR
Rent + utilities (or campgrounds at $35/night)$18,000
Eating out on the road$4,800
Fuel, unplanned wandering$3,600
Repairs at emergency prices$1,800
Showers, laundry, hookups ad hoc$900
ANNUAL$29,100
US MEDIAN RENT + BLS CONSUMER EXPENDITURE AVERAGES

The same life, after the Manual

EVERY NUMBER HAS A CHAPTER · PER YEAR
Sleeping (free public land + stealth system)$600
Food (the $250/month system + planned treats)$3,700
Fuel (route + slow-travel habit)$2,400
Repairs (the maintenance rhythm + fund)$500
Hygiene (the $30/month stack)$460
ANNUAL~$7,700
TRACKED ACROSS 7 YEARS ON THE ROAD · CHAPTER 23
Net difference: $10,000–$21,000 a year — depending on where you start, how you travel, and how many of the twenty-five systems you actually put in.
III.
WHAT'S INSIDE

Exactly what you get for $47.

Twenty-five numbered systems across thirteen sections. Each one: the trouble, the gear with current 2026 prices, the walked-through method, an honest note on what it does and doesn't do, and the math. Pick the systems that fit your rig — you do not have to do all of them.

THE VAN — 2 CHAPTERS

Buying a van that does not bury you.

  1. 01How to spot a bad van in sixty seconds before you buy
  2. 02The five mistakes people make buying a used van
THE BUILD — 2 CHAPTERS

A livable van for a tenth of the quote.

  1. 03The $300 no-build build: livable in one weekend
  2. 04The $120 insulation job that beats the $3,000 quote
POWER — 2 CHAPTERS

Lights, fridge, laptop — no campground plug.

  1. 05The $300 solar setup that runs your whole van
  2. 06The engine trick that charges your batteries for free
HEAT — 2 CHAPTERS

Warm at fifteen below without idling the engine.

  1. 07The $180 heater that keeps a van warm all winter
  2. 08Sleeping warm without running anything at all
COOLING — 2 CHAPTERS

Cooler nights without an air conditioner.

  1. 09The $40 airflow method that cools the whole van
  2. 10Chasing seventy degrees: the free HVAC nobody sells
WATER — 2 CHAPTERS

Fill, filter, and shower on a few dollars a week.

  1. 11Fill your tanks for free in any town
  2. 12The $20 shower rig
KITCHEN — 2 CHAPTERS

Real meals on one burner and twelve volts.

  1. 13Real meals on one burner
  2. 14The fridge question, answered honestly
FOOD & PANTRY — 2 CHAPTERS

Eating well for $250 a month on the road.

  1. 15Eating for $250 a month without suffering
  2. 16The no-fridge pantry: two weeks of food without cold
PARKING & CAMPING — 3 CHAPTERS

A free, legal, quiet place to sleep every night.

  1. 17Sleep free tonight: the public land system
  2. 18Stealth parking in any city without a knock
  3. 19The camping apps, and how to read them like a local
HYGIENE & LAUNDRY — 2 CHAPTERS

Clean body, clean clothes, no apartment.

  1. 20The $30-a-month shower method
  2. 21Laundry, toilets, and staying presentable
MONEY & PAPERWORK — 2 CHAPTERS

Domicile, mail, insurance, and a budget that holds.

  1. 22Domicile, mail, and insurance without an address
  2. 23The monthly van budget that keeps you on the road
MAINTENANCE — 1 CHAPTER

Keep it rolling without the shop.

  1. 24The maintenance rhythm that prevents breakdowns
SAFETY & COMMUNITY — 1 CHAPTER

Sleeping sound and finding your people.

  1. 25Sleeping sound and finding your people
IV.
READER RESULTS

What people did with the Manual in the first month.

Three readers, three different rigs, three different situations. Each one cut a real cost with a specific system in the book.

★★★★★

Hadn't even bought a van yet. The sixty-second inspection chapter killed two deals that looked perfect in photos — the mechanic confirmed both. The book paid for itself before I owned a vehicle.

— MARCUS T. · PLANNING STAGE
★★★★★

Two years in and I was still paying for campgrounds "to feel safe." The public land chapter plus the app-reading chapter changed my whole month: $410 in August, $0 in September, better views.

— DANI R. · SOLO, 2 YEARS IN
★★★★★

Went in skeptical. We tracked it in the ledger like the book says: food down $460 a month, sleeping down $310, fuel down $70 with the 62-mph habit. Retired teachers, not influencers.

— TOM & LINDA K. · RETIRED COUPLE
Cole and June Barrett
V.ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Cole & June Barrett.

We did the math on our rent one night in 2019 and felt sick. So we left.

Seven years, forty-eight states, and 630,000 miles later, we live better than we did in the apartment — on about a third of the money. Cole runs the rig side: the van, the build, power, heat, water, maintenance. June runs the life side: the kitchen, the food budget, hygiene, paperwork, and the part nobody films — staying sane and finding your people.

We teach these systems on our YouTube channel, and thousands of travelers have used them to get on the road — or to stop bleeding money once they got there. This First Edition is the channel content, organized: twenty-five systems in the order you should do them, with the gear and the dollar amounts written down.

It is not an instruction set for dropping out of society. It is an instruction set for keeping more of what you earn.
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VI.
ORDER THE MANUAL

$47 once. No subscription. Yours forever.

Instant access — in your inbox within 60 seconds of payment. Read on any phone, tablet, or laptop. Print it at a library if you want. 7-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked — if it's not for you, email and the $47 comes back.

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ILLUSTRATED EBOOK · 100+ PAGES · FIRST EDITION

Van Life Savings Manual

WHAT YOU GET FOR $47:
The Manual — 100+ page illustrated ebook, First Edition$47
The First-Week Road Map — three fixes, paid back by Sunday$19
The Van Savings Ledger — printable tracker for every system$19
The Gear & Sourcing Sheet — the cheap real source for every part$14
Lifetime updates — every future edition, free$21
Total value$120
You pay today$47
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VII.
FAQ

Questions travelers ask before they click.

I don't own a van yet. Is this for me?
Especially for you. The first two chapters exist to stop you losing $5,000–$30,000 on the wrong van or the wrong build — the two most expensive mistakes in this life, both made before the first night on the road. Readers in the planning stage typically save more from this book than anyone else.
Does this work outside the United States?
The systems (power, heat, water, kitchen, budget, maintenance, community) work anywhere. The free-camping and domicile chapters are written for North America, with notes on the European equivalents where they exist — Europe's aires, wild-camping rules, and seasonal south-north migration follow the same logic with different maps.
I'm not mechanical or handy. Can I do this?
Every system is chosen to be doable by a beginner with hand tools, and every chapter says honestly when a job is beyond the line — and what paying a professional for just that piece costs. The $300 no-build build requires a wrench and nothing else.
Is sleeping in a van legal?
On public land, yes — dispersed camping is the published policy of the US land agencies, free for up to 14 days at a time. In cities it varies, which is exactly what the stealth chapter and the app-reading chapter teach: where it's fine, where it isn't, and how to know the difference before you park.
I'm a solo woman. Is this realistic?
June wrote the safety and community chapter partly as someone who traveled solo before Cole. The honest answer: the statistical risks are lower than the imagined ones, the community's safety practices are real and specific, and thousands of solo women are years-deep in this life. The chapter gives you the practices, not the platitudes.
What format is the Manual?
A 100+ page illustrated PDF, delivered to your inbox within 60 seconds. Read it on any phone, tablet, or laptop, or print it. Lifetime updates: every future edition is free, forever — the Second Edition's new chapters included.
What if it's not for me?
Email us within 7 days and the $47 comes back, no questions asked. The First-Week Road Map is designed to pay the book back before the guarantee even expires — we're comfortable with the math.
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