Hey y'all!

[PNFreeman]

Hey y'all! My wife and I recently bought a minivan that we're about to turn into a camper. We're a retired couple and we enjoy traveling. We look forward to meeting some of you folks! I'll probably have some questions when I start building the beast, next week!

 

[nature lover]

PNFreeman, welcome to the forum. You and your Mrs. are in for a great adventure. There are lots of people here to help you that are smarter than me so ask your questions here. And then make sure you document it for us and show us some pictures of your rig. We love to hear and see people stories.

 

[landyachtman]

Welcome to the CRVL forums! To help you learn the ins and outs of these forums, this "Tips, Tricks and Rules" post lists some helpful information to get you started.

Most of our rules boil down to two simple over-riding principles: 1) What you post should provide good information (like your introductory post), and 2) Any response to someone else's post should make them feel glad they are part of this forum community.

We look forward to hearing more from you.

 

[user 37446]

Hi and welcome. Since you obviously have internet access, try searching YT for "minivan camper" and you will find dozens of videos. Two that I will specifically mention are by BudgetTravelGuy and another is called Odysee Camper. They both are experienced minivan travellers.
I find that seeing the actual van and layouts is way better than reading about it.

All of the electrical, solar, battery, cooking, heating, sleeping, washing things are pretty common between full sized cargo vans and minivans.