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[Roleplace]

Hi! I'm new to this group. I recently joined because my wife and I are planning this new life in a couple years but need to packup the house and sell it, purchase the rv, then hitting the road. Neither of us are handy, we don't like to cook, and we're not campers. Also, my biggest fear is if we must stop rv-ing for a permanent spot again. So as you can see, there is much work, adjustments, and research to be done. I look forward to learning from you trail blazzers!!

 

[Neal]

Welcome. I suggest start RVing sooner than later. You can do it while still having a home as many of us do. This will also allow you to be sure you like the RV lifestyle, which I'm sure you will.

 

[DennisT]

Yes, would recommend trying before jumping in full time.

We made the switch 2 1/2 years ago, bought a new coach, retired, sold the house. Have not looked back yet.

But we had camped and traveled in our old coach that we had for about 6 years so we knew we liked the lifestyle.

Reach out with questions on the transition - there are more here that are full time as well.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Hi! I'm new to this group. I recently joined because my wife and I are planning this new life in a couple years but need to packup the house and sell it, purchase the rv, then hitting the road. Neither of us are handy, we don't like to cook, and we're not campers. Also, my biggest fear is if we must stop rv-ing for a permanent spot again. So as you can see, there is much work, adjustments, and research to be done. I look forward to learning from you trail blazzers!!

Hello Roleplace.

You don't say if you are new to RVing. If you are not, perhaps you might want to rent one or two first before you jump in with both feet and discover it's not your cup of tea. I'm sure you are aware that there are many "styles" of RVs from lighter units that can be towed with a smaller SUV to larger ones that require a stronger, heavier tow vehicle. Then there are many types of motorhomes. All having their advantages and disadvantages.

We have been full time travelers for the last eight years and we love the lifestyle but it's certainly not for everyone. We sold our stick and brick but tucked the proceeds away so that if the day came that we needed "roots" again, we had the means to provide. We do travel. We rarely stay put for longer than two weeks in any one spot. We are Canadian thus spend the summers north and the winter months south. We have covered the continent from east to west and north to south but no deeper south than Mexico. We are now on our second "full time" motorhome and our third towed. We now have a 33 foot gasoline powered Class A and we tow a 2 door Jeep Wrangler.

Depending on where your interests lie, there is so much to see and do that I doubt we will be able to see it all. We like historic places, scenic places, road side oddities, ghost towns, rock hounding etc. We like to taste the different foods from locations we visit. We like meeting people and we have made many new friends during our travels.

If you have the urge to see what is around the next corner, you might like our lifestyle. I have attached a screen shot of Google Earth showing most of the places we have visited.

 

[JBright11]

I agree with the others who have posted. If you're not currently RV traveling or have experienced it in the past renting a few times is the way to go.

We had a TT for many years and used it for vacations and weekend trips. We loved it. I'm now about 4 years out from retirement, so we traded in the TT and bought a gas class A. I'm able to work remotely so we have extended our travels accordingly and are testing out the lifestyle for these next few years. Still can't stay out for more than 2-3 weeks max as we have to maintain the house. It gets more and more tempting to sell out every time I fire up the mower.

The only caution I'd offer is related to your statement that neither of you are "handy". Routine maintenance and minor fixing of stuff is almost a constant in RV life. If you just can't do simple repairs and troubleshooting, this lifestyle can get very expensive, and very frustrating, quickly.