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Full-Time RVer Newsletter #27, April 13, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 27 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Living full-time in a roomy motorcycle pop-up trailer

For anyone who thinks their rig is too small, check out the following video. Kevin has combined two of Greg Illes' (veteran RVer and...

Around the Campfire: RVers discuss some downsides to workamping

Like many RVers, my husband and I frequently talk about workamping. It seems like a great “fit” for us. We both enjoy helping others....

Life lessons in cleaning toilets. What years as a work camper have taught me 

My husband and I have come to the end of our six-year run as work campers (volunteers) at a regional park in Arizona. I...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #26, March 30, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 26 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

This woman is quitting full-time RVing. Here are her reasons

“I’m done with full-time RVing.” A friend of mine recently uttered these words and I couldn’t believe my ears. I actually asked her to...

Snowbirds, it’s time to change your RV’s water filters

Snowbirds are beginning their yearly migration to cooler climates. If this is you, it means that now is a good time to change your...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #25, March 16, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 25 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Crowds, noise, trash force these work campers to “retire”

By Brenda Odom We have been campers for more than 30 years; we have been work campers for the past five of those. Before that,...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #24, March 2, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 24 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Plans change. What do you do as a sick full-time RVer?

By Lisa Adcox You are full-timer RVers and enjoying life. Suddenly life changes. One of you gets sick. What do you do as a sick...

Making money on the road: A niche job—seasonal work for RVers

Making money on the road presents a major challenge for many RVers, especially full-timers. And even more so for those nomads who are not...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #23, February 16, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 23 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-time RVing – Plan ahead for “hanging up the keys”

Being a full-time RVer is great, with so many places to explore, people to meet, things to learn. Sadly, the clock continues to run...

Important lessons learned from RVing apply to other parts of life too

We are on the cusp of not being full-time RVers anymore. We will still RV, just not full-time. I am realizing just how much...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #22, February 2, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 22 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-timer bored out of gourd – “RV normal or RV nuts?”

Dear RV Shrink, I can’t believe I am saying this, but I’m bored out of my gourd. I have been looking forward to traveling full-time...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #21, January 19, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 21 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

We’re inheriting a house. Can we still be full-time RVers?

As many of you know and have sent so many well wishes, I last wrote that my father was dying. My family mourns his...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #20, January 5, 2022

Volume 2. Issue 20 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-time RV living: What do you do with 30+ years of accumulated “stuff”?

By Lisa Adcox We purchased our first RV in 2016. It was new and we just loved camping. Many years before we had talked about...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #19, December 22, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 19 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

7 of the best personality traits for full-time RVing (and a quiz: Is full-timing right for you?)

Many folks are jumping into a new lifestyle – full-time living on the road. It sounds exciting and invigorating! Just think, you can sell...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #18, December 8, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 18 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #17, November 24, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 17 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

A downside to full-time RVing

By Brenda Bott OutsideOurBubble.com Whether you have been full-timing for a while like my husband, David, and me, or are new to full-timing, or are still in...

Video: Full-timers alone in the RV for the very first time

We can spend days, or weeks, traveling and cohabitating with the one we love. Then one day they decide to venture out on their...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #16, November 10, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 16 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Beat-ing feelings of isolation while on the road; find what keeps you company

I spend a lot of time alone. Being a traveling entrepreneur and digital nomad has me spending hours and hours at a time inside the...

Will Work for Space – Could work camping be the solution for a long-term site?

You may have noticed, or read a few articles, about how difficult it is to find a monthly RV space on short notice these...

Holding tank tips for the stationary RV

By Russ and Tiña De Maris While the term "recreational vehicle" fosters visions of hitting the open road and exploring new sights, new civilizations, we...

Gift-giving to RVers: Give experiences, not stuff

Today was the last day for my work-camping gig at a major resort in Arizona. You know the types of resorts that have more...

Downsizing… or not? An RVer’s struggle of what to keep and what to leave behind

After living 12 years in Alaska, I had quite the library going. Four large bookcases were full of pages I loved unconditionally. I did...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #15, October 27, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 15 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

RVers happier than others, say anthropologists

People who travel via RV claim to feel healthier, both physically and mentally, than they would be if they led more sedentary lives, according...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #14, October 13, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 14 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Staying connected: New WiFi technology improved our RV travels

One of the great dilemmas RVers face is staying connected. Like many full-timers, we’ve tried most everything for better communications: hotspots, WiFi repeaters, extenders/boosters,...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #13, September 29, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 13 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #12, September 15, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 12 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

RVs are about to upend American life

By Chuck Woodbury PUBLISHER In 1790, only about one out of 20 Americans lived in urban areas. The ratio had dramatically changed to one out of four...

How easily could you live in an RV as your only “home”?

RVs are so comfortable these days that more people than ever have sold or moved out of their permanent "stick" homes to live full...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #11, September 3, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 11 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday (usually) by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV...

Telling family and friends your decision to go full-time isn’t easy, but it’s worth it

Editor's Note: This is an old article from 2005. Unfortunately, we don't know (er, remember...) who wrote it for us. If it's yours, let...

When you told your friends and/or family you were going full-time, how did they react?

When you announced to your friends and/or family that you had made the decision to become a full-time RVer and live in your RV,...

Working remotely from an RV: Opportunities expanding for millions

By Louis J. Finkle, Ph.D. The number of people transitioning from home-base to a full-time RV lifestyle is growing at a faster rate than we...

An ode to weekend campers — the “weekend warriors”

Welcome the weekend warriors, those RVers and other campers who swarm our campgrounds on Saturdays and Sundays! I remember the excitement and the unmitigated...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #10, August 18, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 10 Welcome to the Full-Time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #9, August 4, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 9 Welcome to the Full-time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

Full-Time RVer Newsletter #8, July 21, 2021

Volume 2. Issue 8 Welcome to the Full-time RVer Newsletter, published every other Wednesday by RVtravel.com. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and full-time RV living...

How long have you been a full-time RVer?

How long have you been a full-time RVer? Or are you one yet? If you are, have you been doing it for just a...

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