Fulltime family of 4: 2019 year in review

[ependydad]

2019 was the year of Florida for us. We got here in November 2018 and didn't leave until August. Once we left, we weren't gone for long and were back again by November.

We stuck around the summer so that my daughter could shadow a photographer during portrait sessions around Disney hotels. (And, well- it's cheap with Thousand Trails!)

Fortunately, we did get out to the ABQ International Balloon Fiesta (where I met up with a couple of FROGs!). And then we stopped in Texas to see friends and hit a Fulltime Families rally.

The map is a bit messy:


The stats for the year:


And then I uploaded pictures of most of the campsites to this post on Imgur:
https://imgur.com/gallery/GdAM9QN

[LadyRVer]

Great trip! Are you using Excel or a trip expense planner? I have been out a year now, have all my expenses down on paper, but have not totaled them.

[Lwiddis]

Are the kids happy? What do kids say to their friends, not to you,...their friends?

As a trade, is shooting photos around Disney a worthwhile occupation?

[ependydad]

TenOC wrote:
It would be nice if you added your fuel cost to the total. When I tell people I fulltime on between $10,000 and $12,000 a year including food cost they think I am wrong.

The problem is, I don't track fuel costs for just towing. I have overall totals in an app ( $4,654.90 for the year ). I average 8 mpg towing and my app tells me I pay an average of $2.80/gallon, that gives me a total of $2,441.25 for towing fuel.

I then have RV and truck payments plus registration costs.

And, $10,000-12,000 a year is what we budget on groceries alone (which also includes things like home supplies like laundry detergent, cleaning products, paper plates, napkins, etc). My monthly food budget line item runs $900-1,400 depending on the month and what's going on.

[TenOC]

It would be nice if you added your fuel cost to the total. When I tell people I fulltime on between $10,000 and $12,000 a year including food cost they think I am wrong.