How did you decide which area to go to first?
So you've decided to full time RV, you are not restricted to visiting family or because of any work commitments, and not into being somewhere for a specific event, how did you decide where to go and w...
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Being near the geographical center of my country, not all that far from the center of this continent, we would go to the places we could reach in the time we had for trips out and back, 2-3 weeks usually. I think I am showing a map.
But that's not full time, we maintained a home base, out and back. We did not restrict to RV travel, so we've been to Europe, Asia, and Africa. We had trips booked to South America but canceled when she got sick.
If you are into visiting big cities, I'm not so sure the RV is the way to do it. NYC, Chicago, LA, San Diego, we would drive or fly and stay in good hotels at the center of things. Houston was just a one day drive. Singapore, Beijing, Sydney, Rome, Paris, Lisbon, London, Vienna? RVing is not really an option.
We went to the places that interested us. When my wife got sick, her bucket list took precedence over mine; even so, we had to cancel two of her priority trips when she wasn't well enough to go. Now that she's gone, I prioritize my own list, which does not include a lot of RV destinations in North America. I don't know how much time I have left, outlook changes year by year with age.
Consider the places you want to see. Prioritize them based on what is important to you, not necessarily what it costs to get there. You never really know how much time you have left. After retirement, most people who have places to go, things to see, run out of time before they run out of money.
What works for me doesn't necessarily work for you. First year out, we road tripped down the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Florida (escaping a Michigan winter), checked out possible settlements in Florida (had lived there two years in a previous life). Then we visited England for a month, road tripped through the U.S. Midwest (twice), lived in China for a month (traveling most of the time), visited Alaska at the end of summer, then spent most of autumn in the Mediterranean. Volunteering to be bumped on the Alaska trip netted us free flights, so we finished off the year with a Mexican Riviera cruise (since repeated, extended, as an end of life celebration).
You may have completely different interests completely different resources. You go where you want to go, not where someone else wants to go. But you prioritize, because you don't really know who has how much time left.
But that's not full time, we maintained a home base, out and back. We did not restrict to RV travel, so we've been to Europe, Asia, and Africa. We had trips booked to South America but canceled when she got sick.
If you are into visiting big cities, I'm not so sure the RV is the way to do it. NYC, Chicago, LA, San Diego, we would drive or fly and stay in good hotels at the center of things. Houston was just a one day drive. Singapore, Beijing, Sydney, Rome, Paris, Lisbon, London, Vienna? RVing is not really an option.
We went to the places that interested us. When my wife got sick, her bucket list took precedence over mine; even so, we had to cancel two of her priority trips when she wasn't well enough to go. Now that she's gone, I prioritize my own list, which does not include a lot of RV destinations in North America. I don't know how much time I have left, outlook changes year by year with age.
Consider the places you want to see. Prioritize them based on what is important to you, not necessarily what it costs to get there. You never really know how much time you have left. After retirement, most people who have places to go, things to see, run out of time before they run out of money.
What works for me doesn't necessarily work for you. First year out, we road tripped down the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Florida (escaping a Michigan winter), checked out possible settlements in Florida (had lived there two years in a previous life). Then we visited England for a month, road tripped through the U.S. Midwest (twice), lived in China for a month (traveling most of the time), visited Alaska at the end of summer, then spent most of autumn in the Mediterranean. Volunteering to be bumped on the Alaska trip netted us free flights, so we finished off the year with a Mexican Riviera cruise (since repeated, extended, as an end of life celebration).
You may have completely different interests completely different resources. You go where you want to go, not where someone else wants to go. But you prioritize, because you don't really know who has how much time left.
