How come no part-timers category to post to

Anyone is welcome to post in the Fulltime forum. It was set up to address the specific concerns of fulltimers, tho many topics overlap. It also gives others a glimpse into the world of fulltiming. :)

Cecilt wrote:
...snip...I hope to have saved enough to live a PT lifestyle as if we are in vacation mode for 4-8 months a year. If not, I could just sit at home and veg. I want to feel liberated and to me that is being in vacation mode and fully enjoying the fruits of our labor :)

FWIW, every time you turn on that key expect to spend 2-300 dollars for that day if you're in vacation mode. That's a lot of fruit.

Also as you're saving that fruit, don't forget to enjoy some of it now and with your family. Many RV'ers (as everyone does) end up with medical issues later in life that limits their lifestyle.

John&Joey wrote:

Cecilt wrote:

Tom N wrote:
All forums but the Full-time RVing forum are for part timers.

Not trying to step on your toes in the exclusive full time forum. My question is more related to those that some here have said travel for several months at a time. There is a category for snowbirds, correct. We are weekend and summer vacationers. IMO when we are ready to really travel that will be entirely different when out on the road for 2 months, 5 months etc. it would be nice to see how others live THIS lifestyle as well, how they travel, how long they stay at places, routes they take etc etc. I don't see where this forum has a good place for folks to post about this.

Cecilt, you are correct. It is way different then snowbirds, and not that much different then FT'ing except PT'ers are constantly packing and unpacking (and they have many more bills to pay.) ;)

I think you'll find out that PT'ers are the smallest group of all RV'ers. Yes you are right, they have special needs. They might not need a quad slide MH, but having some storage capacity and room sure is nice when gone for six months.

What I've found out is learn from the FT'ers and snowbird forums, but question the snowbirds. As a PT'er you are really mobile, most snowbirds are not and develop a lifestyle that you can not achieve (i.e. supporting structures like sheds, wind breaks, car ports, etc...) Snowbirds with structures seem to rush back and forth which is not what PT'ers do at all. They will have a completely different outlook on places to stay then you will.

Best advice I have to give is FT'ers don't do vacation mode. As a PT'er you will have to learn to blend frugal and "don't care about the budget." To keep expenses down you will need to develop an economical lifestyle, yet to give it enjoyment take a month or so and slip into that "vacation mode" and kick up your heels. That took us awhile to figure out, once we did that I think we now have the best of all worlds.

Thanks for the thoughtful post. I envision that when we(really I since my wife is a stay at home mom) retire that we will travel for spurts at a time. If timing and everything goes as planned(big if) we will have one child just graduating from college and one starting college so we will have to be somewhat flexible in our travelling. However, I hope to have saved enough to live a PT lifestyle as if we are in vacation mode for 4-8 months a year. If not, I could just sit at home and veg. I want to feel liberated and to me that is being in vacation mode and fully enjoying the fruits of our labor :)

We consider ourselves "longtimers", since we spend up to 10 months of the year traveling in our coach. Even when we do spend time at our upstate NY cottage, as we are now, we often continue to live in the coach, just using the cottage for laundry, etc., while we catch up on our kid's lives and various appointments. As far as a dedicated "longtimer" forum goes, I don't see any need since we can glean the best of the fulltimer and other forums that we find applicable to our particular style of RV'ing. Every RV'er likely has some unique characteristics to their particular RV usage, and trying to narrowly categorize them is not likely to fit anyone exactly.

I agree with OP. Even though we travel south for the winter like snowbirds, we also travel 1-2 weeks most every month we are at home. So we don't consider ourselves simply snowbirds, and aren't really 100% fulltimers - sort of like most-timers I guess.

Cecilt wrote:

Tom N wrote:
All forums but the Full-time RVing forum are for part timers.

Not trying to step on your toes in the exclusive full time forum. My question is more related to those that some here have said travel for several months at a time. There is a category for snowbirds, correct. We are weekend and summer vacationers. IMO when we are ready to really travel that will be entirely different when out on the road for 2 months, 5 months etc. it would be nice to see how others live THIS lifestyle as well, how they travel, how long they stay at places, routes they take etc etc. I don't see where this forum has a good place for folks to post about this.

Cecilt, you are correct. It is way different then snowbirds, and not that much different then FT'ing except PT'ers are constantly packing and unpacking (and they have many more bills to pay.) ;)

I think you'll find out that PT'ers are the smallest group of all RV'ers. Yes you are right, they have special needs. They might not need a quad slide MH, but having some storage capacity and room sure is nice when gone for six months.

What I've found out is learn from the FT'ers and snowbird forums, but question the snowbirds. As a PT'er you are really mobile, most snowbirds are not and develop a lifestyle that you can not achieve (i.e. supporting structures like sheds, wind breaks, car ports, etc...) Snowbirds with structures seem to rush back and forth which is not what PT'ers do at all. They will have a completely different outlook on places to stay then you will.

Best advice I have to give is FT'ers don't do vacation mode. As a PT'er you will have to learn to blend frugal and "don't care about the budget." To keep expenses down you will need to develop an economical lifestyle, yet to give it enjoyment take a month or so and slip into that "vacation mode" and kick up your heels. That took us awhile to figure out, once we did that I think we now have the best of all worlds.

Doesn't the 'RV Lifestyle' section meet your criteria ?
RV Lifestyle
Discuss real rving lifestyle issues and how to handle them while on the road.


It's between the 'General Rving Issues' & the "Full-Time Rving' sections
LINK

Cecilt wrote:

Tom N wrote:
All forums but the Full-time RVing forum are for part timers.

Not trying to step on your toes in the exclusive full time forum.

:h

There's nothing "exclusive" about the Fulltiming Forum. I myself have posted there and have never been chided for not carrying that label.

I really don't understand your concern-? What possible issues would be better addressed in a "not-quite-fulltimers Forum"???

I think the majority of posters are part timers and post to whatever topic they are interested in. No reason that they should not. Full timing is very different and while the topics are often similar, the theory is that this small group of RVers live in their RV and their RV only (whether they move often or not).
That's likely the reason for the specific topic and I am not sure there would be a reasonable way to add topics titled, 9 monthers, 6 monthers, 3 monthers, 1 monthers and weekenders.

Tom N wrote:
All forums but the Full-time RVing forum are for part timers.

Not trying to step on your toes in the exclusive full time forum. My question is more related to those that some here have said travel for several months at a time. There is a category for snowbirds, correct. We are weekend and summer vacationers. IMO when we are ready to really travel that will be entirely different when out on the road for 2 months, 5 months etc. it would be nice to see how others live THIS lifestyle as well, how they travel, how long they stay at places, routes they take etc etc. I don't see where this forum has a good place for folks to post about this.