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timmac
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Jun 24, 2016

Question to the full Timers Out There Or Soon To Be

My question is how long have you done full timing and what made you go full timing.

I guess what I am trying to say is how is the full timing life, me and my wife had made a discussion we do not want to be full timers because we have been RVing since we were young and owned many RV's and feel like we have done the life style enough that we could never live full time in a RV, I know sounds strange but as business owners we get far more vacation time than normal employees do sometimes 3 to 4 big trips per year not including the little weekend trips, almost feel burnt out but hate to stop and be bored.

Who here has had their share of RV trips while younger and feel like full timing is a done that been there thing.


maybe full timing in a house boat might get me excided, don't know.
:C

15 Replies

  • No you haven't done everything. You will never know the freedom of not having to go back for X,y, or z. It is so liberating. And fulltiming isn't an extended vacation. It is entirely different. Those who stay in vacation mode never make it as Fulltimers.
  • Got rid of the stick house summer of 2007, started fulltime then, retiered December 2007, wife retiered June 2008 and never looked back we have a pad in the desert as a recidence and have Escapees for mail forwarding, home is where the supper dish is.

    navegator
  • We began RV'ing in 1974. By the time I retired, We had visited all 50 States and most of Canada. As the old saying "Been there, Done that. After retirement, we "Snowbird" for 3 winters. In the spring of the 3rd year, we were just dreading going back to the house. Made arrangements with our daughter to take over the care of it and stayed on the road till summer. Stayed with her a few months and hit the road again and have never looked back. That's over 13 years ago.

    The only regret I have about "full timing" is the day my health will not let me drive and I have to settle down.
  • Fulltiming is not for everyone regardless of how much RV'ing you've done in the past. Like any other lifestyle, you have to want it before entering into it. And every fulltimer or wanna-be fulltimer should have a well thought out exit plan in place before venturing out. We all have to come off the road sometime, one way or another...
  • we have always loved adventure. We bought an entry level gas Class A and put over 60,000 miles on it to see if we liked it before we went full time. Then we traded to a diesel pusher and went full timing 7 years ago and have no plans to stop any time soon. We have put over 120,000 miles on the DP and there are still places we haven't been or want to return to. The choice to full time means giving up a stick house and many people can't do that. We like not having a house to worry about and maintain. You also have to be willing to give up all your "stuff". If either of you have any doubts you shouldn't full time. It's not for everyone.