Weekend Warriors...Anybody else like us out there?
Lucky Mike said
04:43 PM Apr 16, 2013
Lorreta is right!!!
there is plenty of work out here, and also a little Craigslisting goes a long way as you move around......think of how many dealers with used units needing flooring.......coaches and campers in the parks .
when you go out on the weekend trip feel it out !!
there are so many different ways to use one's skills out here.....
Roof coating
Wash & detail
Wood work
Flooring & carpeting
These are simple examples of high demand chores that most are willing to pay you for so they can go hang at the pool or go touristing
When I get behind I have paid to have "The Maid" come in and Dust & Clean There are Fellow RVer's that cut hair & cosmotoligy Met Several that are massage Therapists Dog walkers & sitter services Babysitters RV Repair
On & on.....put your imagination to work and you would be amazed at how much opportunity is out there in the RV Community
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 04:44:22 PM
RhinestoneAngel said
09:45 PM Apr 16, 2013
Hi, my husband and I have a Class A. She's graced our life for about 8 years now. I still love her as much as ever. My husband is a Flooring Contractor 25 years now. Work's been spotty over the years and we've been living paycheck to paycheck...lost our home to foreclosure and so we're renting. But I held on with sheer determination and stubborness to our RV. I look forward to every Spring because I know soon as the warm weather settles in, we'll find a way to get out and go somewhere on the weekends when we're able to. We generally find a local campground and leave friday nite, come home sunday. We always hate coming back too. We do so enjoy just sitting by the campfire, holding hands, talking about the grandkids and such. We enjoy all the creature comforts of our home on wheels but we spend all the time we can outdoors. We eat our meals out at the picnic table and we take walks. We meet people and make new friends. We always find a campground where the site is woodsy and we can enjoy the sounds of the birds, and the breezes whistling thru the trees. The fresh air always invigorates me. I have such an appetite when we're out. One day we hope to go on the road and just do a little traveling. But for now, we're doing what we can, when we can. Anybody else out there that enjoys going out on the weekends too for whatever reason...mental break, just get away from it all so to speak, please drop me a line. Happy RVing all. Angie
Lucky Mike said
10:11 PM Apr 16, 2013
I enjoy it so much Angie,I reversed it!!!!!!........boondock ,travel and sit by the fire 5 days a week and work on the weekend..........I figure you can only live once , twice if you have real good doctors and owe them money!!!!!!!
RhinestoneAngel said
10:40 PM Apr 16, 2013
Mike, that's funny. You have such a zest for life and you seem like a real go getter. I wish you health, happiness and lots and lots of wonderful good times ahead. Keep smiling. It's contageous! Angie
Loretta said
11:15 PM Apr 16, 2013
Angie, you should take off for awhile and see how you like it. I know several people that have projects in RV parks that could probably use your husbands services. Just hang a sign in your window. So many people want the carpet out of their MH and replaced with vinyl or wood flooring andhave no idea where to begin.
Loretta said
11:48 PM Apr 16, 2013
Yes, I was a hair stylist for most of my career, so there is no end to what you can do to help with your income. Also consider workcamping for your space and sometimes they even add a salary if there is more work involved. Possibilities are endless.......let us know how you make out. Give it some thought!
Technomadia said
03:25 AM Apr 17, 2013
I agree.. there are so many ways that you can make your weekender lifestyle your full time lifestyle. Cut the rent, and think around how you've made your income in the past! No reason you have to be sad some Sunday evening.
- Cherie
WestWardHo said
03:36 AM Apr 17, 2013
Oh, I hope you find a way. There's such good advice on here and I do recommend looking at Howard & Linda's & & Technomadia's expenses to get an idea of costs. You'll find diverse ways of earning your incomes but DO plan ahead and be sure you can work it. You'll find a way I'm sure!
We've learned and are learning from all the generous support on here.
Sherry
The Bear II said
03:07 PM Apr 17, 2013
Angie,
Loretta is right, a common upgrade that is popular right now is to replace carpet in RVs with wood, laminate or tile flooring. With your husband's background you may be able to find work in RV Parks where folks tend to stay for a month or longer at a time during winter/summer.
We are discussing a flooring change in our RV at the present time.
Like you we keep our RV as a backup plan. If something happened to our house (earthquake, fire, termites) the RV would provide shelter.
Sushidog said
09:15 PM Apr 18, 2013
Dear Angie,
Like you we lost our home to a foreclosure after my DW lost her job and they raised our property taxes 1,000% a couple years ago. We managed to hang on to our camper, a little Aliner and are renting while we save for a FT mobile retirement 6 yrs from now. Unfortunately I only get one day a week off (usually Monday or Tuesday) so we only get to camp during my 2 week vacation. I only get to take one week at a time, so choose to take one on the Spring and one in the Fall. Naturally we spend the entire time camping My next vacation will be the 2nd week of May when we plan on camping at 3 state parks around the Amarillo, TX area.
We are currently saving for a used 3/4 ton diesel pick-up TV and a couple year old barely used or new TT that we can get a good deal on. We're looking at a models similar to the Keystone Sprinter 300KBS to snow bird with, wintering over in TX as an Escapee and spending the warmer seasons seeing the country, resources permitting (probably moving monthly.) We just bought a couple of camp bikes (small street legal, 125cc motorcycles) that we plan on taking with us when we Full-Time. They will go over 60 mph and still get around 100mpg, so they will save from firing up the TV for short sightseeing trips, errands, etc. We will be on a tight budget as we plan on retiring on my DW's meager pension and our social security, so we will be stretching every penny we can. I already found several CGs in the Rockport, TX area that charge less than $300/mo. That's less than we paid just for property tax on our stick and brick home, let alone all the other homeowner expenses such as insurance, maintenance, repairs, etc. Of course RVs need maintenance and repairs too, but just for comparison, I could buy half a dozen a brand new RV air conditioners for less than they recently wanted to repair and upgrade my stick and brick central ac unit. So even if we were able to keep our foreclosed home, and it was paid for free and clear (I still had 20 years of mortgage payments after our Hurricane Katrina repairs) I think it would still be much more economical to live the FT mobile lifestyle we chose.
Chip
Ranger guy said
07:20 PM Apr 23, 2013
Hi guys we are weekend campers from nova scotia canada our camping season starts in May and goes till October we camp most weekends 3 or 4 days at a time and back home we try to get one or 2 longer trips this year we have 2 planed one for a week and one for 2 weeks. we have our local campground that is 30 min from home we do most of our camping but we move all over the park there is about 250 sites in the park only 15 power and water sites but they are doing a big upgrade at the end of this year adding 40 more power and water sites. 3 more weeks till our first trip this year.you are not alone 80 percent of campers in Cape Breton are weekenders!
RickandJanice said
02:59 AM Apr 24, 2013
We are still weekend warriors also, but hopefully not for long. House is on the market and we are just waiting to get it sold before we retire and go full time. We bought the rig we wanted for full timing 6 years ago because the deal was too good to pass up. We still love our rig and have no desire to get anything else. We have added some upgrades over the years, but felt that was less expensive than trading up. We still joke that when we bought this rig, we officially moved from camping to RV'ing on the weekends and vacation we take.
Ranger guy said
11:26 AM Apr 26, 2013
We just got acepted in a campground host program in our local campground it`s like a work camp program in the US we will do 2 two week terms this summer you have to help out staff 5 days of the week with 2 off you work 4 hours a day doing things like patroling the park meeting campers helping them out in anyway you can. you do a day report of what you did and pass it in to staff in charge of the program. they supply the campsite and your fire wood . we have to go to a weekend seminar in june it`s a 5 hour drive we can camp but we have to come back as soon as we can so we won`t be taking the trailer.looks like it could be a fun summer meeting lots of campers from all over!!
Lorreta is right!!!
there is plenty of work out here, and also a little Craigslisting goes a long way as you move around......think of how many dealers with used units needing flooring.......coaches and campers in the parks .
when you go out on the weekend trip feel it out !!
there are so many different ways to use one's skills out here.....
Roof coating
Wash & detail
Wood work
Flooring & carpeting
These are simple examples of high demand chores that most are willing to pay you for so they can go hang at the pool or go touristing
When I get behind I have paid to have "The Maid" come in and Dust & Clean
There are Fellow RVer's that cut hair & cosmotoligy
Met Several that are massage Therapists
Dog walkers & sitter services
Babysitters
RV Repair
On & on.....put your imagination to work and you would be amazed at how much opportunity is out there in the RV Community
-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Tuesday 16th of April 2013 04:44:22 PM
Hi, my husband and I have a Class A. She's graced our life for about 8 years now. I still love her as much as ever. My husband is a Flooring Contractor 25 years now. Work's been spotty over the years and we've been living paycheck to paycheck...lost our home to foreclosure and so we're renting. But I held on with sheer determination and stubborness to our RV. I look forward to every Spring because I know soon as the warm weather settles in, we'll find a way to get out and go somewhere on the weekends when we're able to. We generally find a local campground and leave friday nite, come home sunday. We always hate coming back too. We do so enjoy just sitting by the campfire, holding hands, talking about the grandkids and such. We enjoy all the creature comforts of our home on wheels but we spend all the time we can outdoors. We eat our meals out at the picnic table and we take walks. We meet people and make new friends. We always find a campground where the site is woodsy and we can enjoy the sounds of the birds, and the breezes whistling thru the trees. The fresh air always invigorates me. I have such an appetite when we're out. One day we hope to go on the road and just do a little traveling. But for now, we're doing what we can, when we can. Anybody else out there that enjoys going out on the weekends too for whatever reason...mental break, just get away from it all so to speak, please drop me a line. Happy RVing all.
Angie
Mike, that's funny. You have such a zest for life and you seem like a real go getter. I wish you health, happiness and lots and lots of wonderful good times ahead. Keep smiling. It's contageous! Angie
Angie, you should take off for awhile and see how you like it. I know several people that have projects in RV parks that could probably use your husbands services. Just hang a sign in your window. So many people want the carpet out of their MH and replaced with vinyl or wood flooring andhave no idea where to begin.
Yes, I was a hair stylist for most of my career, so there is no end to what you can do to help with your income. Also consider workcamping for your space and sometimes they even add a salary if there is more work involved. Possibilities are endless.......let us know how you make out. Give it some thought!
- Cherie
We've learned and are learning from all the generous support on here.
Sherry
Loretta is right, a common upgrade that is popular right now is to replace carpet in RVs with wood, laminate or tile flooring. With your husband's background you may be able to find work in RV Parks where folks tend to stay for a month or longer at a time during winter/summer.
We are discussing a flooring change in our RV at the present time.
Like you we keep our RV as a backup plan. If something happened to our house (earthquake, fire, termites) the RV would provide shelter.
Like you we lost our home to a foreclosure after my DW lost her job and they raised our property taxes 1,000% a couple years ago. We managed to hang on to our camper, a little Aliner and are renting while we save for a FT mobile retirement 6 yrs from now. Unfortunately I only get one day a week off (usually Monday or Tuesday) so we only get to camp during my 2 week vacation. I only get to take one week at a time, so choose to take one on the Spring and one in the Fall. Naturally we spend the entire time camping My next vacation will be the 2nd week of May when we plan on camping at 3 state parks around the Amarillo, TX area.
We are currently saving for a used 3/4 ton diesel pick-up TV and a couple year old barely used or new TT that we can get a good deal on. We're looking at a models similar to the Keystone Sprinter 300KBS to snow bird with, wintering over in TX as an Escapee and spending the warmer seasons seeing the country, resources permitting (probably moving monthly.) We just bought a couple of camp bikes (small street legal, 125cc motorcycles) that we plan on taking with us when we Full-Time. They will go over 60 mph and still get around 100mpg, so they will save from firing up the TV for short sightseeing trips, errands, etc. We will be on a tight budget as we plan on retiring on my DW's meager pension and our social security, so we will be stretching every penny we can. I already found several CGs in the Rockport, TX area that charge less than $300/mo. That's less than we paid just for property tax on our stick and brick home, let alone all the other homeowner expenses such as insurance, maintenance, repairs, etc. Of course RVs need maintenance and repairs too, but just for comparison, I could buy half a dozen a brand new RV air conditioners for less than they recently wanted to repair and upgrade my stick and brick central ac unit. So even if we were able to keep our foreclosed home, and it was paid for free and clear (I still had 20 years of mortgage payments after our Hurricane Katrina repairs) I think it would still be much more economical to live the FT mobile lifestyle we chose.
Chip