How to work from home so you can travel full time

We understand that working from home sounds easier said than done. You’ve researched how to find legit jobs and you’re still stuck at your 9-5 jobs because nothing panned out. I understand! It can be challenging. That’s why I’ve put together a little roadmap to help you get started. There’s more info on our membership page here.

So…. let’s skip the mumbo jumbo and dive right into how you can work while traveling, or simply work from home!

1. Set a goal to work from home so you can travel full time 

2. Determine what type of work you can do from home 

3. Create a plan to make working from home possible 

4. Follow your plan and make adjustments as needed 

5. Enjoy your new lifestyle!

Okay, so let’s dive into how you can do these steps. 

Step #1 & #3 go hand in hand, setting a goal and making a plan. Why do you want to work from home? What are you willing to do to achieve that goal? How much money do you need every month to pay bills and have a little extra cash? 

You need to sit down, write out a plan and then figure out how to achieve those goals. Write it all down. It may seem silly but putting your thoughts out on paper helps give a clear direction on what you need to do and forces you to follow through with your thoughts. It’s easy to say, “I want to work from an RV and travel full time” but unless you figure out HOW you’re going to work from home then it’s all just a dream. Make your dream a reality. This doesn’t have to be a novel, just bullet points. Start with your goals. 

#2 is the hardest step, figuring out how to work from home. The thought of working from home can feel overwhelming, especially if you haven’t done it before. The truth is, it’s easier than you think as long as you know consistency is key. Working from home isn’t a “get rich quick” kinda plan, it’s a plan based on longevity. 

If you need to find a way to work remotely, here are some options that I cover in our membership plan.

Freelance work - this can be anything from virtual assistance, social media creation, ghost writing, photography and more. Basically it’s odds and ends jobs that you do for yourself or someone else. Find a niche and stick to it. If you’re a great blog writer then focus on doing that for other companies (or yourself!). Find what you’re good at, research the heck out of it and test the waters. See what you did/didn’t like and adjust accordingly. The hardest part is getting out of your comfort zone. Remember, if it was easy then everyone would do it. It’s those that push themselves when things get hard that succeed.

Find a job that allows you to work with your computer. There’s a ton of job opportunities on our membership page, all allowing you to work from home. Businesses are realizing that employees that work from home save them a tremendous amount of money in overhead costs and productivity is greater because employees are happier at home (usually). There’s no traffic to drive through to get to work and you can wear your pj’s, eat from your own kitchen on breaks and such. Most people who find work from home positions for the first time, without experience, find luck in working a call center. I know, I know… “a call center, heck no!”. Just hear me out! Working at a call center for just a couple of months is huge because it shows potential employers that you’re serious about working from home and that you can do it properly. Think of it like an initiation period, they want to know that you can type, that you can take direction, that you have computer skills in general. Just get your foot in the door or something on your resume so you can move on and out of the call center. 

Affiliate marketing is another great option if you already have an audience. A lot of people are showcasing products on blogs, facebook lives, amazon lives and more showing potential buyers why they should buy a certain product. When the product is bought, then you make a few extra bucks! It all adds up at the end and you can really capitalize on this if you put forth the effort. This can literally be anything from household appliances to makeup or auto parts. It’s literally anything that you can think of, I’m sure there’s an affiliate program somewhere. 

Okay, now that you have an idea of what your goals are, what kind of work you can do, and a plan of action, it’s time to buckle down and start! This is the hardest part! Don’t quit everything and assume you’ll make money right away if you start freelance work. You need time to perfect the skills and find gigs to make a full time income. Yes, it can be easy but you have to push yourself out of your comfort zone and that can take time. 

It’s okay if you thought you’d like writing blogs and it turns out that you hate it. Move onto something else. You tried and now you have a new direction to move towards. Try another path and learn what you do/don’t like. You’d be surprised at what falls in your lap that you never thought of but you really like doing!

Whew… I know that this is a lot and it seems like you can do everything in just a couple of minutes but this is days/weeks/months worth of work depending on how determined you are at the moment. Write a goal on your wall or mirror somewhere you see daily. This will remind you of what you’re working towards and give you a “why”. It’s kinda like a kick in the butt when you feel unmotivated some days. Join a few facebook groups and submerge yourself with others who are doing what you’re doing. This will also help keep your motivation up.

We have a whole program dedicated to helping you find remote work here. We know how hard it is and that’s why we created our program, to help you! Check it out here!

See ya on the road!

-Amanda

Full time RV tip; what to bring, what to leave

After 3 years of RVing full time, we have learned a lot on what makes us comfortable in our tiny home on wheels. There’s a lot of pressure to decide what you need and don’t need when moving from a house to something so small. For us, it was trial and error. Some things we gave away only to turn around and purchase once we realized we missed it (and that’s okay!). Other things we held onto and after not being used for a year, finally discarded.

Here are our top tips on what we wish we knew before rving full time that would’ve saved us money and time. You see an in-depth list on our storefront here.

Things we suggest bringing:

1. Electric Skillet, most propane stoves take forever to boil water + most rv stoves use propane so you will save money by investing in a skillet.

2. Ninja Foodi, we use our foodi to cook most meals and it doesn’t waste our propane so it’s a win/win.

3. Blackstone grill, the table top one is too heavy for a fold out table, get the blackstone with the legs!

4. Outdoor rug at the door, the insane amount of dirt, sand and gravel that tracks into the rig without a rug is insane!

5. Clam tent, buy the ones with sides attached and you’ll thank me later. Also snag an outdoor rug for this, don’t buy the bottoms because they fill with water and it’s a pain!

6. Command hooks, self explanatory.

7. Reflectix (helps keep heat in during winter, a/c in during summer by placing in your windows).

8. Surge protector - Watchdog, get the hardwired, it’s worth the investment!

9. Clothing hangers - non slip, moving around makes clothes hanging on slick hangers fall.

10. Bin for shoes, having a dedicated spot by the door for shoes makes less dirt throughout the tiny space + no tripping over shoes! The bin needs to stay inside due to bugs/snakes/spiders that can crawl into closed toed shoes.

11. Happy campers tank treatment is our go-to after each sewer dump.

12. Tank cleaner, even with tank treatments you will need to clean the tanks.

13. Viar air compressor, many fuel stations don’t have one that can hold RV limits so it’s important to check and fill your tires before every move.

14. 4ft adjustable folding table, this gets used nearly everyday…in the clam tent, cooking, playing games, crafts, school work, and more!.

15. Dehumidifier, we can easily pull 2-3 gallons a day in humid states! Don’t buy a tiny, cheap one because they won’t pull enough water out.

16. Nonbreakable dishes we love the Corelle brand and have only needed to buy this set when we first bought our RV 3 years ago.

17. Pool noodles for the slides by the panel, buy from the dollar tree.

18. Portable dump tank, we personally don’t use this but know some do if they boondocks a lot so it depends on your style of camping and how many people you’ll have in your rig.

19. Straps/bungy cords in different sizes, these get used a ton! MUST HAVE!

20. RV water pressure gage

21. Water filter system, we use an alexapur and love it! It’s similar to a Berkey.

22. Leveler blocks

23. Extra fuses, fuses blow sometimes and it’s a cheap fix if you plan in advance.

24. Fitted picnic table covers, unfitted ones always flap around. You NEED a table cover because the picnic tables are filthy, people sit their sewer hoses on the tables! GROSS!

25. Disposable gloves, you want these for handling the sewer hoses.

26. Small backpack cooler, we use ours every time we spend the day away from the rig to avoid eating out. The backpack version is great for hiking or a beach day.

27. Insulated water bottles so you don’t have a ton of cups to wash.

28. Portable fan if you have room, moving the air around helps so much!

29. Portable space heater, this will save $$$ on propane if you don’t have a fireplace; we even use it in FL sometimes! We carry around 2 since we have a 42’ rig.

30. Camelbak if you like to spend the day hiking.

31. Fire extinguishers for each room, better safe than sorry.

32. Cordless drill + basic tools (screwdrivers, measuring tapes, hammer…).

33. Outdoor lights if you don’t have lights on your rig. We use these for the clam, when electric goes out, boonedocking and such (they’re magnetic!). We also use these to hang in the clam tent to make light when we have friends over, make sure whatever lights you choose that they’re shatterproof.

You can see more of our must-haves on Amazon here.

Things to leave in storage or sell

1. Additional pots/pans

2. Too many (or too heavy) cups/bowls/plates

3. Sentimental items - in case of fire or wreck

4. Too many clothes/shoes/hats

5. Seasonal decor

6. Hard books, they’re heavy & take up space, invest in online books (some libraries have reading apps free!).

7. Craft supplies unless you’re an avid crafter (2x’s a year doesn’t count!).

8. Extra TV’s, you really only need 1 at most.

9. Walkie talkies, use your phones. It’s just one more thing you’ll have to keep track of and worry about charging.

Some people may add or take away from this list, it really varies from family to family. Don’t worry about the small stuff, just focus to getting on the road.

-Amanda

What I thought full time RVing would be like VS the reality; 3 years later

Joseph was working a lot of overtime in a big company, barely ever seen. I was working on my small business full time while homeschooling 3 kids. Our lives were hectic. We barely spent any time together as a family. Free time was spent just playing catch up with our to-do list.

Joseph started watching full time sailing videos on youtube and decided that’s his dream for retirement. We were barely past 30 years old so it was going to be a while. I would watch videos with him every now and then and get excited about the potential of traveling the world! It was exciting!

Now, if you don’t know me, my personality is go big or go home. Once there’s an idea in my head then I run with it and I want to do it now. Life is too short to assume we get to live a retirement life.

Shortly after binging full time sail videos, I found full time RV life and that was exciting because it was an attainable short term goal. A 100K for freedom in an rv vs 500k in a sailboat just seemed to feel more realistic.

So, after a few months of convincing Joseph we had decided to go for the RV dream! This would mean that he would quit his job and I would focus on my small business. If you need to work remotely, check out our page here. This wasn’t easy for him, after all, he had a retirement plan, cushy, well paid job.

Fast-forward, it took us 4 months to get on the road, including selling our house + everything inside, and buying a truck + RV.

Soooo…. here we are, 3 years later in the middle of Florida getting ready to head down to The Keys for a few weeks. The kids are doing their chores and school as I write a blog, and Joseph is at a scuba diving convention aka DEMA that he’s waited for all year.

Our perception vs reality on what full time rv life was mislead. We are open minded so it’s not bad but I think this is the sole reason people hate rv life. They expected this dreamy lifestyle of vacationing everyday.

You walk out your front door and see the open field with mountains behind it sipping a cup of coffee while you can barely see your breath as you exhale. After your warm cup of coffee, you go out on a hike and then explore the local towns to see the differences of cultures. Everyone is smiling around you and life is stress free for everyone up encounter. In the evening you kick back in the recliner and talk to your spouse about how the day went and then think about what to do tomorrow while sipping a scotch or glass of wine.

REALITY CHECK (insert record skipping here)- here’s how it really goes. You open your eyes and wonder where you are parked, forgetting which state you’re in sometimes. Knowing the day of the week off hand is even harder. After climbing out of bed, you make your coffee and sit down to work (because that’s still a thing…). If your internet is great then you can get your work done in a few hours but if it’s not then you need to head to the rec center or local coffee shop to finish working. By now it’s about mid day and you realize that you haven’t worked out or even eaten! After you prioritize food vs dumbbells, you may have time to get the dishes done, laundry, pay bills, or quickly pick up. Oh shoot… you chose the dishes and now the grey tank is full. On your way out the door to dump the tank, you see a friend walking their dog and 3 hours later you realize that you are still talking and finally say, “see ya later”. Now it’s nearing bedtime but you invited friends over so you stay up until 2am hanging out in the clam tent playing Catan or talking away. You come back inside the RV and realize you haven’t even eaten dinner but you’re too tired. Today was great! You made people a priority and that’s a good feeling. Your house may be a mess, the bills go on tomorrows list and the dishes can wait and that’s okay! The connection you have with your friends out power anything on the to-do list.

Now…. add kids and a dog into the mix! Homeschool, meet ups, meeting other parents, campground activities, keeping the kids occupied and more.

That my friends is the reality of full time rving. Don’t get me wrong, we do go out on adventures but not everyday, sometimes not even every week. We still have bills to pay, laundry, grocery shopping, work, homeschool, and most important, downtime! Sometimes our brains are overstimulated and we go into hibernation mode.

Now, let’s be honest, not everyday is this way and we choose to live this lifestyle because we do love it! So for the next 30 days, I’m going to record our lives so you can really see what the average full time rver experiences.

So what are the biggest things that I misunderstood when dreaming about full time traveling in an rv vs reality?

• Everyday is not and adventure. We still have real life problems that need addressed including maintenance, chores, advanced planning, and other real life problems.

• Our RV is not 100% clean 24/7. Yes it’s smaller so it’s easier to clean and a fast “pick up” so that’s nice. I used to tell myself that if my house was clean then I was a good mother and wife. Now I base my value upon myself, not how clean things are or how others perceive me.

• You don’t see everyones RV inside! It’s an unspoken rule that you don’t go into other rvs. Because so many of us live tiny and our priorities are with human interaction vs a clean house, we hang with people outside of the rig. It’s very rare that you enter someones rig. If you have to use the restroom and you’re at someones rig, excuse yourself and go back to your own rig or the bathhouse! So if you’re looking for inspiration, just keep searching Pinterest.

• Maintenance and repairs are a huge thing! Your house goes through an earthquake every time you move and because you now live in something that’s meant for weekenders, things break a lot! This means there’s a lot of days you can’t go explore.

• Bad campgrounds can be good! There are some campgrounds that you’ll pull into and immediately want to leave, then they’ll turn out to be your favorite campground because of the people who travel through. You’ll quickly find that you want to stay in the same rv resorts due to the people, not the amenities.

• You don’t have as much “free time” as you think. You actually spend your free time hanging out with others. I was on a phone call with someone the other day and it had taken me several days to get back with them. They said, “wow, for someone who’s always on vacation you sure do take a while to return a phone call”. I laughed and understood exactly what their perception was on this lifestyle. They think that we’re just hanging out but we’re super busy too. Our free time is hanging out with friends, not on our phones. Don’t get me wrong, I work on my phone a lot but it’s not just scrolling through social media just for fun.

• Campgrounds are like old nasty trailer parks. Don’t hate me here! This is what I assumed and I was SOOOOOO wrong! Some of these RV’s are more expensive than our 2500 sq ft house with 7 acres! You’ll see that these people want the freedom just like you. They don’t base their value on others opinions and they’re so comfortable in their own skin that they don’t need a giant house or “things” to prove who they are to people.

• Full time rv conversations are much different, they’re better! It’s not chit chat about the latest trends, sports, public school agenda, to-do’s, and such. It’s fun, upbeat, light hearted but deep, meaningful conversations. We can quickly pick out newbies or weekenders strictly on how they carry conversations. This is my favorite part about full timing, the meaningful conversations.

• Full timers are generally upbeat and positive. I assumed that people would keep to themselves but full timers are here to meet new people and crave learning about different lifestyles! Full timers smile more and are happy people overall!

• My biggest worry was that we wouldn’t find “our people” aka a community. Ya know… the people who you want to see over and over again. Those that you connect with as soon as you meet them. I was wrong! The community is amazing and easy to find if you put yourself out there. Don’t expect everyone to come up to you, go up to them!

I could go on and on about full time rv life but I’ll save some more details for later. If you’re interested in seeing what it’s like RVing for 30 days, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter so you get the details when they roll out!

See ya on the road,

-Amanda

How to find legit remote work + 5 jobs to apply to TODAY!

Working from home can be a dream! Sipping coffee, in your pj’s whle you work sounds great but how do you get there?

You’ve searched online and find multiple job boards, click on the links and search for entry level positions.

• After the first hour, you now have your resume uploaded and a profile with 1 job board so you can search.

• The second hour, you’ve learned how to weed through the ones that require a lot of experience.

• The third hour is spent trying to find jobs that don’t require a ton of experience.

• Then the fourth hour is switching to the new job board, on a different website, and starting all over again.

  Now you wait, never to hear back. Upon further research (if you get this far), you realize that half of the jobs that you applied for were scams and you wasted your time.

  This is a common, vicious cycle that many experience. It is so frustrating!

So how can you avoid this? How do you make use of your time instead of wasting it? What if you don’t have a ton of experience to provide? What if you’ve never written a resume before, that alone is overwhelming! This is where our membership can help!

We understand because it happened to us too! In 2020 we lost our business that fed our family of 5. Quickly, we turned to the internet and a new business. The new business didn’t last long as it wasn’t realistic for our future (we were traveling at the time and it was not a traveling business). We applied again and again to online jobs, spendings hundreds of hours just searching for jobs to apply to and rarely hearing anything back.

Sure, there were companies that we could pay to get started or simply earn commission only but that’s not what we wanted or needed; most of which are scams anyway. So we found the magic trick to finding legit jobs but it is time consuming.

The trick? It’s simple:

Find big companies, go to their website directly (Walmart, Amazon, Meta, GE & more)

Find their careers/jobs page

Search each page individually

Why not just apply to job boards? Because anyone can pretend to be a big box store. The job boards want to rope you in to stay on their website so it’s easy for them to give false information.

Now, if you have 40+ hours a week to go to each site individually, find their jobs/careers page, filter for remote jobs and search for what you need, then you don’t need us and you can do this on your own!

If you don’t have endless hours to spend then let us help you! Joseph and Amanda (me) team up as our full time job to help YOU by doing this work for you. It’s simple, easy and quick. We started a membership for just the price of a cup of coffee each week!

What you get:

• Access to our easy to navigate member site with legitimate remote work opportunities for every experience level. 

• Tips & Tricks for landing and nailing remote interviews so you can finally have the freedom to travel without losing the security of a steady income. 

• Additional resources to make your search for remote work simpler including video interviews with other remote workers and website recommendations. 

• Resume review, for a limited time only.

To get you started, here are 5 examples of jobs that you can apply to today, just like they are listed in our membership. Our membership contains dozens upon dozen of jobs available, listed from entry level, intermediate level and senior level.

Inside Sales Manager/Account Manager - Jonas Software

Customer Service Representative - CrossFit, LLC

Call Center Agent - Crusecom

Technical Care Center Specialist - Cable ONE

Inbound Customer Service Reps - Startek

For more jobs, click here.

Stop wasting time searching through thousands of job postings only to get hit with a scam.

For a limited time, we’re also offering discount codes to help you get started. Use code 10OFF for $10 off you monthly subscription or GRAND40 for $4 off your weekly subscription + cancel anytime (as soon as you land your job!).

Finding a legit, remote job is hard, let us help!

Joseph & Amanda

How to freelance work while you travel fulltime: Getting started

In 2019 we sold everything to travel full time in our RV. We had no idea that within 6 months we would lose our business from a pandemic. This put us in a hard spot because we have 3 kiddos to support!

Joseph had already quit his job working for a big corporation and I had my business for years with steady income. Our decision to sell everything was set and we thought everything was good to go.

However, when we HAD to make something happen so we dove into finding odds and ends jobs, gigs where we could and ultimately learned a ton about remote work.

We asked around, socialized a lot and found out that others were in the same predicament. So I’m here to share what we learned along the way. If you’re looking for remote work, you’re always welcome to join us on our membership page here. USE CODE “GRAND40” FOR $4 OFF YOUR WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION

First, freelance work is the way to go if you are self motivated a determined. Freelance work means that you work on your own terms per job. It’s not consistent unless you are consistent and each job is new opportunity.

So lets dive in!

To start with freelance work, find a topic/genre that you want to specialize in and study up a little on how to make money. Some ideas are virtual assisting, data entry, copyrighting, blog writing, website development, editor and such. Anything that you can do on a computer can turn into money making, freelance style.

Now that you’ve figured out your specialty, you need to market yourself. If you are plugged into your community then you can reach out to business owners and see if they are interested in partnering up so you can offer your services.

Remember: people don’t care what’s in it for you, they only care about what’s in it for themselves.

Don’t present your offering about why partnering up with them is good for you, take yourself out of the equation and focus on them.

If you are not plugged into the community, maybe you’re new to the area or just don’t want to talk to people, then use websites like Fiverr or Upworks. These are great ways to build a portfolio and get your feet wet into your new niche. I also touch on multiple website to freelance in our membership.

Freelance work doesn’t always pay minimum wage but it does provide a great opportunity to work from home, when you want. It has a lot of perks but is hard work.

Still looking for work and find freelance work too hard or do you simply want to work for someone else that pays more from the beginning? Check out our membership here so that you can get access to multiple work opportunities without worrying about scammers.

Finding remote work allows for… 

• A better work life balance

• Higher average incomes 

• Savings on food, transportation, and childcare

• Fewer distractions

• Reduced stress

• Time and location freedom

Our membership is dedicated to getting your remote job asap so that you can enjoy life to the fullest! USE CODE “GRAND40” FOR $4 OFF YOUR WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION

See ya on the road!

-Amanda

8 RV Deals of the day!

Whether you’re stocking up for a new RV or just updating your existing RV, accessories are expensive. Here are the best deals of the day to get more bang for your buck.

Simply click on any photo and you’ll be directed to the sale items! Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

Sewer hoses…. don’t skimp! They’ll get holes so you want to get a name brand hose. We always buy camco because it’s the best brand that we’ve found.

Some people love these xchocks. We had them but tend to only use them when we’re super unlevel or worried about the weather. This is a great deal if you feel more secure with them. They go between your wheels to help with any rollback.

Always, always, always use chocks around your tires! We have a different brand but these are great too. You’d be suprised at how much your rv moves once it’s settles for a few days. These keep you from moving too much.

Have you seen what people put on their picnic tables at campgrounds? Nasty sewer hoses!!!!! We’ve seen it more than once so do NOT put anything on the picnic table without covering it first!! GROSS!! This is the cheapest I’ve seen the fitted ones that come with the bench covers too!

We have the Clam brand but this is a great brand as well. Both are a great addition if you like hanging outside with friends or just yourselves. We use this when it rains or the bugs are bad too.

The following 2 are RV mats which are necessary for camping for the obvious reasons.

This is the best brand on the market for keeping surges away from getting inside of your rig! MUST HAVE!

There are more must-have products but who likes paying full price? These were just a few deals that I found for today to save you all a little extra money this week.

I’ve put together a list of our favorite RV products since fulltiming. This link will take you directly to our Amazon Storefront showcasing them all!

In addition, if you like deals then you’ll love my Amazon group on Facebook. I post deals nearly every day in the dozens! You can join us here & it’s 100% free!

See ya on the road!

-Amanda

5 Work from home jobs

I recently started blogging about remote/virtual jobs that you can apply to with entry level skills.

Since then, I have received countless messages/comments/emails/texts on helping people find jobs. I honestly didn’t know that this was going to turn into a fulltime job so what I did was created a subscription on this website.

Ou membership page has all of the questions that I’ve been asked along with detailed answers, interview videos with others that work remotely, free resume reviews, virtual interview tips + remote jobs listed by level (entry, intermediate & senior). You can see more here.

Now, onto the free jobs that you can apply to today!!

Customer Care Rep I - Elevance Health Talent Community

Customer Service Representative - CrossFit, LLC

Customer Care Representative - CVS

Remote Sales Representative - Primavera Advisors

Call Center Agent - Crusecom

If you like having easy to read links, like the above, then you’ll LOVE being a member where you have easy access to multiple job postings categorized from entry level, intermediate level and advanced levels.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO WORK FROM HOME MIGHT INCLUDE FREELANCING, SUCH AS USING UPWORKS OR FIVERR TO BECOME A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT OR HELP SMALL BUSINESSES IN OTHER WAYS SUCH AS EDITING OR WRITING CONTENT.

If you haven’t seen the workamping opportunity then definitely check that out too! You can work at each campground as you travel. Most include extra hourly pay with your campsite for free!

Where there’s a will, there’s a way and I want to see you all on the road!

-Amanda

5 job positions that you can do from home!

After 3 years living full-time in our RV my husband and I have found a number of legitimate remote work opportunities allowing us to support our family of 5 without being tied down by a traditional in-office career.

Since taking our travels to social media and sharing our journey to happiness, I cannot count the number of people who've asked me "Amanda, how do you do it?" 

And while I wish I could respond to each and every person individually there are simply not enough hours in the day. So, I put together a membership program where I can curate legitimate job postings, make them easily accessible, and offer tips, tricks, and inside info on landing your remote dream job.

Here are 5 jobs to get your started on your next chapter:

Customer Care Representative - Bigfoot Biomedical

Inside Sales Representative - Gannett Co.

Customer Support Advocate - Pinger

Appointment Setter (part time) - A Player Sales Recruiting

Inbound Customer Service Reps - Startek

Having trouble getting your resume together? For a limited time, our members get FREE resume reviews! Hurry!

Embed Block

Add an embed URL or code. Learn more

5 Work From Home Jobs

It’s no secret that we help with finding remote work because we want to see you on the road!

Traveling from campground to campground, boonedocking in the wild and meeting multicultural people that are free spirited by nature. That’s what we want to help you achieve.

Our remote work page is dedicated to helping you with your resume, motivation to keep applying, easy application process and dozens upon dozens of opportunities.

Here are a quick list of 5 remote jobs that you can apply for today!

Recruiting Coordinator - Files

Inside Sales Representative I - Gannett

Phone Support Specialist - IQVIA

Technical Care Center Specialist - Cable ONE

Home Collections Representative - Bread Financial

If you like having easy to read links, like the above, then you’ll LOVE being a member where you have easy access to multiple job postings categorized from entry level, intermediate level and advanced levels.

Additional options to work from home might include freelancing, such as using Upworks or Fiverr to become a virtual assistant or help small businesses in other ways such as editing or writing content.

If you haven’t seen the workamping opportunity then definitely check that out too! You can work at each campground as you travel. Most include extra hourly pay with your campsite for free!

Where there’s a will, there’s a way and I want to see you all on the road!

-Amanda

What kind of work can I do so I can travel fulltime?

Working from home, while traveling around in an RV can be challenging… especially with 3 kiddos at home!

You can do freelance work at websites such as Upwork and Fiverr, but you are constantly looking for new opportunities once each job ends. If you’re interested, here’s a link for $50 off of a course that teaches you everything you need to know to get started.

Another way to work while you travel is partnering with a company that needs event hosts. Companies want to be in multiple places at once so they’ll hire people to man their booths.

If working from home interest you, it’s never been easier to find online work! Employeers have switched many in house positions to work from home opportunities.

The problem? It’s hard to weed out the scammers and mlm’s. It’s down right frustrating to sift through hundreds of “online jobs” to find out that you need to live in a certain state just to apply. Now you’ve wasted half the day away and you still haven’t submitted your resume to any company. It’s a vicious cycle but it doesn’t have to be.

About 2 months ago, I began receiving countless messages from people needing help to find remote work.

So… I found a solution! I spend my time helping you find work online, eliminating the scams or “you must live in xyz state to apply”. The goal: for you to spend as little amount of time online while applying to dozens of jobs in the same day!

I make it very simple. Click on the job title that interest you and you get direct access to submit your resume or application. Easy peasy!

Oh no! I wrote the dreaded word….. “resume”! Don’t worry, because I also offer resume reviews for my members, virtual interview tips and tons more!

Here’s the link to get you started!

See ya on the road!

Amanda

Workamping checklist + 5 campgrounds hiring right now!

If you’re not familiar with workamping, it’s a phrase many rvers use to combine “work” & “camping”. Essentially, you work at the campground in exchange for a free campsite. There are different variations depending on what the campground wishes to offer. Some campgrounds pay hourly + a free campsite. Other campgrounds ask that you pay for your site at a discounted rate. Some provide propane and laundry allowance and the list goes on and on. It’s important to know what you’re being asked to do, what the benefits are, how long they request the position to be filled and the amount of hours per week they expect of you.

I’m a huge advocate of workamping, for the right reasons. If you use workamping as an replacement for a fulltime income then I think you need to reconsider. These are temporary jobs that do not pay much. If you have a family that depends on this income then you will struggle.

These positions are great if you have a spouse who can work in addition to you workamping or if you have a retirement plan already in place.

We’ve workamped twice, once in Colorado and once in The Florida Keys. Both weren’t ideal for our lifestyles but I can see how it’s acceptable for other people… those who have another main source of income.

Here’s a quick checklist of what you should know BEFORE applying to workamp to help yourself and employer know what to expect from each other:

• How many hours per week are expected?

• How many hours per week do you get paid for on top of the campsite?

• Is there a bonus at the end of the season?

• How long is the season?

• Are there any additional stipends such as propane/laundry costs?

• What are the hours expected to work? Days?

• Is the campsite free or at a discounted rate?

• Are there any additional benefits?

• What do you expect from workampers?

• What positions are available and job duty requirements?

• How many others are workamping?

• What are the amenities for the campground?

• Are there any on-call times?

• Is there a travel reimbursement?

• Is this a family friendly campground?

There are additional questions if you want to workamp as a couple such as:

Did you find this article helpful? We’d love your support!

• Can we work the same shift or opposite shifts?

• Do we both pay for a discounted campsite rate or just one for the family (you’d be surprised at how many campsites will make you pay double).

So…. still interested? Keep in mind that these type of jobs were originally meant for those retired to have an opportunity to stay for cheap around the country while traveling full time. In recent years, families have adapted this practice. It’s definitely a win-win for the right families/campgrounds with the proper expectations.

Here’s a few campgrounds looking for workampers:

Spacious Skies Minute Man - Littleton, MASS

Cal-am Resorts - Messa, AZ

The Unbeetable Experience, beet harvest - North Dakota, Minn. & Michigan

Pinnacles National Park Campground - California email info@visitpinnacles.com

The Devils Tower / Black Hills KOA - Wyoming email andrea@devilstowerkoa.com

5 Remote jobs + tips on finding remote work

Joseph and I went through a series of events when we first sold everything in 2019 to travel full time with our kids. He quit his cushy job because my photography business was thriving and had been for years.

When 2020 hit, we were left wondering what to do because my business came to a halt.

We tried multiple ways to make money so that we could keep traveling. Everything from working at a friends garden center, cleaning barns, editing photos, workamping and more. The list goes on for a while.

We didn’t know how to make a steady income, plus our RV and truck needed repairs. Most people were struggling when 2020 made its mark in the world.

Since then, Joseph became a scuba diving instructor and CPR/emergency first responder instructor and I work on social media, brand deals, affiliate programs and such. Our goal wasn’t to have all of our eggs in one basket just in case we slipped again.

While on social media, sharing our lives, we were asked multiple times on how we afford to travel full time with kiddos before retirement funds. Most work their whole lives to do what we do. So I posted a few tiktoks and fb reels on how to find remote work. Quickly, and unpredictability, I was helping people find jobs. It was countless emails, messages and texts. I felt like God was showing me a new path so I started our membership subscription page to help others find remote work.

The hardest part about searching for virtual work is weeding through the scammers, spending hours on a computer searching and at the end of the day maybe submit one application. It leaves a sense of feeling hopeless. Some of you may have never even worked online before. Virtual interviews are intimidating and creating a new resume can be overwhelming.

Our membership plan offers free resume reviews, virtual jobs (no scammers or MLM’s) categorized into entry, intermediate and senior levels, video interviews with others who work virtually, virtual interview tips and more! You can check it out here. The best part, we’ve made it incredibly affordable! The goal is to make it easy for you to apply to as many jobs in a short amount of time so you can spend the rest of your time focused on your family.

Life’s too short. Make memories now, don’t wait until you retire.

Here’s a few job links to get you started but our membership page has so much useful, simplified information that you should at least give it a peak.

Political Surveys - CMG

Sales Development Representative - Solera (part time)

Inside Sales Representative - Remember Church Directories

Locate Specialist - CMR

Energy Sales Representative - Vert Energy Group

In addition to remote work, there are other options so that you can work while you travel. Some include uber/lyft/shipt but the downfall is fuel prices and vehicle maintenance. Keep track of your receipts since you will be responsible for taxes.

Another option is to use freelance work opportunities on platforms such as Upwork and Fiverr. You apply for short-term jobs and name your price. I do have a friend who helps people with this through her course and you can get an additional $50 off the membership here. I’ve personally taken this course so I know it’s a great resource for beginners.

Workamping is an option but I’ve advocated that this is a supplemental option. You work for your stay and most places will pay an hourly wage, starting around $10+. The problem with workamping is that it doesn’t pay enough for you to save or invest additional money into your future. It’s a pay check to pay check lifestyle, especially if you have kids.

In addition to workamping, there is something called wwoof. It’s a program that connects you to farmers to work on their farms. Here’s a link.

Harvest season is great but only last a few weeks. You have limited hookups for some places, work 12+hours a day, 7 days a week for several weeks and make a solid income. This is amazing but it’s not going to get you through the year and have extra funds. Some harvest opportunities include beet harvest, sugar harvest and cannabis harvest.

If this helped you in anyway, our family would be absolutely thrilled if you bought us a cup of coffee or ice cream for the kiddos. We love sharing this information with you and hope you’ll join our email list so you can see our journey and more blog posts like this one. We also love sharing amazing RV tips and tricks too because we want to see you succeed!

See ya on the road!

-Amanda

Family activities for cheap/free

When we first launched full time traveling in 2019, we treated our lifestyle like a vacation. We enjoyed a lot those first few months but then realized that traveling 365 days a year is NOT vacation and we need to save money accordingly.

We started asking around and researching how to have adventures for free or cheap!

Here’s a list of how we make the most out of each location on a budget.

• ASTC - This is a yearly museum membership that is reciprocal to other memberships throughout the country. Essentially, you buy the membership (around $125-175) and you can get into hundreds of museums and science centers at no additional cost.

• State parks/junior ranger - Often times you can get a state park pass for cheap and they have a junior ranger program. The park rangers give the kiddos a packet to fill out while they visit the park. It asks questions pertaining to the park itself so all packets are different. Once the kids finish the packet they give it back to the ranger, do a pledge and earn badges for keepsake. This program is super fun for younger kids.

• Kids bowl free / kids skate free programs - It’s a great opportunity for the kiddos to get out and have fun for the day during summer…. for free!

• Hiking - pack snacks, grab your camel baks and find the waterfalls, wild animals and amazing sceneries.

• Look for homeschool opportunities - Some organizations have free homeschool days/field trips. Sometimes these are free or you get a huge group discount. Our latest experience was with The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden. It typically costs to get in but with the homeschool trip we got admission for free along with a hands on guided tour and scavenger hunt! Woohoo!

• Join local homeschool fb groups - This is if you’re going to be in one area for 3+ weeks at a time. See what field trips are offered and join the groups, most don’t mind and are very welcoming.

• Create your own scavenger hunt! You can do this by trying to find things you know you’ll see while out. Examples: Red leaf, water bottle, palm tree, hydrant and more. You can even make it into a BINGO scavenger hunt.

• Find out if the community or campground is doing anything for free. Sometimes it’s bringing out the K9 unit to show demonstrations or a local animal hospital is releasing rehabilitated animals back into the wild.

• Look for fossils, special plants, and animal tracks in the wild. Grab an app on your phone or snag a book from the library and go on a hunt at the local parks or right outside of your backdoor.

• Look for free events on Facebook. Once you show interested in a certain event that’s local, the facebook algorithm will show you more events that are similar.

• Grab a flower presser, go hunt flowers for research (or fun) and let the kids press them at home. You can laminate the flowers into bookmarks, keepsakes or gifts for family. Here’s the one that works great and recommended to us by The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden.

• Parks! - Parks are great because it can be something simple or something that’s a little different. Some examples are skate parks, historical sightings, and some parks have free events for the public (concerts even!).

• Nerf gun battles - Grab your guns, head off to the park, and have some fun! Invite other families to join you.

• Volunteer - this is a great opportunity to teach your kids, experience something “backstage” and so much more! So many places are looking for volunteers.

A couple fun things to do at home would be build obstacle courses, treasure hunts, baking night, and making pizzas.

I hope this helps! If you have anything to add, please drop a comment! Spending time with your family doesn’t have to be expensive or boring. It’s about making memories together.

See ya on the road!

-Amanda

How much does traveling in an RV fulltime cost?

How much does it cost to travel fulltime in an RV? This is a loaded question. Some people believe that it’s cheaper because you don’t have the amount of repairs, mortgage costs, electric/water/sewer bills, and the list goes on.

Before I dive in, I want to clarify that this is something people will argue with me about more often than not. It’s a hot topic. What I’m about to share with you is regarding OUR personal budgets and for full time TRAVELING, not being stationary.

While you may disagree or think you can save more is a personal opinion. This blog is meant to help you get a rough idea. If you’re looking for remote work to afford this opportunity then click here.

I hear of some people spending 1k a month and others 10k. These are the factors that will help determine how much you’ll spend:

• How often you eat out. I’m not going to include any budget for eating out.

• Any debt that you have in addition to this lifestyle. If you need to pay off credit card bills, vehicle payments, rv payments and such then factor those in on your own.

• Clothing budgets are not included because you may shop at Target or you may shop at Gucci, I don’t know your habits so therefore I cannot predict a budget for this. You will shop less and avoid urges to pick up the “small things” because they’re on sale when shopping overall.

Now that we have that out of the way, here’s an idea of our budget currently, remember that we’re in the year of 2022 so things are higher than they were when we first started in 2019.

2022 Budget

Fuel - factors include how often you’ll move, how many mpg you get and what the per gallon rate is at the moment. We’re getting ready to head from The Florida Keys to the west soon. Our diesel budget will be higher than usual as we don’t travel that long in distance in this short amount of time often. You can also calculate your fuel cost with websites like this.

• $500-$1200 diesel. We drive a 2016 Chevy Silverado 3500 dually, deleted and tuned. It gets about 9 mpg while pulling our 42.5’ toyhauler.

• $200-500 gas. We recently purchased a second vehicle. I’ll go into details about this another time.

• $200 vehicle/rv insurance. This is for high coverage with a car, truck and toyhauler.

• $500 private health insurance. This one is tricky because Joseph and I are USMC veterans. Private insurance wouldn’t cover me but they would Joseph and the kids. I have VA insurance and Joseph and the kiddos are on private insurance. If you’re looking for a health insurance agent, I have an amazing one who was a fulltimer and has his own family so he’s been super helpful. We’re able to use our insurance nearly everywhere in the US.

• $135 internet. We’ve used multiple providers which all rounded out to about $100 a month but we recently switched to Starlink. To be mobile it’s $135 a month. This doesn’t include the $600 equipment fees at the beginning.

——————————————-

The above is $1535 - $2535 per month.

Now let’s talk campground fees:

We use Thousand Trails which is a membership plan. There are multiple packages, add-ons and levels. We have the highest membership with all add ons, the adventure package. The membership is just under 20k for a lifetime and the membership dues are around $500-600 a year. Think of this as a time share, it’ basically the same thing except for campgrounds. Why did we invest so much into a membership? It’s cheaper in the long run. We started with the camping pass, a one year pass for $700 ish, then we realized we LOVE meeting families at Thousand Trails so we upgraded to the membership. The way we see it, we can pay for campground stays or invest our money into a membership and use it as an asset.

Using the Thousand Trails membership also keeps our costs down. Paying $300 a month for unlimited stays can be cheaper than paying for state parks, private campgrounds and such.

So let’s run through some numbers using hypothetical nightly stays:

$300 unlimited Thousand Trails membership stays per month (not available in all states though).

$600 for state parks. $20 a night x 30 days a month. This can fluctuate depending on if you have a discount card/senior card and such. A lot of these places give discounts to veterans, senior citizens and more which can be up to 50% off per night. Remember, a lot of state parks don’t have full hook ups; meaning that you don’t have a sewer connection.

$1050 - $9000 for private campgrounds. Obviously this is variable. Before some come at me for saying 9k, just know that I’ve personally seen $300 a night parks. Private campground fees depend on multiple factors, time of year, size of site, how long you stay, if utilities are included, how far in advance you book and more.

Boonedocking is also an option but if you use a generator then you are spending money on fuel. Another option is to invest into solar but it’s pricey too.

———————-

$300 - $9000 variable campground fees.

Confused yet? Feeling like you’re at square one? I understand! If you were to ask someone who lives in a sticks and bricks how much they pay each month then you know that can vary too. It’s the same, just different costs associated with the lifestyle. Some people pay for rent, others a mortgage. Some people pay $700 a month, others pay in the thousands per month.

Don’t forget other variable budgets such as Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, haircuts and more.

Now… how much do we typically spend? We’re a family of 5, all of our kiddos eat and dress as adults. No more kid meals or shopping in the kids section for us. We need a minimum of 4500 per month, that’s not eating out or spending much on tourist things.

Additional variable include:

Maintenance - $100 per month at minimum, that’s only 1200 per year.

Repairs - We’ve spent about 50K within 2.5 years for repairs. This is a whole blog post in itself on how. Don’t discredit this though because most other fulltimers that have been on the road for a couple of years also have very high repair costs! We’re not the only ones!

Utilities - If you stay at a campground for more than a month then you’re probably paying for water and/or electric bills too. I’ve seen a lot of people complaining of the prices going up this year in electric and paying $200+ per month at their campgrounds. Usually if you stay less than a month then you don’t have these bills.

Let’s rap this up. As you can see, you can spend money left and right or you can save a lot. If you come from a high cost of living state (New York, Cali and such) then this can be a cheaper option. We’re from the rural areas in Ohio so this is not cheaper for us.

For those that say they can live on 1k-2k a month, I’m super impressed because I cannot fathom how they get buy with that little of a budget unless they’re living in a super small rig, barely move and there’s only one person.

The next step is to find remote work. This is my specialty so click here to see how it can be possible for you to work virtually.

If this helps, I’d love if you bought me a cup of coffee and/or sign up for our email list so you can learn more about fulltime rving. I promise not to spam ya, I only send about 4-6 emails out per month.

See ya on the road! - Amanda

Where do most full time RVers live?

By no means am I an expert, I’m just a fulltimer myself and will be speaking from experience with the fulltimers that have kiddos and travel.

Now that my disclaimer is out of the way, full time RV families stay in Florida or Texas during the winter months and travel the northern states during the summer months. Spring and fall are where we start slowing moving in the said direction.

For example, if you’re in Florida for winter then early spring you slowly make your way up the east coast to get to Maine for summer. Popular states on the east are anything along the coast. The west doesn’t have set destinations, many boonedock everywhere they can.

While traveling to our next campgrounds, if the drive is long, we stay at large stores who allow us to park after hours. Examples would be Walmart and Bass Pro. Personally, we like to use the Harvest Host membership. Harvest host is where we can stay at a small business. We find it to be a fun adventure vs sketchy Walmart lot. Some Harvest Hosts we’ve stayed at include Tiger Animal Sanctuary , multiple wineries, airforce museum, and gator farm.

In addition, a lot of us with families use the Thousand Trails system. I know the other fulltimers are screaming that I’m mentioning this because the campgrounds are already filled. It is a fight to get a site sometimes but we love our membership. It’s a cheap way to stay all over the country and this is where we find all of our fulltime families to hang with. There’s set campgrounds that are more kid friendly that we choose so we know we have a lot of other fulltime families to hang out with, usually we run into the same families so it’s a community.

Hopefully this clears up some answers that you may have had about full time rving with kiddos. If this helps at all, we’d love support with a cup of coffee so we can feed out caffeine addiction!

10 remote jobs that you can apply for TODAY, part infinity!

The last few weeks have been a little crazy to say the least. We went from The Florida Keys to Ohio and then back down to The Keys. We will start making our journey west in 2 weeks and are gearing up to explore some places/states that we haven’t been yet.

While I have been posting on the membership page, I have slacked off on the blogs but am ready to pick back up! I’ve been interviewing other remote workers on that page so you can hear advice from others, not just myself.

So, drumroll please……. here’s the next 10 jobs you can apply to today so you can join us on the road fulltime traveling. If this helps, check this page out to see even more along with interview tips, FREE resume reviews, videos and more.

Inbound Sales Consultant - Windstream Communications

Healthcare Customer Service - CareCentrix

Recruiting Coordinator - Files

Inbound Sales Specialist - Newfold Digital

Inside Sales Representative I - Gannett

Customer Service Rep - HealthFirst (must be bilingual)

Phone Support Specialist - IQVIA

Technical Care Center Specialist - Cable ONE

Home Collections Representative - Bread Financial

Locate Specialist - Claims Management Resources Inc

Remember, even if you don’t have all of the “preferred “ qualifications, still apply. There is a workforce shortage so employers are willing to adjust what they’ll accept. You never know unless you try!

Are you looking for more job opportunities? Check this out!

The Dirty D's of fulltime RV traveling!

Ewwwwww…… you have to clean your own waste? Can’t I just hook up to the sewer system and keep the tanks open? Nope! Not unless you want a poop mountain! If you keep your tanks open then you are allowing the liquids to bypass the solids (aka poop) and your tank will have what’s known in the RV world as a “poop mountain”. It’s a mess to deal with. You have to keep your black tank closed until it’s full so the liquids drain out the solids when it’s time to dump. For this reason, you also have to close your grey tanks to chase down any “leftovers” from your black tanks. Gross…. I know but it’s a necessary detail you MUST know!

Following up with the tanks, it’s a good time to mention that most bathroom doors in RV’s have a gap at the bottom to help with air flow. You know what that means? It means that you can hear what the person on the other side of the door is doing! The only door that doesn’t have a gap for us is the toyhauler area. We’ve made the toyhauler our bedroom so that’s a perk (more sound proof… you know… for private conversations).

If the campers a rockin’, don’t come a knockin’! I believe this is self explanatory but a lot of people still ask about this in the facebook rv groups. If you have kiddos then this is a concern because the RV shakes A LOT! You get used to the normal shaking when people walk around but the first time we did laundry, we though there was an earthquake (true story!!!!).

Even worse than in a house, RV’s have more cracks for ants and animals to come inside! We love the terro liquid for ants. Luckily we only had mice once when we were staying with family, during winter, in the middle of a field. The mice were cold and we were warm! Close all holes and keep bait out 24/7 to keep those suckers at bay!

Your new home will get dirty much faster! The upside, it cleans up just as fast! Less space = less stuff. Less stuff = less to clean up!

Even when you don’t buy much at the store, you’ll notice that you accumulate a lot, quick! RVers are constantly purging stuff they don’t need. Sometimes a neighbor gives you something, you find something on sale at the store or you got a great deal online! We’ve never met a full time RVer that doesn’t battle with constant purging. It’s a new way of life.

These are just a few things that we have found to be a little “dirty”.

If any of this helped you, we’d love a cup of coffee to kick start our next blog!

10 Things to Know About Living in an RV Full-Time

You’ve camped in an RV before or maybe you’ve never even stepped foot into an RV but this lifestyle of fulltime traveling has you curious about researching a new way of life.

We sold everything in 2019 and started our journey of fulltime rving. Not long after we hit the road, a pandemic hit and we were taken a little off guard. Some of the expectations of how to make money, what our “field trips” for the kids were and where we were staying took us for a spin. We had to reconfigure how and if we were still going to travel in our rv fulltime.

The end result was, heck yeah we’re going to do whatever it took to make it work! We LOVE life on the road!

While transitioning from a 2500 sq ft house with 7 acres to a 42 foot 5th wheel, we learned a lot. Here are some of the things we’ve learned along the way.

Get used to downsizing everything BEFORE you hit the road. Get rid of any decorations you can live without, pair down to a dozen outfits (at most), get rid of all but 3-5 pots/pans, realize you don’t need 50 different tupperwares in all sizes, and simply downsize as much as possible. Wait a few days, then downsize again. Keep doing that while you search for the perfect RV. Donate items so you feel good about their rehoming and don’t go through the bags again!

Accept a new routine. Life outside of the 9-5 sticks and bricks will be a new challenge and just adapt to a whole new routine. You’ll forget the days of the week or let time fly without paying attention. Many times we wake up and have to look out of our window to remember where we are parked!

Fulltime traveling isn’t cheap! Repairs are expensive and often time the repairs need done NOW, there’s no waiting until you can get to it. Sometimes that means dropping a few hundred to thousands of dollars the same week you find the problem (sometimes the same day!). We had 2 black tanks fall out, a truck engine blow, sink just fall off of the wall, slide rot out due to unknown water leaking, electical system give out, transfer case on the truck blow and LOTS more in less than 3 years! It happens! Yes, you may have a warranty but if you’re fulltime traveling then you may have to wait 6-8 months for your warranty company to get around to working on your rig. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya!

Find work BEFORE you start traveling. It’s easy to assume that workamping is enough to get you by if you’re debt free but it’s not. Find remote work if possible. I have a whole section dedicated to this on this website. If you don’t want to find virtual work then work seasonally somewhere. Unless you have a retirement coming in each month then workamping doesn’t pay the bills if you want to really visit the area you’re traveling to.

Invest in AAA or another roadside program. You will break down, it’s nearly a fact. Spend the extra few bucks each month and buy a roadside assistance program that will tow your rig when needed. These RV’s aren’t meant to fulltime travel.

How will you get mail? A lot of fulltimers invest in a digital mailbox. Your USPS mail gets sent to an address and the service you pay for will scan your mail for you so you can see it digitally. There’s several programs that do this.

This one is controversial! Tell your insurance agent that you’re fulltiming. If your insurance company finds out that you’ve been fulltiming and it’s not written into your policy then you are screwed! Just suck it up and pay the extra money for peace of mind! Some people will tell you to lie but it’s the worst advice!

Know which campground you’re going to before you make the drive! I still see people complaining in the fb groups about showing up to RV parks assuming that they have extra sites. This is a no-no unless you have a small rig. Call before you make the drive so you’re not wasting fuel and daylight!

Invest in a generator and/or solar. This is HUGE! Often times power will go out at the campgrounds and you need a backup. Sometimes it’s due to a storm and then you don’t know when you’ll have power again. Ensure you set aside some money to get a generator and/or solar. This will also be helpful when you’re traveling long distances and use Harvest Host or a large store like Walmart, Bass Pro and such to stop at overnight. It’s a HUGE bonus if you plan to boonedock!

This list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning how you have to discard/dump your own waste! Buy a box of disposable gloves and get ready to dump your tanks often! Remember, everything you do revolves around water so the more people in the RV, the more times you have to dump per week.

We just love fulltime rving but it’s not for the weak! Hopefully these tips will help you decide if traveling in an rv fulltime is right for you!

If this helps at all, we’d love a cup of coffee! Coffee helps keep me sane! Have a great week!

5 Remote jobs that you can apply for today!

I recently started blogging about remote/virtual jobs that you can apply to with entry level skills.

Since then, I have received countless messages/comments/emails/texts on helping people find jobs. I honestly didn’t know that this was going to turn into a fulltime job so what I did was created a subscription on this website.

Ou membership page has all of the questions that I’ve been asked along with detailed answers, interview videos with others that work remotely, free resume reviews, virtual interview tips + remote jobs listed by level (entry, intermediate & senior). You can see more here.

Now, onto the free jobs that you can apply to today!!

Virtual Benefits Call Center Rep - Conduent

Quality Assurance Analyst - Teleperformace

Sales Support Associate - Lumen

Locate Specialist - CMR

Inside Sales Representative - Remember Church Directories

Click here to see more jobs, video interviews with other virtual workers, interview tips, free resume reviews + more on our membership page!

6 things I wish I knew before selling everything to RV fulltime

Let me tell you, quickly, about how we kicked off our journey. The white picket fence dream didn’t work for our family. We craved adventure, more vacations, less 12 hour days of work to maintain a certain lifestyle.

I was watching youtube and came across RVers traveling fulltime, dove into the details and then convinced Joseph to sell it all and travel full time in an RV. Honestly, we had never even staying in an RV before selling it all to travel. Once the house sold, we had to find a truck and RV to move into and begin our next chapter.

So… there were a few things that took us by surprise when we launched.

• The shaking in the RV. No matter what you do, you just have accept the fact that your RV will always shake! We have stabilizers , tripod and try to keep the RV low to the ground. It’s a mobile unit so the shaking NEVER goes away. Honestly, I only notice it when laundry is going or something “crazy” is happening.

• Amps matter, more than what I expected. I quickly learned how many things I can run at once. I’m not talking about the lights, fans or phone chargers. I’m talking about the instapot, ac units, blenders, heaters, dehumidifier and such. Our limit is 3 main things. I get to pick 3 of those that I listed when on 50 amp. When downsized to 30 amps we can run 2 of those things. It’s a whole ordeal. Most who say they can run anything they want don’t have 3 kids and a 42 foot fifthwheel.

• Command hooks /3M strips are your best friend! It’s how I hang everything in my RV, including my curtain rods!

• Staying in hot climates during winter means that I have to break out my reflectix. If you haven’t seen it before then it’s like bubble wrap with aluminum foil on each side. I put them in our windows to insulate and heat out of our rig.

• These rv’s are MONEY pits! Just this week we’ve had to replace the entire electrical system ($500), the sink ($150), the electric cord that we had just bought 5 days ago ($150 ish) and a fan ($40). That’s one week! In the past we’ve had 2 black tanks drop, our kitchen slide floor needs replaced from the outside… the list goes on and on without including the 30K we’ve spent in truck repairs. This lifestyle is not cheap! Those who tell you that it is must be in one spot without traveling or are lucky ducky’s!

• Finally, it’s not just crazy people traveling!! A lot of the people at the campgrounds who are traveling fulltime are military vets, creatives and just people who appreciate the simple things in life. Fulltime rver’s are just like our friends in big houses but have more free time on their hands and get a different backyard every few weeks!

Don’t forget to check out our new membership page to help you find your remote job so you can join us on the road!