What do you not like about fulltiming (RV life style)?

[pigfarmer]

We've all said what we love about living in the RV and full timing, but I feel certain we all have something we don't care for. I don't like having to find a place to land every night if we are on the road and just roaming the country. What is your dislike?

[bjcarpetguy]

I can honestly say I Don't miss the Yard work. If I get the bug I can always find someone who'll let me do theirs. (I Did over this last Spring). It was my
DW uncle. But also did a bunch of other stuff.
Don't like the small shower, So when were at parks that have ones I'll use theirs.
Not having enough counter space sometimes sucks, but we try to follow the sun and
do a lot of cooking outside.

I guess the having to dump, especially using the tote sucks but it at least to me is a small sacrifice to be able to enjoy this lifestyle is doable.

[stickdog]

The worse part of fulltiming is finding a great microbrewery and knowing you won't get that good to the last drop till you pass this way again, also as volunteers we stay put for 3-6 mos at a time make friends and then say goodbye.

[BarbaraOK]

pigfarmer wrote:
Mail can sometimes be a real pain. We have a mail service and they do an excellent job - but sometimes it is hard to be in a place to receive the mail. Often we will go 3 weeks in-between mail deliveries and a lot of "stuff" can happen in 3 weeks!!!

We moved everything we could to online. We often go 3 weeks or so and usually only have mail delivered when we have meds waiting to be sent us or something else important that we track. We track our Rxs as they travel to our "address" and when we see that they have been delivered then we send an email requesting our mail be sent to the nearest General Delivery post office - 2-3 days later it is there.

Barb

[pigfarmer]

Mail can sometimes be a real pain. We have a mail service and they do an excellent job - but sometimes it is hard to be in a place to receive the mail. Often we will go 3 weeks in-between mail deliveries and a lot of "stuff" can happen in 3 weeks!!!

[hitchup]

Dog Folks wrote:

pigfarmer wrote:
We've all said what we love about living in the RV and full timing, but I feel certain we all have something we don't care for. I don't like having to find a place to land every night if we are on the road and just roaming the country. What is your dislike?

The cons:
1. Small shower area and limited hot water.
2. No Pizza delivery in most areas
3. No daily newspaper delivery in most places
4. A small refrigerator

That's about it. 99.9% is great!

I disagree to most of these points. Because, I just finished the rest of yesterday's Pizza that was delivered to the RV fresh and hot. News is on TV or internet and we pick up a Sunday paper either in the RV Park or while we're out shopping on the weekend.

We've also fixed the small fridge issue. We're getting a new RV with a residential fridge, sometime next month.

So what do I dislike?
1) Not being able to pack up and move when we want. DH still works and stay in one place from 2-6 mos.
2) Not having a regular dentist to do some prevention before we chip a tooth or need in an emergency with an abscess.
3) Trying to find a good route to go to next project and pick RV Parks that are big-rig friendly. Some say they are, but their idea of friendly doesn't always match our idea.

[MPI_Mallard]

According to Frau Blücher we have a poltergeist in our fiver that gets a kick outta' hiding things like the cheese grater,magic jack plus and such (damn thing knows NOT to screw with my remote controls though). Year three and my only real peeves are the tiny spots we have to back our "condo on wheels" into and the small shower stall(I could lose some weight to fix that though)aside that this is the way to go!!! tandkj,as far as the lack of boat goes I carry a 12' Achillies inflatable with a 9HP outboard with me in the front bay,i built wheels that mount on the transom so I can roll it down a ramp or beach,real slick set-up. But it seems all the negative aspects mentioned here seem to be overcame with a little compromising
wich I think is the main thing we need to do with this lifestyle!

[pigfarmer]

Wow! Looks like us full timers all have about the same dislikes. I also dislike having to always move something to find something else and it is never where I think it is. (especially canned goods including coffee filters!!!!)

[MTPockets1]

Can't think of a thing I dislike. All of it is a part of the lifestyle we both love. Bending to tie sneakers is not always easy, but I can't say I dislike tying my shoes.

[tandkj]

Having a garden
Miss the fishing boat
High cost of diesel fuel

[mrhibs]

lets see I miss mowing,weeding, watering, mowing. I miss taxes,having to get up 5 30 every morning. ummmm think I misunderstood the question.

[Rob_Fla]

Getting into smaller sites can be a challenge.
Wife misses having a Bath Tub.
We do our homework on the next stop but sometimes we are not real happy with the CG and site.
Dealing with the normal repairs and breakdowns when RVing but we had repairs and maintenance when we had our S&B, just seems we have less now fulltiming.

[photonut4]

Backing our 38' fiver into a spot at a 90 degree angle. Road noise in some rv parks. Small access area between our king size bed and the closet (very tight). Interior noise when a/c is running.

[Dog_Folks]

pigfarmer wrote:
We've all said what we love about living in the RV and full timing, but I feel certain we all have something we don't care for. I don't like having to find a place to land every night if we are on the road and just roaming the country. What is your dislike?

The cons:
1. Small shower area and limited hot water.
2. No Pizza delivery in most areas
3. No daily newspaper delivery in most places
4. A small refrigerator

That's about it. 99.9% is great!

[valhalla360]

Not having a basement and garage to work on projects.