I'm interested in work camping. Can people give me advice?

[Butch9101]

My wife is 40 and I'm 32. Her son, my step son just graduated high school. We camp as often as we can. But due to crappy vacation benefits, that's not very much. We are considering selling our house and becoming full timers. Any advice? Where to start? Or how to start?any tips?

[carl2591]

I highly advise listen to Dave Ramsey and or Clark Howard.. both do radio show and the programs can be down load to listen to if not in area they are carried on local Radio.

Dave is probably the better if you have debt and want to become debt free.. they have couples on the show that have done what he recommended and they get to scream on the radio... " WEERREE DDEEBBTT FFRREEEE" it's cool as heck..

check website for local radio station that carry them and times. Some are live and some are tape delay.

www.daveramsey.com
www.clarkhoward.com

good luck,, ps do you or will you have other income.. living on the road is not a get rich quick way to do it. Check out http://www.technomadia.com/ for more folks that work on the road.

Dog Folks wrote:

noplace2 wrote:
You will see it oft repeated here. One of the keys to successful fulltiming for many of us was to start and remain debt free.

X2 I never was good with money but I did take this advice 9 years ago. Best thing I ever did, and I am still debt free.

Starting debt free is my number one piece of advice.

[Dog_Folks]

noplace2 wrote:
You will see it oft repeated here. One of the keys to successful fulltiming for many of us was to start and remain debt free.

X2 I never was good with money but I did take this advice 9 years ago. Best thing I ever did, and I am still debt free.

Starting debt free is my number one piece of advice.

[sdianel_-acct_c]

http://www.interstellarorchard.com/

this is a blog written by a single RVer who work camps. One of the most interesting and informative blogs I've ever read.
She talks about working at Amazon and various parks.

[noplace2]

You will see it oft repeated here. One of the keys to successful fulltiming for many of us was to start and remain debt free.

[USA_Traveler]

There are many places the offer Workamping which is when you receive money and usually a site with full hookup and there are places where you can volunteer, you get your site free in return you are required to volunteer for normally 20-30 hours a week. Volunteering means that you do not receive any type of money. The Federal Parks, such of Corp of Engineers, and State Parks normally need volunteers.

[DKeppner]

http://www.rv-dreams.com/ RV Dreams is an excellent place to begin researching.

[Butch9101]

Are there any books on this subject?

[darsben]

What do you have to live in while workkamping? And is it big enough.
Do you have pets?
What will your monthly expenses and income be?
What kind of back up resources do you have to replace your rig if something happens?
What will you do for health insurance?

Just a few of a thousand questions you must answer for yourself.

[Butch9101]

I thought there were campgrounds that paid you for working and also a free site?

[sonicsix]

You can find many, many workamping opportunities at WorkampingJobs.com. There is a "Frequently Asked Questions' page there that you may find helpful. We were full-timers and workamped and we documented almost everything we did. All of that information is freely available online at www.RVRoadTrip.us.

[RoyB]

WORK CAMPING usually only provides free room and board. Their is NO MONEY changing hands. You will need to have outside money to survive.

Just be aware...
Roy Ken

[Mountain_Mama]

Also check out the Escapees website for full timing info.

[nancyjerry]

My husband read this site for 6 months before we made the big jump. So, read, research, read repeat.
On this site you will find tons of information. You are going to need a budget first. There are people on here who say they live on $10, 000 a year and others who say $60,000 a year.
We work amp sometimes. Now we are at Cape Cod Canal waterfront site free for 6 months. BUT, we volunteer at the Visitor Center 30 hrs (combined) a week.
Yes, this is perfect for us as we fish, go clamming, have lobster traps at our doorstep, bike, read and do photography here!
We also have the money to still pay for food, insurance, healthcare, gas, payments, etc.

Too much to tell you at this point....
Start reading ?? and welcome

[sharibartling]

Search Workers on wheels, no membership. Or very active site workamper.com there's a membership fee but it's worth it. Also, BLM bureau of land mgmt. site. Hope that helps