Tiny Home Tours

Matt and Erika have lived in their custom-built school bus with their daughter young Shanti for three years. They discuss their decision to stop international travel and move into a school bus, the purchase and build process, what it’s like building out a second bus, having a child on the road, and even share some spicy details about their private life. Don’t miss this one! Show Notes: https://www...

Welcome to our new short-form podcast episodes- Tiny Talks! The normal podcast that you know and love will still be here, but occasionally we are also going to share interviews from our tour videos and short stories from the tiny living community in this new, quick, digestible format. Today’s Tiny Talk features Liesel and Stu, skoolie dwellers who believe the devil is in the detail. They chat abou...

Chris has a conversation with his business partner and close friend Wess Lewis. They discuss how Wess decided to live in a school bus, how they started their business, and offer lots of advice for prospective skoolie dwellers. Show Notes: www.tinyhometours.com/post-Sign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterTiny Living Course: www.tinyhometours.com/the-tiny-living-course Coloring Book: www.t...

Chris sits down with Casey Morris, editor for Home.com, to talk about how tiny living has shifted over the past few years.

Lisa Jacobs has been living in her van on and off for four years. She and Chris catch up and share their life philosophies on everything from making friends on the road, real estate investments, following your dreams, and more. Show Notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/living-a-wild-intentional-life-entrepreneurship-and-vanlifeSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterColoring Book: ww...

Gene and Shay live on the road full time with their two cats in a 1984 vintage Dodge campervan they purchased for $7k. We cover so much in this episode! They talk about the conversion process, leaving their jobs and lives in Philadelphia, how they make money through gig jobs, house sitting, prepping your van and cats for vanlife, and what it is like as a queer couple on the road. Show Notes: https...

Sydne Goldstein is a Texas-based interior designer and tiny home dweller. In today’s episode, Sydne and Allison dive into all things tiny house design! Show Notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/how-to-design-your-tiny-houseSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterTiny Living Course: www.tinyhometours.com/the-tiny-living-course Coloring Book: www.tinyhometours.com/coloring-book

Chris and Linnea discuss her transition to vanlife, going viral on TikTok, deciding to start a YouTube channel, working with brands for paid partnerships, and all of the ups and downs of working as a content creator and social media influencer. Show Notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/social-media-influencingSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterTiny Living Course: www.tinyhometou...

Kati Ryan speaks with Laurén about taking the leap into vanlife, quitting her job to start her own company, finding life-work balance, discovering community on the road, and more. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/making-a-10-year-vanlife-dream-realitySign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterColoring Book: www.tinyhometours.com/coloring-book

Chris records a conversation with his friends and business partners Wess and Aaron about the future of their custom tiny home manufacturing shop- Dark Wolf Artisans. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/meet-dark-wolf-artisansSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterTiny Living Course: www.tinyhometours.com/the-tiny-living-course Coloring Book: www.tinyhometours.com/coloring-book

Marissa and Chris Neely chat with Allison to discuss what it is like living full time on their 1979 Cheoy Lee 41 sailboat. They discuss the process of buying and renovating their boat, common misconceptions about boatlife, and how to survive living in a tiny space with your partner. Show notes: www.tinyhometours.com/posts/boat-renovation-during-a-pandemicSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-News...

We catch up with Alex Tinkham to see how six months living and traveling in a mini-skoolie has changed her life. She looks back on how her worldview has shifted, what the expectations versus the reality of living full time on the road, and gives advice for people looking to try this lifestyle. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/6-months-mini-skoolieSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/TH...

In this episode Chris chats talks with one of the guys at our skoolie build workshop, Rich! Rich has been living tiny on the road for four years and has learned a lot along the way. In this episode we learn about his journey into #skoolielife and his perspective on minimalism and taking the leap into tiny living. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/rich-a-skoolie-life-journeySign up for...

In this episode Chris chats with Elizabeth & Spike Stone. Together they unpack their nomad life journey and talk about how they’ve integrated entrepreneurship and remote work into their mobile income to fund their life on the road. Show Notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/navigating-the-mobile-income-journeySign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-Newsletter

Nomadic couple and adventure travelers Matt and Amanda are joining us today! They discuss living full time on the road in a vintage RV, transitioning into and Airstream travel trailer, how they have found work on the road, what ultimately led them to their dream jobs, and dating advice for couples looking to live in a tiny space or on the road full time. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/p...

Cat is part of the Tiny Home Tours team and has lived in a few different types of vehicles in her vehicle dwelling experience over the past three years living this lifestyle. In this episode Chris and Cat talk about her experiences on the road as a woman and unpack the transition and perception shifts she overcame to begin her nomad tiny life journey. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post...

Today's episode is from an interview for The Expat Money Show with Chris of Tiny Home Tours. Expat Money Show host Mikkel Thorup talks shop with Chris about his decision to jump into nomad and tiny living and how Chris is able to make money while on the road. Show Notes: www.tinyhometours.com/posts/expat-money-showSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-Newsletter

Dan is a five-year veteran of living vanlife full-time. Ally sits down with Dan and gets to the nitty-gritty of what got him started in this awesome and rewarding lifestyle, how it’s been, and where he sees his vanlife going in the future. Show Notes: www.tinyhometours.com/posts/life-on-the-road-with-mountain-man-danSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-Newsletter

In today's episode, Chris sits down with fellow YouTuber James Wheelock of Wanderlust Estate to talk about working physical (non-computer based) jobs on the road. James has made the rounds and has acquired knowledge of the ins & outs of temp recruitment work, as well as working with apps like Door Dash, to fund his life of traveling full-time in his class A RV.Show Notes: www.tinyhometour...

Today’s episode is all about living tiny LEGALLY. Chris chats with Kristina Smallhorn, a licensed real estate agent in the state of Louisiana. She specializes in all types of small, tiny, and affordable housing options in her home market of Baton Rouge. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/tiny-home-legalitySign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterWatch Zeppelin Travels: http://b...

Part Two! Gillian left her life in NYC to live and travel in a skoolie by herself. She and Chris discuss how she makes money on the road and what it is like to date as a nomad. Show Notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/lessons-from-female-solo-skoolie-travelSeason 2 Zep Travels: http://bit.ly/ZepTravelsYTSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-Newsletter

Gillian left her life in NYC to live and travel in a skoolie by herself. She and Chris discuss how she tackled the bus conversion, coping with anxiety on the road, how the bus has fueled personal growth, and so much more. Tune in next week for part two! Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/lessons-from-female-solo-skoolie-travelSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/THT-NewsletterWatch seaso...

Lillian has been living and working full time on the road since early 2019 in a self-converted 28-passenger shuttle bus. She tells us how she has made this lifestyle sustainable through working seasonal jobs from white-water rafting to garlic farming with little to no experience beforehand. Show notes: https://www.tinyhometours.com/post/how-to-find-seasonal-jobs-on-the-road Sign up for our newslet...

Long-time cruisers Sabrina and Kristian share what it is like to live aboard a 46-foot catamaran in French Polynesia with twin baby girls. They share experiences from their twenty years of international sailing, how they started an adventure cooperative to realize their boatlife dreams, and how they changed up their lives to open their home up as a tour charter company. Zeppelin Travels YouTube: h...

Greg Parham is the manager and designer of Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses, a professional tiny home builder located in Durango, Colorado. Ally and Greg discuss the most pressing questions Greg receives a builder from towing capacity, how to finance a tiny house, what it is like hiring a builder, how to find parking, and much more! Show notes: www.tinyhometours.com/tiny-house-builderSign up for our new...