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Getting Started RVing

by Angela
(Indiana)

How does one get started living in an RV and traveling everywhere?

Coleen, the RVing editor replies:

How We Started Full-time RVing

Hi Angela,

This is what we did...

~ Bought a book on full-time RVing and read it.

~ Joined the Escapees RV club and read the information they provided.

~ Signed up for a mail forwarding service and started doing change of addresses.

~ Bought a used travel trailer that we could afford and that we could tow with a pickup that we already owned.

~ Worked in the trailer to clean it and make it nicer to live in.

~ Put our house up for sale and sold it.

~ Sold extra vehicles and things that we couldn't take with us and that we didn't want to pay to keep in storage.

~ Put some things in storage.

~ Gave notice to employers that we were leaving.

~ Moved into the trailer and headed out on our adventure.

If I was starting today, I'd probably get my information online. Back in 1991 when we decided to become full-time RVers, we didn't have that option.

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Getting Started RVing

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How I Got Started Fulltime RVing
by: Swinger RV

The economy tanked! Yep, I lost it all, but I had a feeling I was going to be in big trouble very quickly if i could not find work. Soooo, I covered my butt so to speak, bought a 28 ft. Dodge swinger for $500 bucks.

Yep, you're probably thinking, "Oh what a piece of junk that is." Nope, the guy that owned it passed away and the family wanted to get rid of it. The owner bought it new and was old school, took very good care of it; I have all the appliance books for the unit and it came with new tires.

Well as things turned out, I lost it all and I was ready. Nope, I'm not homeless, I'm a fulltime RVer. Took some attitude adjustment, but I have had a ball with this thing and haven't looked back. Sometimes bad things happen for good reasons.

Even managed to pick up a 91 5r for free and I stay in it when I'm not on the road! Like the saying goes, "Just Do It."

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