Buying an RV Campervan in USA as a Foreigner
Buying an RV Campervan in USA as a Foreigner
Buying an RV in USA – Harder Than We Thought
We recently decided to buy an RV / campervan in the USA to use as a holiday home, rather than the expensive alternatives of renting or shipping our camper that is currently in the UK.
Our friends Eric & Allison from @The Endless Adventure have been helping us out, using their expertise, and taking us RV shopping around Texas. In this travel vlog we test drive their recently renovated vintage RV, Clemintine, before checking out a couple of campers for sale in the area.
This was such a wonderful and exciting start to van life in the USA.. until we hit a problem. Buying a vehicle in the USA as a foreigner turned out to be much harder than we first thought.
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Don’t buy it. It will go up in flames if you buy it!
Nice video👍 I from indonesia🇮🇩
By the way, have you responded to me on telegram? Just checking if the messages are legit
Ian
I love that van! I’m watching after seeing what happened to Frank. Such a shame to see it destroyed like that. You guys are so lucky that you walked away unscathed. Well, physically anyway. You will recover emotionally in due time and come back stronger than ever.
I am glad I found your channel! Love the trips and adventures..New subscriber here so I can go along with ya’ll..Be safe
only buy if it is certified by a mechanic
Well here’s my 2nd video of yours I’ve seen. Knowing what would soon happen to this van made it more of a horror story. And to top it off, he said “austin, here we come!” Y’all we’re in my town when it happened. Crazy. Again. Please come visit us again.
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hello everyone
Next time make sure to get a 5 point inspection before handing over any money.
That is why the world needs Bitcoin!
Hi 👋😊
I from Malaysia 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur fan’s watching
First time follow your YouTube channel
Take care 😚 and enjoy your camping trip.. great campervan
Glad you two are OK. Abit disappointed that Alex saved his own skin and didn’t wait for/help Emma to get out of the van before fleeing. I hope you two get a safe new one. The guys that serviced it did a bad job.
Oooof poor frank
Hi Alex and Emma. Lovely to see you both safe and well. Looking forward to your future van life. Thank you for sharing. Van folks since 2019 love it Geraldine and Pat north shropshire
Thanks!
Thank you Joe I really am still enjoying your videos , you are a very important part of my life , congratulations again on 10 years
Bless you Joe
“A bit of a faff…” Oh lawd I love you two! Thoroughly enjoying your serene videos of the English countryside. Will be following your US adventures as well. Good luck – crack on! 😄 Looking forward to visiting London in the fall, btw! ❤️
Guys , I have just chose. A random nod, cos I can’t work out how to send a message on my screen in my shed via Alexa ! Love you guys , you’re feckin bonkers !! (Feckin is an Irish word ) Loving you’re work, keep it up x
i was some years ago paid for something with an Australian cheque while living in the UK. Easy to cash right, well no, I tuck the cheque to both of the banks I have accounts with, next I asked at the post office, I asked at a number of other banks offering to open an account with them, I even tried one of these high street international money transferring company’s, no one would touch it
It turned out later that the cheque, when someone would deal with it, had to travel from the UK back and forth to Australia a couple of times (3 weeks each way) lots of paperwork, and so much in fees that it would have been far more expensive to cash than the cheque was worth!
Who said world banking was easy, cash is still king.
FANTASTIC van name. Great to know I was one of your subs who thought of the name for the van. Remember this she only went up in… flames……once!!!! Well done lets sit back and enjoy the yourney!!
Yes, I´m new to the channel. Subscribed. Immediately, I heard "new" & not nu. Brit pronunciation. Well, I left Argentina & the american continent in 2021. I´ll see.
Ppl is very friendly, but…. Beware if you see graffities & bars on windows. It´s a very expensive decoration, you can even watch Google Earth or Streetview for trip planning.
Landscapes are really beautiful, ppl in general is nice, but robbery exists. ¡stay safe! Greetings from Coimbra-Calhabé in Portugal
Wow, that FORD is a HOT Buy! 😉 $7500, up in smoke.
Maximum Bigness! 😂😂
Please Check out Vixen SE 21 they’re "RARE" or the Vixen TD 21 these are my favorites
Nice 👌🙏👍🌹♥️
Congratulations Joe on 10 years ,may you enjoy another 10years
from Kim down under in Australia
bless you Joe😇
New subcriber
quá tuyệt vời anh ơi
So glad you guys are in your new van……put a bucket of water outside the door and you can dip your feet in to get rid of the sand before you go in.
Congratulations on finding a fabulous new van. So happy for you both, looking forward to seeing you on your road trip through the USA. 😊
keep looking can you say water damage and rusted out under carriage plus 1977 chevy please don’t buy this huge hunk of dung, it’s not worth $3000
Can I make a request if posible in one week you have 2 or 3 content because I m so love all your content specially to. Your journey in us to buy campervan I hope so
I have to ask why didn’t you check prior on doing a international bank transfer. You have to get a BIC code from the bank and pay a fee. I’m also wondering how non residents can register ownership and obtain insurance??!
Excellent videos, guys. Looking forward to the next installment.
You two have managed to grow a big YT channel and I know you’ll pull out of this just fine with time. You walked (well ran) away alive so this is technically a 1st world problem. Chin up and press onward.
white America are a h0les 🤣🤣🤣
I can tell you guys are from my neck of the woods so I’ll be following with great interest. Good luck with your adventure 👍👍
I like your country I’m from Indonesia.. nice to meet you
How could you find everything funny she giggles too much she laughs too much I’m glad she is in good mood nobody fine everything funny like she does
To decision and do whatever you want to do together in life and love is amazing! Great…you have worked hard to innovate this caravan!!!
Wow😲do you guys ever work🤣I’m only jealous 🤣you both crack me up😉
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Very beautiful sharing excellent 👍👍💯 thank you for sharing stay happy stay healthy and connected please 💞💞
I have a bath I’ve been in a van since 2016
Big mistake,,if is not a new motorhome you will be hurras
lets keep travelling
On second thought maybe Logan is a better name. Michigan is the Wolverine State and Logan is the name of Wolverine caricature from the X-men comics and movies.
Having gone back and watched this for the first time (I jumped into your channel on a later video) I can understand why you were extra broken up about Frank getting incinerated. I mean, it was perfect for you guys, checking so many boxes. Minus the flamey death trap part. Wishing you well, finding something similar to continue your journey in North America