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Full-Timer vs. Part-Timer

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Offline Mike Smith

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Full-Timer vs. Part-Timer
« on: July 19, 2011, 03:39:57 AM »
I would like to get input on those individuals who "full-time" vs. "part-time" (which we are currently in).What I want to address is the rationale of full-timing vs. part-timing with some type of stix 'n brix in the US.   What I've read on various blogs the reasons differ, from financial considerations, to family, to freedom from possessions, etc. ;D

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Re: Full-Timer vs. Part-Timer
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 11:29:51 AM »
There are some Pros & Cons to full-timing!!
Con's
No grass to mow,
No property tax to pay,
No cool winters or hot summer to live through (unless you want to),
No searching for hours for that thing you put somewhere you know you could find it. (In a RV you only have 3 or 4 places to look.)

Pro's
No bad neighbors (four reasons not to put up with them - Goodyear Tires).
No packing suitcases for trips.
No trying to find the bathroom in the dark in a strange Hotel room.

We have been Full Timing for 2 years now - and love it.

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Re: Full-Timer vs. Part-Timer
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2012, 07:56:07 PM »
My wife and I have been full time campers in our motorhome since spring of 2011 and we love it. We both work full time and live in an RV Park that has many full time retiree's or workers living out of RV's. Lazy Acres RV Park is located on hwy 321 in Lenoir City, Tennessee. Love the no more house to up keep, grass to mow, those kind of things. But RV life stye is a constant day to day survival because the only thing between you and mother nature is about three inches of wall. You have to like a challenge to keep up with what might wear out next.
 I have found you can repair or replace most of the components in Rv's and motorhomes and cosmetic blemished rather inexpensively. Don't get upset, there is plenty of information on RV life style, camping, traveling, and every thing you need to know. or ask a camper. They are the friendliest people you'll ever meet. Always ready to help a fellow camper on the side of the road or in the campground. Met a couple who have been full timers eighteen years in the same RV ! It looked Good !   8)

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Re: Full-Timer vs. Part-Timer
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2012, 06:02:21 PM »
We went straight from sticks and bricks to fulltiming in a motorhome.  We never did any kind of camping or RVing until we moved into the motorhome.  This is the lifestyle we wanted while we were working and it has been great since we retired in 2010.  We spend the winters in south Texas and we spent last summer in the northwest.  Great weather.  This summer maybe Maine and Canada.   
A lot of people we have met in Texas have homes they return to in the summer but we don't want the expense and work of maintaining a summer residence that we don't need.
But don't let anyone kid you that you can't loose something in an RV.  I lost one pair of glasses for a couple weeks before I found them behind the passenger seat.  Also there are tons of places in the lower storage compartments to loose lots of things.  But eventually these things always turn up. 
Gary
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Re: Full-Timer vs. Part-Timer
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2012, 04:50:20 PM »
We are part-timers and are going to be full timers in October 2012. I am doing all the research I can before then. We have gone on month long "vacations" and figure if we can get along on those travels we can do it full time. We will be glad to Lose the extremely high property taxes here where we live in WA state, all the expenses and work of owning our home. We would be doing alot of travel to see our children anyway and don't feel comfortable leaving our home and cannot afford to keep it and travel extensively and without time constraints. Full-timing, although for a year or two is the only way to decide where we will settle down, if we do. We are committed to One year to try it out.

 

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