We quit our jobs to ‘live like kings’ in a caravan — and save £2,000 per month

In a former life, Shane Williams and Sarah Camden, 29, were getting home past 5pm each evening. They weren’t spending nearly enough time together, and were working a combined 90 hours per week.

Wanting to avoid a life of paying close to £1,000 per month in rent, the ex-estate agent and bank worker decided to completely overhaul their lives.

Three years ago, they relocated from Hereford to Wrexham to live and work on a campsite, saving money on their rent and cutting their working hours.

Now, they work 40 hours a week over five days, and are responsible for tasks like mowing the grass, checking in guests, and overseeing maintenance work.

Shane says: ‘We were sick of getting home at 5pm at night doing our normal jobs. We had two hours of seeing each other and have to do it all over again whereas now we get to work with each other every day.’

When they made the decision, they were 26 and desperately needed to move out of their parents’ houses. Looking around the area, they realised that both renting and taking out a mortgage would cost them a minimum of £1,000 per month, so they decided to buy a caravan instead.

In their new roles, they now bring home £1,900 per month each. They’re given a camping pitch for free as part of their jobs, alongside water and electricity, mitigating any of these extra costs.

They’re also entitled to free roam of the swimming pool, and heavily discounted drinks at the campsite bar.

They might’ve taken a slight pay cut, but they now have more disposable income than they did previously, which they’ve been dedicating towards going away more. In 2025 alone, they went on four holidays.

At first, they stayed in a caravan that was gifted by a relative for free, but with their renewed savings, they’ve now bought a £7,000 caravan and a £13,000 campervan, which they take away with them during time off.

He adds: ‘If we’re being strict with ourselves, we can save £1,000 each per month. There’s £2,000 per month to be saved.

‘But we live like kings – we don’t limit ourselves or say “we can’t afford to do that or this.”

‘We do go round travelling in our van now we have the free time for that.’

They also go out to eat a lot, which they admit they’re able to do ‘a lot more than the average person.’

Last year, the couple were both promoted to head wardens and briefly took home an extra £400 per month.

They subsequently decided to take a four-month sabbatical to focus on branded social media content and travel around in their campervan, so they’ve now taken a step back to their original roles for 2026.

During the off-season, they find it a ‘bit of a struggle’ to cope with the caravan, which ends up ‘cold, wet and damp.’ But as soon as summer rolls around, they’re ‘constantly outside’ enjoying the sunshine.

With the extra time they’ve acquired from working less, they’ve also managed to welcome a new puppy, Sunnie, into their lives.

Shane says: ‘We’ve escaped the normal nine-to-five life. We get two days off a week.

‘The way our rota works once a month we also get four days off in a row.’

Going forward, the couple’s plan is to save up to buy a house, but instead of living in it themselves, they’ll rent it out and ‘let someone else pay off the mortgage’ to give themselves a ‘safety net’ in the long term.

‘It’s nice to have a job role that has a different way of life,’ Sarah says.

‘You get used to being at home and never in the open whereas here we’re closer to being outdoors all the time.’

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