Several months ago, we created a monthly budget for our RV trip, and we planned to share our monthly expenses to see how much it costs to RV around America. We’ve shared our monthly expenses for March and April, and below are our expenses for May. I’m thrilled to calculate that we were 1% under […]
The Cards We Carry for Discounts While We Travel
Each month we’re sharing how much it costs to RV around America, breaking down expenses across categories as we try to spend within our projected budget. There are a few ways that we try to save money while we travel and manage risk. We have all sorts of insurance, of course, but we also opted […]
Airstream Belly Skin Repairs on the Road
RVs are rolling earthquakes. We drag our Airstream hundreds of miles each week on the highways and inevitably a few miles on dirt roads. It bounces, bangs, and shutters behind our Tahoe. Screws are often rattling loose and falling to the floor. We find one or two scattered around about each time we move to […]
Monthly Expenses for Full Time RVing – April 2016
Early on, we created a monthly budget for our RV trip, and we planned to share our monthly expenses to see how much it cost to RV around America. Last month, we shared our RV expenses for the month of March. Below are April’s expenses, during which time we pulled our Airstream across America from […]
Property Management While Traveling Put to the Test
Well, it has happened, and it happened much sooner than I thought. One of the tenants in our rental properties back home had a legit emergency. In fact, it was the tenant in our home. The hot water heater pressure release valve spewed water all over the floor. We were fortunate that the hot water […]
My biggest pet peeve about RV life
One of my biggest pet peeves about life in the RV is stuffing things, and the biggest stuffing menace is Katie. It’s a constant source of friction, albeit humorous friction, between us. Katie stuffs things into cabinets, and I come behind her to un-stuff and organize. Here’s what I mean: Katie stuffs things in bins […]
How to manage rental property while traveling full-time?
We’ve talked about our real estate investment strategy and why we rent our home while traveling in the past, and here we are finally addressing how we manage those properties while on an adventure. When not traveling, we manage our own rental properties. We place the tenants, take the calls, and make repairs as needed. […]
Monthly Expenses for Full Time RVing – March 2016
We’ve completed our first leg of our RV trip around America, traveling 3,000 miles from Raleigh through Florida and back to Raleigh before heading west. The total trip has been about six weeks, and we have our first full month of travel expenses to report. Early on, we created a monthly budget for our RV […]
Tips to Keep the Kids Entertained on Long Car Rides
Yesterday we had our longest travel day by far. We were in the car for over 16 hours driving from Ft. Myers, FL to Raleigh, NC. We only took four, fifteen minute bathroom / gas stops and a 30 minute break for dinner. I’m happy to report the kids did awesome. I think there was […]
Life in the Slow Lane with a Beat Up Airstream
Without towing a trailer, I drive pretty fast. I’m mostly in the left hand lane going at least ten over, pushing cars out of the way and always watching for a state trooper around the next corner. When towing the trailer, I’m much slower, for many reasons, but for one awesome reason. I no longer […]