Why did you stop full time rving?
For those of you that started FT RVing with the object of travelling to see and experience as much of the USA/Canada as possible but have since come off the road, what made you stop being FT traveller...
Forum Discussion
a) Why they/you started FTing
We sold everything and started because we wanted to see most, or all of the U.S. We did some traveling out west on our Harley when we first retired but just didn't like staying in Hotels all the time.
b) How long you/they were actively travelling F/T
We stayed full time traveling just over 2 years. We had no intention of changing that status. Our health was excellent (I am 62) and we truly loved it.
c) What was your reason to come off the travelling road and either settle in a park in your rig/park model or back into a SnB.
We were spending up to 4 1/2 months in the same area of SW Florida each winter. It turned out that some of our friends had moved to that same area so we knew that we would always winter there and the site rental prices kept going up. Found a house we really liked. Once we crunched the numbers it was only going to cost us a couple hundred dollars more a month to own a home.
So starting this November we will be spending 6 months in our home in SW Florida and leaving our fiver parked in central Illinois. Then in May we will return to our fiver and be full time RVer's for 6 months.
With the housing market prices in SW Florida on the rise again it was a very good time to buy. If we decide in a few years that we want to travel 12 months a year then the house will get sold or rented.
We sold everything and started because we wanted to see most, or all of the U.S. We did some traveling out west on our Harley when we first retired but just didn't like staying in Hotels all the time.
b) How long you/they were actively travelling F/T
We stayed full time traveling just over 2 years. We had no intention of changing that status. Our health was excellent (I am 62) and we truly loved it.
c) What was your reason to come off the travelling road and either settle in a park in your rig/park model or back into a SnB.
We were spending up to 4 1/2 months in the same area of SW Florida each winter. It turned out that some of our friends had moved to that same area so we knew that we would always winter there and the site rental prices kept going up. Found a house we really liked. Once we crunched the numbers it was only going to cost us a couple hundred dollars more a month to own a home.
So starting this November we will be spending 6 months in our home in SW Florida and leaving our fiver parked in central Illinois. Then in May we will return to our fiver and be full time RVer's for 6 months.
With the housing market prices in SW Florida on the rise again it was a very good time to buy. If we decide in a few years that we want to travel 12 months a year then the house will get sold or rented.
