If you are researching information to see if retirement RVing is right for you and/or if you have already made the decision to full-time RV and you wonder what’s next, some retirement rving resources might be good to have:

Finding a Retirement Motorhome to buy
To find that perfect retirement RV, look no further than RV sales.  This website features a RV Finder that will show you what travel trailers, toy haulers, fifth wheels, motorhomes, and campers fit your criteria.

Knowing if you can tow your RV
A common question that many RV owners have is “Can I safely tow my RV with the vehicle that I currently have?”  A great resource to answer this question is the RV Buyer’s Guide, Tow Rating Search.  Just put in the year, manufacturer, and make of your vehicle and the tow rating guide will tell you which towable RV’s that you can pull safely.

Learning about RVing
Reading the major RV forums like the forums on RV.net and others is an excellent place to start learning about full-time or part-time RVing.  You can even learn a lot, even if you are just taking a few RV vacations each year.

Another great resource is RV Lifestyle Experts.  Jaimie Hall Bruzenak and Alice Zyetz both have years of full-time RV experience and have authored numerous books about RVing.  Through their website, blog, RV Lifestyle Ezine, and seminars…the RV Lifestyle experts will teach you a lot about full-time rving.

Lastly, another valuable RVing resource just might be NuRvers.com.  This website features non-retired full-time RVers and issues that retirement RVer’s face who still need a job to support their RV lifestyle.

There are many retirement RV resources out there at your disposal.  The above are just a few to get you started on the road to RV retirement.

So, now that you went out to buy an RV of your dreams and you are ready to retirement RV, is temporary or seasonal work the next thing you are looking for?  Temporary and seasonal work can make your RV lifestyle more affordable.  So, where do you start to try to find temporary or seasonal work in the areas where you plan to retirement RV?

One popular place for retirement RVers is Branson, Missouri.  Branson offers seasonal jobs through different staffing agencies around the area and also through Silver Dollar City, a theme park just outside of Branson.  If you are looking to retirement RV in Florida, try seasonal employment opportunities with Walt Disney World or in California, Walt DisneyLand.

Some more seasonal employment options for retirement RV vacations to Texas, Virginia, California, Florida, or Pennsylvania try jobs through the World of Discovery.  World of Discovery parks include SeaWorld, Discovery Cove, Busch Gardens, Adventure Island, Water Country, and Sesame Place.

Gatlinburg is another hub for seasonal employment opportunities.  The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers job opportunities for seasonal and temporary employment.  Gatlinburg, with it’s large tourism industry base, has many retirement RV accommodating employment positions available too.

Lastly, if you want to take a different approach to working while retirement RVing, try following the event circuit business.  For instance, if you love auto racing, try taking pictures at racing events, producing these pictures, and selling them at racing events.  The same could apply to designing, making, and distributing T-shirts during the summer season at racing events.

Jobs that you can do while you full time RV.  That is a common concern among retired and non-retired fulltime RVers. In this post we will talk about temporary employment as a way of helping to finance your fulltime retirement RV lifestyle.  Temporary employment means that you stay in one spot for a period of time and then move on to another retirement RV adventure.  Some businesses hire workers for seasonal or short-term work situations.  Retirement and non-retired fulltime RVers can be great hiring options for these businesses.

One temporary employment example is Amazon.  Out of their distribution center in Coffeyville, KS, Amazon hires seasonal workers for their Christmas season. The pay isn’t high, just above $10 per hour, but working for Amazon does offer a large amount of work in a small amount of time.  Amazon likes retirement and non-retired fulltime RVer’s because they are often enthusiastic workers who have professional level skills from their previous employment, before they headed out looking for RV sales, and took to the road fulltime.  Retirement RV owners also allow Amazon to have “local” help, since an RVer’s home can be “right down the street” in a short amount of time.

Another possible idea for temporary employment is driving a tour bus in places like Alaska, catering to others who have chosen an Alaska RV Vacation.  There are many tour operating companies in Alaska, search for some on the Internet and check out their hiring process in advance.   Construction and repair jobs most often fall under the “temporary employment” category as well, since both kinds of jobs are largely dependent upon the weather conditions.  Lastly, there are often seasonal Park Ranger positions that you can check into as a source of temporary employment.

So, how do you find these temporary jobs that are perfect for retired RV owners?  First try the Internet and look for temporary employment agencies.  These agencies are in touch with businesses who require short-term or seasonal help and can get you in touch with the right people.  Also try searching the major job search engines like CareerBuilder, Indeed, and Monster for temporary employment positions.

In continuing our discussion from last post, in this post we cover more jobs that you can do while you fulltime RV.  Some  careers can be done remotely and over the computer, perfect for retirement RVers or non-retired fulltime RV owners.  Computer support jobs, online index database jobs, computer programming jobs, freelance writing, and website design jobs are all examples of professions that can go very well with retirement or early retirement to a motorhome.  Especially now that laptop computers and wireless Internet are becoming readily available to the RVing public, these jobs have become more and more practical.

Schooling

Almost all of the above mentioned careers require some sort of specialized degree or training.  Try to plan ahead if possible, if you are not already trained in these fields.  A few years before you want to retirement RV, find a college or technical school in your current area that offers the training you need and enroll in classes.

Experience

See if you can get some experience on your resume in these fields.  This can even be done by offering your services for free to a local non-profit group or club.  Offering your services will allow you to build your resume (making you more appealing to businesses who would consider hiring you and let you work remotely) and provide a nice service to a worthy group of your choice.

Networking

Begin looking for different online work opportunities in the field of your choice.  Try searching job search engines like Monster, Careerbuilder, and/or Indeed.com for jobs that will let you work remotely or telecommute.  You can also tap into the resources and contacts that you have made from years of working, by spreading the word that you are looking for a flexible work situation.  See if any of your existing network needs your help or knows of someone who does.  Posting a profile on a website like LinkedIn can be a good start.  Starting this search early will allow you to have a better idea of where to look for employment when you finally take the plunge in a full time retirement RV lifestyle.

So remember, no matter whether you are planning to retire to a Class A Motorhome, travel trailer, or fifth wheel…if you need a job to help support your full-time retirement RV living, make sure to observe some of the tips above for a successful venture.

A common question for those RVer’s who would like to retire and go full-time in their RV, is what do I do for a hobby? For certain retirees who did not save up enough of a nest egg and/or need the extra money, the question might also be, what do I do for a job while I am a full-timer? The question of a job also comes about for those who have not yet reached retirement age, but would like to full-time in an RV and work from a beautiful location instead of an office.

Although, there are mostly minimal costs associated with full-time retirement RVing, site fees alone can run $400-$1000 a month (which most often includes electric, laundry, and propane) and if much traveling is involved, gas/diesel prices can be substantial since most RV’s get poor gas mileage.

So, what kinds of hobbies and jobs do retired full-timers and/or non-retired full-timers do? Here are some examples:

• Workcamping- Volunteering around a campground by hosting, cleaning, doing maintenance, etc. in exchange for site fees
• Computer support jobs
• Temporary employment- A job for 6 months out of the year while staying in the same place, then moving on.
• Entertainment business jobs- Sea World, Disney, Branson, Gatlinburg
• Artists – painters, etc.
• Jobs in the event circuit business- Ex. Taking photos at race events, producing the photos, and selling them on the circuit
• Medical Transcriptionist jobs
• Online index database jobs
• Proofreading
• Construction Jobs
• Repair Jobs
• Landscaping Jobs
• Traveling nurse jobs
• Part-time work as tour/charter bus driver, at private RV parks, at chain RV parks
• Volunteer work for National Park Service
• Volunteer work at retreat center
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ranger jobs
• Seasonal Park Ranger positions

If you are interested in learning more, here are further links:

For more information on Work Camping

For more information being a Working Full-timer

For more information on Used RVs to full time in or RV Sales for new RVs.