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What an exciting time for you! Whether you’re in the dreaming stage, the planning stage, or the “you’ve already gone and done it” stage, it’s exciting! There are so many things to consider and figure out before you can launch into full-time living. One of the most asked questions is how to make money while full-time RVing. This article is by far NOT the only ways you can find to support yourself and family - but it is all the ways I have found when answering this question for myself. When we launched, I was a professional, successful wedding photographer/videographer. It was our family of 6’s only income. My husband was my second shooter, and I had a whole team of photographers/videographers also working for us. I was consistently shooting about 6 weddings per weekend, all over the country. We made a decent living - and I was proud of that business, as I’m fully self-taught and built it from the ground-up, by myself. Then COVID hit. We were already full-timing at this point. My husband had been a stay-at-home Dad for 4 years, by now, as we had 3 kids under 5 before we launched. COVID devastated us financially - as it took our only career right out from under us. Of course, I still have that business to this day - ( photographyandbeyond .com ) but when you have over 300 weddings on the calendar for the year 2020, and all but a handful cancel - needing to refund most of what people paid in, cancel contracts for our team members, etc. You can just imagine how detrimental that was to our only income stream. I found myself with really no job, and a family of 6 to support. I should also let you know that the only degree I have is an associates degree. I’m one of those people that went to school plenty of times for different majors, and then decided I wasn’t passionate about that and switched to something else, never finishing a single one. The first thing I did – which is what everyone can do - is go to Indeed.com , flexjobs.com , ziprecruiters.com , etc. and I applied for every single remote job that I was qualified for. It didn’t matter what it was. If I had the qualifications, I applied. Some were not even remote. I figured, if I could get someone on the phone and tell them my situation, especially during COVID, maybe the non-remote position would turn remote for me.
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My name is Vincent Snyder and I’ve been on the road for almost six years. I am 14 and I have two younger brothers. I have three cats, Charlie, Stella and Lucy. Volunteering 25 hours per year during highschool is required for graduation. The shelter that I decided to volunteer with was North Beach Paws in Ocean Shores, WA. I chose to work with cats. While I was at North Beach Paws volunteering, I helped feed, water and clean the cat litter. I was there in the morning and at night. I helped the people that worked there with unloading and cleaning cats after they were spayed/neutered. I also helped clean cat pens for when a cat was sick or aggressive. I chose this shelter because it was only seven minutes up the road from where we were staying at the time. Their form for volunteering was also really easy to fill out. The people that worked at the shelter were really nice and easy to work with. My favorite part while I was there was spending time with the cats. This shelter had so many different varieties of cats! For the most part, the cats were nice and calm but some were scared or aggressive. While I was volunteering, my old cat Fiona died. I had her for around seven years but she had feline leukemia and developed a tumor that was attached to her heart so we had to put her down, sadly. Charlie was actually available for adoption at that time and was really friendly and greeted me when I walked into the room and was overall just a good cat. We ended up adopting her and so far she’s been a great addition to the family.
As a follow-on to my Hitching and Unhitching My Fifth Wheel post, I decided that a pictorial view of each step would be useful. I tried to make sure that everything is covered as I did each step. If there is anything different that you do or can recommend, please let me know in the […]
I was never a Boy Scout, but I do fully subscribe to the motto of “Be Prepared.” Especially in things that scare you or that you’re otherwise nervous about. Very high on my list is changing tires as it is something that I have very little experience with. Sure I have RVers roadside assistance (though […]
Embarking on life as a fulltime RV Family and what that looks like today
I upgraded my stabilizers from the dealer-installed UltraFab Eliminators to the SteadyFast system. Read more about the install and what I like/don't like about the RV (fifth wheel/travel trailer) stabilizers.
Like many, I like to find different and interesting places to stay when we travel. Being fulltimers these days, we get around more than your average bear. That’s why the idea of Harvest Hosts really intrigued me. Harvest Hosts works with wineries, farms, and other venues to provide overnight parking for RVers. When we decided to try […]
