About to retire but need some advice
Looking to retire within next 2 years. Traveling with a one ton dually and 5th wheel but also contemplating going to Class A. I work with the DOD as a Parts Manager. Would rate my computer s...
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I am a retired full-timer and I work when and where I choose. Not because I need the money but because I enjoy working and I get a bit bored just traveling around all the time.
I first retired at 54 and went overseas. I opened my own hotel/rest and bar in a resort area. By 2014 I had 4 businesses (I had sold the hotel in 2010) so my "Retirement" kind of got away from me.
Now I find there are plenty of jobs available out here for all kinds of seasonal work and in fact paid camp host positions. Some BLM positions for camp hosts pay as much as $40+/day.
As far as telecommuting work you will find yourself hampered by the dismal state of wifi at most RV Parks who seem to think it is still 1980. You might find yourself working out of the local McDonalds.
Of course this depends on how data heavy your typical work is.
Alaska has thousands of seasonal jobs to fill every year. Most parks including our National Parks need hundreds of folks to volunteer. There is the Beet Harvest (The Unbeetable Experience)Utility Locating, which in the northern states is a summertime job, and driving railroad crews (All over the country)These can all be done more or less on your terms seasonally and some pay very well.
I did the Beet Harvest last fall as a foreman in charge of a beet piling site and made more than $10k from Aug 23 to early October.
So take heart there is plenty to do out here even if you are "Retired".
Sadly this sites Work Camping forum is perhaps not the best of the similar forums I have found on the web. Go to the others. Google workcamping or Seasonal Jobs.
Good Luck
I first retired at 54 and went overseas. I opened my own hotel/rest and bar in a resort area. By 2014 I had 4 businesses (I had sold the hotel in 2010) so my "Retirement" kind of got away from me.
Now I find there are plenty of jobs available out here for all kinds of seasonal work and in fact paid camp host positions. Some BLM positions for camp hosts pay as much as $40+/day.
As far as telecommuting work you will find yourself hampered by the dismal state of wifi at most RV Parks who seem to think it is still 1980. You might find yourself working out of the local McDonalds.
Of course this depends on how data heavy your typical work is.
Alaska has thousands of seasonal jobs to fill every year. Most parks including our National Parks need hundreds of folks to volunteer. There is the Beet Harvest (The Unbeetable Experience)Utility Locating, which in the northern states is a summertime job, and driving railroad crews (All over the country)These can all be done more or less on your terms seasonally and some pay very well.
I did the Beet Harvest last fall as a foreman in charge of a beet piling site and made more than $10k from Aug 23 to early October.
So take heart there is plenty to do out here even if you are "Retired".
Sadly this sites Work Camping forum is perhaps not the best of the similar forums I have found on the web. Go to the others. Google workcamping or Seasonal Jobs.
Good Luck
