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Curiosityness

005 Master Bus Builder and #1 Airbnb Host, Willbillys

Curiosityness

Travis DeRose

History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Will describes himself as a fun-loving West Virginia hillbilly hippie. He has converted 2 buses and is in the process of converting a third. His bus is the #1 Airbnb in the state of West Virginia. Plus, his bus build has been featured in Popular Mechanics. Now, he is working on a comprehensive skoolie conversion book.

 

This is a very practical and actionable episode full of specific advice. We talk about why Will decided to convert school buses as opposed to vans or RV's. Why the hardest part of a bus conversion is the demolition. Things to think about before buying a bus. A step-by-step to converting a school bus.

 

Follow Will on Instagram: @willbillys

or on Facebook: @wvwillbillys

 

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Twitter: @campersinvans

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the fifth episode of Campers and Vans Getting Coffee.

0:06.6

This episode's cool because I have Will from Will Billy's on, and he has got some credentials.

0:13.3

It's cool. He owns the number one Airbnb in the state of West Virginia. It's one of the buses that he's converted and he uses it as an Airbnb.

0:23.4

Plus, he has been featured in popular mechanics, so he's had an article in there, which is pretty cool.

0:28.8

And now he's working on a comprehensive schooling book.

0:32.5

So it's like a whole book about converting a bus and how to do that. He'll go into budgeting,

0:39.1

all that kind of stuff. So it's super cool. We'll talk about that and get into that book and what that's all

0:43.1

about. But he just gives a bunch of practical and actionable advice in this episode. If you were

0:49.8

looking to build your own school bus or van or anything. He particularly enjoys buses and recommends

0:57.7

buses, but that's his recommendation. He'll get into that about why he prefers a bus. But that's it.

1:07.0

It's a fun episode with a lot of good details that I think you can get going in right now.

1:12.8

That'll really help people who are getting started with their conversion and all kinds of stuff like that.

1:19.0

So without further ado, we will start the interview with Will. Thank you. Here he is. Let's go.

1:27.5

Okay, hello. How's it going, Will? How are you doing, man? I Let's go. Okay, hello.

1:28.5

How's it going, Will?

1:29.1

How are you doing, man?

1:30.4

I'm doing well.

1:31.3

How are you doing?

1:32.0

I'm doing good.

1:32.8

Thanks for being on the show.

1:33.8

Super appreciate you coming on here.

1:37.0

My pleasure.

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