Tag Archives: budget for life on the road
Weight, Space, Fun – Which Will You Choose?
Some of you are finding out this summer that you started off too big of an RV, some are discovering a little bigger would have been nice. There are three big factors you have to weigh when choosing an RV … Continue reading
The Financial Basics Of RV Living
If you’ve ever seen reruns of 1950s era sitcoms, they look funny by today’s standards. Dad worked, mom stayed home and everybody smoked. Back in those days you could enjoy a middle class lifestyle on one income. That gave way … Continue reading
Exploding Rents Are Killing American Budgets
Escalating rents are killing the budgets of more and more Americans. It wasn’t long ago that renting was an escape from escalating home prices. Today housing costs, for renters and home buyers, are exploding at multiples of inflation. It doesn’t … Continue reading
Your Biggest Expense In Retirement?
People approaching retirement age get bombarded with warnings about saving enough to cover health care expenses but, according to a study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), health care expenses are number 2 on the biggest expense list. The … Continue reading
Plan Your Finances For Life On The Road
The sad encounters in our RV travels were inevitably those who had been forced into the RV lifestyle by difficult economic circumstances. The good news is that, even during the really down years of 2009 and 2010, people living in … Continue reading
Alternate RV Living Arrangements
RV living offers many advantages and one of the big advantages is being able to take some really interesting jobs at really interesting places. Mobile living gives you the option of taking jobs that aren’t available to other people. Opportunities … Continue reading
How Much Will You Really Travel?
The RV lifestyle is almost infinitely flexible in how it can be arranged. That can be good and bad as it means there are an infinite number of ways to structure your RV lifestyle and your preferences may change over … Continue reading
Budgeting For Life On The Road
Every aspect of your RV life is going to revolve around your budget. Money trickles down to even the most fundamental decisions about your mobile lifestyle. The biggest component of travel will be fuel costs and gas mileage will feedback … Continue reading
Budgeting For Your Life On The Road
It’s easy to imagine the carefree lifestyle of RV living, rolling from one amazing vista to another, the days blend together in pleasant and unhurried distraction. Life on the road is awesome when it’s a fantasy. The reality is a … Continue reading