Money
The road doesn't have to end before you're ready.
Every full-time traveller carries a quiet anxiety beneath the adventure. Not about breakdowns or border crossings or bad weather — those you handle as they come. The real fear is subtler. It's the creeping suspicion that the numbers aren't adding up. That the money is going faster than it's coming in. That one bad month could be the thing that sends you home.
Whether you're drawing down savings, working remotely, freelancing between countries, or living on rental income back home, Vanlife Assistant's Money module gives you the complete picture. Not just what you're spending — what you have, what's coming in, and exactly how long it all lasts. Not because the numbers are always good. But because knowing is always better than not knowing.
The Money Dashboard
You open the app first thing in the morning. Burn rate, runway, yesterday's spending, this month versus last. Everything you need to know about your financial position, in one glance, before you've made a coffee.
Everything at a glance.
Your financial GPS.
Burn rate, daily cost, remaining runway, and net worth — all on one screen. Updated every time you log a transaction. The clearest possible view of where you stand.
Built for the road.
Custom categories for campsites, fuel, maintenance, and groceries. Visual spending breakdown by category. See immediately where your money actually goes.
The Ledger
You've just filled up at a French motorway services. You open the app, log the amount in Euros, assign it to Fuel. Done before you've put your card back in your wallet. An hour later a client payment lands. You log that too — income, same ledger, same simplicity.
The full picture.
Income, expenses, and transfers.
Most expense apps only watch money leave. Vanlife Assistant tracks the complete ledger — income and expenses together — because that is the only way the numbers actually mean anything.
Fast to use, always offline.
Log a transaction in seconds in any currency. Assign categories, vendors, and notes. Attach transactions to specific trips and check-ins. Works completely offline.
Financial Runway
You have £8,400 left. At your current burn rate of £41 per day, your runway is 204 days. That's enough. You relax. Then the van needs new tyres. You log the expense. Your runway drops to 178 days. You adjust your plans — a few more wild camps, a few less restaurants. The number climbs back.
Know exactly how long your money lasts.
How long can you keep going?
Runway is the number that matters most. Not how much you have — how long it lasts at the rate you are spending. Vanlife Assistant calculates it continuously, updating every time you log a transaction.
Always know where you stand.
Shown prominently on your Money dashboard. Updates in real time. The clearest possible answer to the question every full-time traveller carries.
What-If Scenarios
You're considering spending Christmas in the Swiss Alps. Beautiful, but expensive. You build a scenario — 25 days at £85 per day instead of your usual £38. The model shows your runway drops by 47 days. You decide it's worth it. You go in with your eyes open.
See the impact before it happens.
Plan for the unexpected before it happens.
What if the engine needs work? What if you spend a month in expensive Norway? Build unlimited what-if scenarios and see exactly what they do to your runway — before you commit.
Compare and decide with confidence.
Model one-off expenses, extended high-cost periods, or income events. Compare scenarios side by side. Plan major repairs, detours, or lifestyle changes without flying blind.
Multi-Currency Support
Your money, whatever currency it's in.
Vanlife doesn't respect borders and neither does your spending. Log in the currency you spent in, see everything converted to your home currency automatically.
You spent the morning in France, crossed into Spain at lunchtime, and bought diesel in Euros both times. Your ledger shows it all in pounds — without you doing any conversion yourself.
- Log expenses in any currency
- Automatic conversion to your base currency
- Exchange rates updated when online, cached for offline use
- Multi-currency account tracking for travellers with foreign accounts
Budgets & Categories
Spend intentionally, not accidentally.
Set budgets for each category and the app tells you when you're drifting. Fuel, food, campsites, maintenance, activities — organised exactly the way a nomadic life actually works.
- Fully customisable categories and category groups
- Set monthly or trip budgets per category
- Visual breakdown of spending by category
- Built-in categories designed for vanlife from the ground up
Scheduled Transactions
The bills that never stop, even on the road.
Insurance. Phone contracts. Storage unit back home. Scheduled transactions log them automatically so they're always accounted for in your runway calculation.
Your van insurance renews monthly. You set it up once. Every month it appears in your ledger automatically. Your runway always knows it's coming.
- Set up recurring transactions at any frequency
- Appear in your ledger automatically on schedule
- Fully accounted for in runway and burn rate calculations
- Never be surprised by a bill you forgot to factor in
Net Worth & Accounts
Your complete financial picture.
Track your accounts, your assets, and your net worth alongside your day-to-day spending. Current account, savings, investments — all tracked together.
- Track multiple accounts in multiple currencies
- Asset and liability tracking for net worth calculation
- Visual account distribution with treemap view
- Account balances factored into runway calculation automatically
Monthly Reports & PDF Export
You're applying for a long-stay visa and need to demonstrate financial self-sufficiency. You export three months of reports as PDFs. Clean, clear, professional. Job done.
Beautifully documented.
Your financial history, documented.
Every month gets its own report — a complete breakdown of income, spending, burn rate, and runway. Exportable as PDF for tax purposes, visa applications, or your own records.
Your data, your way.
Export your full ledger as CSV at any time. Import existing transaction history via the CSV wizard. Your financial data is never locked in — it belongs to you, always.
Everything in the Money module works offline. Log transactions, check your runway, and build scenarios wherever you are — the app syncs quietly when you're back in range.
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