TRAVELING AND LIVING IN AN RV

Posts: 15 · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 15 Location: currentlyidaho

MY HUSBAND & I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING FOR 2 YEARS NOW. TIRED OF PACKING AND UNPACKING WITH EACH ASSIGNMENT. WE ARE CONSIDERING GETTING A MOTOR HOME AND LIVING THAT WAY. ANY ONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? Question

Posts: 112 · Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 112 Location: Coastal Georgia

I have never personally traveled but I knew a scrub tech down in Savannah that traveled with her husband in this way. She said she would never go back to her old way of traveling. She stayed at RV parks that were right on the beach and she loved it Smile

Posts: 16 · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 16 Location: florida

This is the way to go....Not only traveling but if you do not have a second home, the interest is tax deductable. Plus keeping your primary residence allows you to take the housing stipend tax free also...but you can only do this for a few years. Check your state for the tax requirements...no use in working and then having a suprise of extra taxes. Hope this helps...
Paul

Posts: 15 · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 15 Location: currentlyidaho

THANKS- WE WILL SOON FIND OUT IF THINGS GO RIGHT. WAITING TO HEAR IF APPROVED ON A MOTOR HOME BUT PLEASE KEEP GIVING ME INPUT. THIS IS NEW FOR BOTH OF US.
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Posts: 3 · Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Florida

Husband and I sold our home in So. Fla, after hurricane Wilma last year. Had a beautiful home, sold everything almost. Purchased a 38' Dutch Star Diesel Pusher. Today I have off work and am sitting in Las Vegas in low 80's sunny and getting the tan of my life. We have a TV outside that is flatscreen and mounted. Husband is watching football. Have a 20' trailer we pull with our RV, with our two motorcycles and MINI Cooper in it. And, a beagle. (She fits in the RV)...LOL. Rving and travel nursing are super. No matter where I go, I have my home with me, surrounding are familiar. We have a king size bed, washer and dryer, fullsize shower, and all the comforts of home. We have property in a RV resort in Fla and use that as our permanent address. We use a mail service which works well.
Our RV site includes electric, water, sewer, phone and is much much less than my housing rate. So we are able to have extra money. I don't recommend fulltiming in a RV and maintaining a physical home somewhere else. Too much money involved. Their is maintenance in a RV that has to be done on schedule. Husband will workcamp when he can.
In my opinion, this is the BEST way to travel nurse!

Posts: 82 · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 82 Location: florida

Hi. I bought an RV 13 months ago and I have been traveling my way around California and living in my RV since. I love the life. The people in RV parks are very nice and helpful. There are many nurses living this lifestyle. My advice to you is to research RVs first and make sure you get what you want the first time. I traded my first RV in for a diesel and I lost $25,000 in the trade. Now I have a 38 ft with washer and dryer. I lived in my first RV for a year before I drove it across the country. The money that the company gives you for housing will pay your RV note. Also I always make sure there is an RV park near before I take any contract, and that they have a space for me. Good luck and have fun.

Posts: 7 · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Pocatello, Idaho

I traveled in an RV for two years and had some great fun!! With there being three of us and having a home office and a quilting hobby, just couldn't find one that fit us just right since we totalled our related to a bent frame. Wouldn't mind getting one of those toy haulers and customizing it. But going to do some financial recovery and then get back into one. I would definitely recommend it!!!

Posts: 4 · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:39 am

Its great to find this exact topic here! My husband and I want to be travelling this way ASAP, we're saving now. We're trying to learn all we can about tax ramifications, availability of places near assignment hospitals, etc. I'll keep watching here, and dreaming enviously! Cool

Posts: 11 · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Norfolk NE

Look at my FAQ page about the tax issues surrounding RV use on assignments

http://www.traveltax.com/TravelRN/KnowledgeBase/KnowledgeBaseHome.html

Posts: 1 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Florida

Can someone tell me how difficult it is to find locations to park rvs and are there any length problems. I have heard some parks cannot accomdoate 40 ft. Any other obstacles?

Posts: 12 · Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Ohio

We have been traveling since 2005, for the last year and half in an RV. To us there is no comparsion. In fact on our current assignment, the RV park is the best part of it. The first thing after buying an RV is to join a club. We belong to the Good Sam Club and it has already repaid the investment. Most parks we have stayed in have resonable rates that sometimes include electric and water. Here we pay elec. seperate, the last place rent included everything. There are catalogs that include almost every camp ground in the country and explain site sizes,ac,water and amperage hook-ups. When we get home, we remove our personal items, food etc. and take our time getting it ready for the next trip in a few months. Before the RV we always were renting utility trailers to haul our junk from one assignment to the next. pack and unpack! Now we're are ready to move in 20-30 minutes of stowing and on the road.

Posts: 15 · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 15 Location: currentlyidaho

THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT. I JUST WISH I COULD FIND AN RV WE COULD BUY ON OUR BAD CREDIT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY AN ARM AND A LEG ANY ADVISE THERE?