Exceeding capacity is dangerous, as it can strain your brakes, axles and tires, and potentially cause an accident. Staying in an RV lets you enjoy your natural surroundings and sleep comfortably. If RV parks feel too busy, you can try boondocking : RV camping without hookups. Just make sure you understand the rules: Get permission to park your RV at your chosen location, and leave the site just as you found it. You may want to get a low-cost membership in Harvest Hosts , a network of more than 1, farms, orchards, ranches and wineries that allow RVs to stay free for a night.
RV travel is ideal for family vacations. Not only are you saving money on meals and hotel rooms, but campground environments are designed to allow children to explore freely and have fun. KOA campgrounds, for instance, often feature pools, playgrounds, volleyball courts, bonfires, crafts and more.
RV travel also allows you to bring pets on your vacation instead of boarding them. Begin with a few short trips before you set off on a weeklong adventure.
At a time when people are itching to travel while avoiding crowds, RVing is an appealing alternative to plane or cruise travel. You can cook, eat, wash up and sleep in your own space. Make sure you use the right cleaning products to disinfect surfaces without scratching them. Do traditional modes of travel make you feel anxious or frustrated? If you dislike dealing with long airport delays, crowded trains, coughing passengers and crying babies, then an RV vacation is perfect for you.
Just remember that trip insurance from Allianz Global Assistance can provide essential coverage for your RV trip. While it won't cover the RV if it's in an accident, travel insurance can reimburse any lost prepaid expenses if you need to interrupt or cancel your trip for a covered reason.
Best of all, you get the peace of mind to really enjoy your vacation. Type the country where you will be spending the most amount of time. View all of our travel insurance products. Terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. Please see your plan for full details. There are many ways to experience long-term travel in the US. People have lived in their cars, gotten into vanlife, or have even survived by moving from vacation rental to vacation rental.
Why did those we interview decide to go with RV life? While selecting your RV is a very personal choice, there are a few things everyone should consider. The answer is a wide variety of things. Some have their own businesses that allow them to set their own hours. Some make money from YouTube, Instagram, and their blog. We got rid of our house 6 months ago. Put everything in storage except the must have.
And the 2 of us and 2 dogs have loved it for the last 6 months except for the fact we got got with our purchase. A 42 ft travel trailer as we were sold only to find out it really is not itsva park model but more of a tiny house but still loving the life style. Our family thinks we are crazy but we absolutely love it.
Just wish the dealer would have been honest we can add rsnks and Jackson and turn it to a travel trailer but they went over the his to dump and check levels knowing we had no tanks.
And after we paid cash before leaving asked us to sign a waiver for what to say our truck us not rated to pull it but never offered to show a better fit knowing. We were going full time in it. It looks like tiny house about sq ft. Full-size appliances and full-size bathroom king bed said washer dryer hook up but they are not there. So laundry mat is biggest issue and size along with towing it.
I have a big dream of doing a bunch of RV renovations and potentially filming some webisodes about the process to teach other people. I ended up in West Texas.
For my first 8 months out here I was living on rigs in the oil field in the same trailer where I was working. I love it Vanessa! I totally agree. We have a plan and in 3 years will be on the road living the RV lifestyle. What kind of work will you be doing for income? Heath you only forgot one reason that I know of and that is you can own more than one RV just like you can a house and put it on a small lot with a cover over it and if someone will watch it for you while you are gone, you can be a multi home owner at the age of 25… lol.
Right on Chip. The list of 6 reasons is surprisingly insightful. I will finish high school in a year or two and I am starting to look at what I want to do after I graduate!
However I am having a really hard time find any decent information on what kinds of jobs you could do while you are RV-ing… Do you have any ideas? I am good at reading, writing, math especially algebra , photography, computer programming as well as some other stuff I am trying to figure out what to do of my career and I want something that will let me live and travel in an RV. From the brief list you described, computer programming would in my opinion be the easiest for you to create an income that allowed you to travel.
Something like photography is great as well, but it takes time to build up a client based business and most of those would keep you in one location. I would use photography as a way to produce good content for a blog that you could eventually monetize. Wish you the best!
Very inspirational story. Might as well take a leap and try it. Maximus, thanks for taking the time to read man! Good luck with the leap brother. Thank you for sharing this inspirational story! My wife and I are considering the full-time RV lifestyle. Before he reaches kindergarten age, we think this may be a wonderful month experience.
Thanks so much for sharing your story! Im 18 and getting an RV to travel around the country with my dog in. I love photography and travel and this story just inspired me even more! Cant wait to get mine!
Very inspiring post. Thank you very much for sharing your experience with us. In addition to your benefits, I would add my personal three benefits as below: 1 Freedom from debt slavery. I inherited it… and 2. Never wanted to live in NJ in the first place. But…where to go?
Then I started thinking about an RV. I am single, with two dogs…what other choices would I have at this stage in my life. Perhaps renting one and taking a mini trip to see if you like it :. My brother bought an RV, and He lives in Houston…barely ever goes on a trip. Awesome post! My girlfriend and I have been living in our RV for a about a year now. We pay a very small monthly fee to be hooked up to water, sewer and power all the time. We spend roughly half the year staying in one place here in greater Austin, Texas and use the rest of the year to travel.
Enjoy BC! We spent a lot of time up in the Canadian Rockies this summer. We are obsessed! So beautiful. We are getting ready to move from one part of the country to another for permanent relocation, so between selling the house and deciding where we want to live, we will definitely be in that position, maybe even in the long term if we end up enjoying it.
I would love to hear more from you guys! Hi Kami, good to hear you guys are moving into the RV full time. These things may seem obvious to you but everyone has a different idea of what is essential: 1. A decent sized fridge and freezer. A way to cook good food. Running water to the RV sink and toilet we kept our hot water tank off to save electricity and just showered in the park bathrooms. Some form of entertainment like TV or internet with streaming capability.
A love for being outside and exploring the nature around you! Good neighbors at your park, choose your spot wisely as your privacy will most likely be invaded on occasion. A lot of people at these parks have nothing to do all day so they walk around and talk to everyone in the park.
A comfy place to sit in your RV like a couch or a cpl good chairs. Well kept and up to date park bathrooms. It will likely cause you to be healthier, get outside more and live a more active lifestyle!
Hey finally someone who lives full time in am rv and simply stays in the same spot forever. Super annoying. Ok so anyways any advice you might be able to give? Anyways any advice you could give towards living in a rv full time and pretty much just sitting in place forever. Or any advice you can give towards picking out a model or anything really would be greatly appreciated.
Now I must say I highly go for the motor home models and not the trailer ones. Thank you and have a nice day. Hey Anthony! I can give you a few tips for picking your RV. Buying a rig with an engine would be a huge waste of money if you never plan on traveling.
I lived in a small VW T2 for almost four years in Europe. Absolute best years of my life! I went with the wind, played street music to earn my way: I met amazing people and had wonderful experiences in more than twenty countries. Then I met my wife in Germany and we had to upgrade to a Ducato. I highly recommend such a lifestyle at very least to gain a rounded perspective on life.
Hit me up when you are ready. Maybe I can help you to not make a lot of mistakes I made. There is something to be said about learning things the hard way, but there are some things I wish I woulda been given a heads-up on. We use his massively stock piled vacation days to take small long weekend trips often, and longer trips every few months.
We love being able to tote our home on a ton of mini vacations with our daughter and show her there is more than one way to live life! Going to buy a sport-utility camper with a drop down back to load my motorcycle in. Sell my house in Florida and follow the weather and blacktop! Great article confirming our decision to change our lives.
Our house is on the market in Santa Fe,NM for 1. My husband and I lived in a renovated chicken shack on a gorgeous acre farm that was owned by his Uncle 45 years ago. Then we rented many homes over the years, then bought homes small to 2 very large mansions. NOW is the time for a huge change and we are excited about this new life. Thank you for the encouragement and inspiration.!
Depends on if you have a motorhome or a trailer and how often you are moving. Maintenance is more difficult with motorhomes, since not all mechanics can work on them, so the issues can be pricier and take more time, whereas trailer people have trucks that can be serviced by anyone. The more you move, the more things will break! Thanks — are the warranties available if you buy used?
Guess it might be different in the US anyway.. You have not convinced me that 3 and 27 are advantages. Seriously though. Haha I would probably agree with you on that! We no longer have to deal with airports and handsy TSA agents. People forget how rejuvenating a weekend away from the normal can be. Driving from camp spot to camp spot is not just the means to an end it becomes part of the adventure. Stopping to stretch your legs at the local coffee shop or other tourist attractions.
Sitting around the campfire eating smores with no one around for hundreds of miles. Going to a wine and cheese tasting at the RV Park with people you have never met. Setting up camp one night overlooking the ocean and on the top of a mountain the next. Adventure is around every corner when it comes to RVing. If you ask ten people their three favorite things about an RV, you will get thirty different answers.
For us, it comes down to the three things that make us look forward to the next trip, or make us watch the clock all day Friday waiting to get off from work. An RV provides a quick retreat from the hustle and bustle of life. Our vacation begins when the tailgate shuts.
The community of diverse likeminded people that you meet along the way that all have similar views on life. We have spent so many hours talking to people and sharing stories as if we had known each other for years while walking around the campsite. The time we have spent, as a family having adventures that we have had and will always remember.
Meals when and where I want them. I love to cook, but even non-cooks like being able to have milk and cookies at 2 a. Friends Campers are some of the friendliest people around. Sitting around a campfire is definitely one of the best things about RVing. My partner and I have been living in our RV for the past year, and we love it! Our favorite things about RV travel all relate to the freedom that our RV provides us.
In an RV those incredible views can easily be yours. We regularly wake up in the middle of spectacular natural scenery, and the best part is that when we want to change things up we simply fire up our engine and drive to the next beautiful spot. There are many other amazing options for RV camping! We regularly camp on National Forest land and in remote BLM campgrounds that are affordable, beautiful, and often very private.
For us, that generally means summers in the Pacific Northwest and winters in Mexico. Other popular winter locations include the Southwestern states and Florida. We fall asleep shortly after the sun goes down, and we wake up shortly after sunrise. We purchased our RV as a means of mobility and travel only to discover that we actually really enjoy the lifestyle that comes with living full-time in an RV.
We purchased our RV as a means-to-an-end, so to speak. Living and traveling in our RV, we have lower monthly expenses than we did in our New Jersey home. The RV lifestyle can be exceptionally flexible from a financial perspective. We can easily control our expenses on a monthly basis by limiting how far we travel in a given period, or by being decisive about where we choose to stay. We installed a solar power array on our rig which allows us to generate free, zero waste electricity. Also, we now use about as much water in a month as we used to use in a week at our home.
The freedom from the burden of mortgage or rent payments, OR campground fees! Vacation on the cheap! The people- I have more friends now than I ever have in my life. Unless, maybe, you have kids. Most places are built traditionally. They are large, made from typical materials that are not cheap to purchase, and with a yard full of non-native plants to try to keep up with, wasting water and fuel resources to make it happen.
This allows me the freedom to live for FREE as well as to move at my own pace, getting to explore the country. I paid only 10K for my entire house. I am a full-time RVer who boondocks exclusively.
The typical American gets a job where they cannot move from the area and still keep that job. Simply changing to a mobile job will allow one to work from ANY location, as long as there is decent internet in that spot. I get my power through solar and sometimes a generator. While others have only 2 weeks a year to go on vacation, they usually have to fly to a destination, then pay an exuberant amount to stay in hotels. I pay no campground fees. I live modestly, and it pays off!
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