Couple who pay just £100 bills a month living in their van across the UK say it's 'best decision they ever made'
23.08.2023 - 09:47
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A couple who 'caught the travelling bug' pay just £100 a month in bills while living up and down the UK in a campervan.
Gemma Spence, 29, and Campbell Kerr, 30, made the move after having a long-distance relationship for two years and realising they “never want to be apart”. They said the cost-effective lifestyle is “the best decision (they) have ever made”.
The British couple, who work as content creators, met in 2013 and rented an apartment together in Australia together within 18 months of dating. They travelled the continent in a campervan and backpacked across Asia.
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The experiences were “pivotal” for the couple as they “got the travel bug” and made it their goal to live a nomadic lifestyle. But when Gemma graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a nursing degree, she moved to Guernsey to get experience and Campbell, who studied chemical engineering at the University of Strathclyde, had work placements in London and studied in France.
After being apart for around a year, it made the Glaswegians realise they “never wanted to be long distance or apart again” and they decided to save up to travel Europe together. They did so with just backpacks and a tent, and eventually bought a campervan in Australia to travel in – but the pandemic soon hit and they had to head home to Scotland.
As soon as restrictions were lifted, the couple decided against buying an expensive house and purchased a new motorhome – an Elddis Autoquest which they named Ellie – for £32,000, and they now travel up and down the UK staying on campsites, with monthly bills for petrol, parking and activities only costing around £100.
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