Seriously debating on making the switch to RVLiving. Have a few questions.
Hi friends, thanks for reading this.
It might be long. I like explaining things for clarity.
My wife and I are in our late 30's. No kids. Two Pets. We both work remotely.
We're debating on selling our house and jumping into the RVLife.
Our thoughts are, we can pay cash for everything with the equity in our house. New Truck, New RV, payoff all debts. EVERYTHING. Would be like starting fresh for us. We're currently living paycheck to paycheck with our debts and life. We're talking after groceries, we have like $300 for two weeks.
We don't need a lot of space. We basically work form the same two rooms every day of our lives anyway. We've never BEEN anywhere for us, except for work. Never seen the sights. Never left the Appalachian region for anything other than work. (We love it here, but we have nothing keeping us here)
We have minimal RV experience because we come from poor families and we're the ones who got away to do something with themselves. BUT, we DO have experience with staying in them from camping and all that. We're 100% willing and ready to learn it all.
The questions & Statements
- Has anyone done the same thing and how did it pan out?
- One of us takes a controlled substance medication, is that going to be able to continue? Or would we have to find some sort of workaround.
- What tips would you give us?
- Are there any things that you wish someone would have told you before starting this life?
- I occasionally have to travel for work. Are you all okay with leaving your wifes/partner behind for a few days at a campsite? Or does it get sketch? We discussed that if I have to travel for work, we just make that our next stop instead and hang out for a few days.
- We're going to go look at some toy haulers and 5th wheels to determine what makes the most sense. Knowing what I've said about us, what would you say fits the best?
- My only NON NEGOTIABLES are a king bed, a tall shower, and a bidet. I'm 6'4. lol
We've watched as many videos and done as much basic research as we can that wasn't someone trying to sell us a camper or push their vlog life on us. We're expecting things to break every time. We're expecting maintenance. We're expecting everything to go wrong. HELL, we're even expecting to not have as much fun as we thought and want to come home after 6 months being a possibility. It would honestly be like 75% campgrounds, 20% boondocking, and 5% chilling in a relative or friends back yard. And by this I definitely mean spending a week or something at a campground, driving to our next destination and "boondocking" somewhere like a parking lot or a space thats legal to hang out in. Sleeping, shitting, showering, and then heading to the next place. At least right now it wouldn't be TRUE boondocking in the middle of a desert or anything like that. Just a quick overnight and MAYBE a 2 day thing before we make it to the next spot if we're feeling spicy. |
Looking forward to hearing from you all. Thanks for even reading this.