I have a 2000 ClassB and don’t worry too much about it appearing stealth. It’s a normal width, not a wide body, but has all the normal Roadtrek graphics and markings. I just park where it would be normal to see other cars, vans, or trucks, and make it appear from the outside as if no one is inside.
To do that, this is what I do. I don’t park until I am ready to turn in for the night. So I’ll hang out elsewhere until then. A dead giveaway that someone is inside is the drawn curtains across the front windshield, driver and passenger doors, and the side entry doors. SO once I park, I leave all those curtains open. From driving or walking by, it appears that no one is inside when looking though those windows.
The back and two rear side windows are tinted very dark and you can’t really see inside, so they also look dark and appear to be unoccupied. I do close those curtains since it looks the same from the outside whether open or closed. If someone went to the front windshield and shined a flashlight at the rear bed, it would be visible. So I hang a dark curtain across the rear isle at the foot of the bed for privacy. With just the rear curtains closed, and the privacy curtain (actually a dark fabric shower curtain), I have complete privacy in the bed area.
For all intents and purposes, unless someone actually plastered their face on the windshield and used a flashlight, they would think the van is empty and just parked. This has worked well for me all this year in my travels, parking in the city and suburbs around New England. Park where the van won’t look out of place, and you’d be fine IMO.
While I don’t live in my van, I do travel a lot. Last summer, 10K miles, over 120-150 nights in the van, much of it overnight parking in the manner descried above. The added conveniences of a the Class B over a standard van, and not having an issue with being ’stealthly’ makes me feel it was the right choice for me. I have a bathroom, shower, can stand up, AC, generator, decent kitchen, and generous water and holding tanks.
Think of it as hiding in plain site, and you will find many places to park overnight.
To do that, this is what I do. I don’t park until I am ready to turn in for the night. So I’ll hang out elsewhere until then. A dead giveaway that someone is inside is the drawn curtains across the front windshield, driver and passenger doors, and the side entry doors. SO once I park, I leave all those curtains open. From driving or walking by, it appears that no one is inside when looking though those windows.
The back and two rear side windows are tinted very dark and you can’t really see inside, so they also look dark and appear to be unoccupied. I do close those curtains since it looks the same from the outside whether open or closed. If someone went to the front windshield and shined a flashlight at the rear bed, it would be visible. So I hang a dark curtain across the rear isle at the foot of the bed for privacy. With just the rear curtains closed, and the privacy curtain (actually a dark fabric shower curtain), I have complete privacy in the bed area.
For all intents and purposes, unless someone actually plastered their face on the windshield and used a flashlight, they would think the van is empty and just parked. This has worked well for me all this year in my travels, parking in the city and suburbs around New England. Park where the van won’t look out of place, and you’d be fine IMO.
While I don’t live in my van, I do travel a lot. Last summer, 10K miles, over 120-150 nights in the van, much of it overnight parking in the manner descried above. The added conveniences of a the Class B over a standard van, and not having an issue with being ’stealthly’ makes me feel it was the right choice for me. I have a bathroom, shower, can stand up, AC, generator, decent kitchen, and generous water and holding tanks.
Think of it as hiding in plain site, and you will find many places to park overnight.
