While the couple said they go through periods of international travel in their van, they are currently based in Loire Atlantique, near Nantes, France. They run the Instagram account Recycle Inn, named after their van conversion business.
They told Insider they purchased the used van online in August 2019 for €6,700, or around $7,600, after traveling around New Zealand in a smaller van.
"When we came back home we already had the idea of building another van, but one of the conditions was something a little bit bigger, that we could stand in and as well work inside," said El Kotni, who noted that they needed a desk space for Brink's work as an artist.