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[@todayissomeday]

You can find all the links mentioned in 20 Simple Steps to Become a Full Time RVer in 2023 → todayissomeday.net/blog/steps-to-full-time-rv Head to TodayisSomeday.net to choose your side for our Army vs Navy Smackdown! #gonavy

[@Me-cw6jo]

What Electric bikes do you have is it the 2.0 or 3.0

[@earthlytreasures925]

My husband and I picked March 1st 2021 as our first day RVing 95% full time. Then Life happened and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in Feb 2021. We did a few mini trips, but knew everything would stop soon. After a months of this and that appts and major surgery I am 100% cancer free. Now we are trying to decide when our next selected date to carry on our dream of RVing full time.

[@todayissomeday]

That is awesome!!! Congrats on beating it!!! Re-group and geet back at it. Hope to see ya out in the wild soon!

[@suel9191]

6/26/20 was my first Shakedown Trip - and first night staying in the RV! I live in TX and headed south then looped back up for about a 1 month mini trip. Then I left in Aug & headed West - north to south and all in between. Came home for about 2 months - pet sitting & working to help friends. Then took off to the East! I made it back to TX to help other friends in March 2022 - and wanted to do all my Dr., Dentist, etc visits. Well, that's when I found out I had breast cancer too. I've been staying with a friend for about 9 months now! Two operations, 4 Chemos, 20 Radiations, and who knows how many dr visits & tests that were done! I am hopefully cancer free!!!!!! More tests need to be done in March, so I'm planning to get back on the road and head West again in April. I'm getting excited and so looking forward to it! I full time by myself. I'll take it easy - go slowly - and enjoy the RV life once again! Tammy Picket I hope you are doing well, stay cancer free, and enjoy the RV life too. No rush - enjoy the journey!

[@marybourgeois5235]

CONGRATULATIONS ON KICKING CANCERS A$$$$$$$$$$!!!! Get on the road and REALLLLLY FEEL BETTER.... Sending you love!

[@cindygaudet1390]

Well wow, your story and ours parallel ! We had house on market And truck trailer bought, and I was dx with breast cance, but had to stay in province for 6 months then hubby got tired so we sold it all. Sold house moved an hr away. Now we are sorry we did but are debating ft or part.65 and 66 and getting lot of flack on too old to start that now..

[@cindygaudet1390]

@@suel9191 congratulations We had same experience, i was dx with breast ca

[@adsrentals]

We retired in 1995, hubby turned 45...our goal was 40. We travelled in the coach for 3 years, invested in income properties which were paid off in less than 5 years. When he turned 50 we started to travel on motorcycles all over the USA. When my mom began to need more care...we stayed closer to home, I went back to work so that we didn't have to spend savings for medical insurance coverage. In 2013 we divorced, sold our forever home of 40 years, I bought his ownership portion of the rentals. Bought a used RV so that I can do weekend escapes until I retire again. Love traveling in my personal home (RV)!

[@missionrvservices]

IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT! 😂 We started watching you in 2020, then followed you to NRVTA, started our own successful RV Tech/Inspector business & have been Fulltime RVers for almost 3 years now. Thank you, Phil & Stacy!

[@todayissomeday]

Nice! Way to go!

[@sondrawade2788]

Our launch date is September 1st 2025. My husband plans on retiring at age 62 on June 15 2025. We have started purging slowly but surely! We have a class c now and plan on upgrading to a class A and then selling the house. Love your channel!

[@MrStevendchurch]

Go Army!!!! My new full time life starts January 1, 2023!!!!!!!!! 3 years in the planning.

[@todayissomeday]

Yay!! Congratulations.

[@txlloyd2766]

1 May 2031. Retiring at age 57 after 21 years in the Air Force and it will be 13 years Federal Service. Cant wait for my wife and I to hit the open road in our 5th wheel. Thanks

[@retire2liverv710]

There are many different ways to approach full-time RV life. For years I’d scoffed at those crazy people who sold it all and hit the road, never dreaming that I’d ever be one! But then we bought a travel trailer in 2016 to just go camping as the whole “going out to the bathroom in the middle of the night” thing just wasn’t very fun anymore. Did at least 1 2-week trip each year and many shorter trips, which gave us the first notion that full-time RV living really might not be so bad and could be viable for us. We absolutely loved traveling with our trailer! So when we started the wife’s retirement planning in earnest we also did a deep dive into evaluating whether or not to try full-time RV life and the conclusion was YES, we want to do this! My wife gave a 1-year retirement notice to her employer in March 2020 and we started searching for our retirement rig, which our pull-behind trailering experience led us to conclude was a large 5th wheel trailer. Quickly we learned that our 3/4 ton truck was too small for our needs and spent 2 months finding the right 2 year old 1-ton dually truck. Then we engaged a “trailer concierge” to help us sell our 4 year old trailer and find a new rig. His industry knowledge was invaluable to steering us toward options that were truly suitable for full-time living. With his advice, our trailer sold to a private party within 4 hours of listing for 90% of the original purchase price (much more than we’d expected!) and his final negotiations on our new rig with the dealer saved us another $5K. Nothing but praise for his counsel and advice! So we picked up our new rig from the dealer at the end of June 2020 and decided on the 500 mile drive home to sell the house sooner rather than after retirement and picked October as the magic date. We sold the house and everything in it - 3 huge garage sales and a final estate sale to clear all the big furniture and last of the house goods - and moved into the rig October 17, 2020. This was absolutely the rip-off-the-bandaid approach to downsizing, but it worked well and was best for us. Challenging to be sure, but no regrets. And our 3 adult kids all were excited for us and actually thanked us for getting rid of all that stuff! We knocked around local RV parks for 5 months while the wife finished up working and 4 days after her official retirement in late March 2021 we hit the road, heading north for a long-scheduled service appointment for miscellaneous minor warranty work. Which was a good thing, as we made it almost 20 miles down the road that first day before the bottom fell out of the rig due to an undiscovered water leak… but with the help of a great mobile technician we were patched up and back on the road in about 3 hours. In these 2+ years of full-time RV living it’s been an amazing journey that has really only just begun. We’ll finish our first full circumnavigation of the USA this coming March, and should visit our final state in the lower 48 by July 2023. We love the road and the RV lifestyle and will continue as long as we physically can. Looking forward to meeting you sometime on down the road.

[@lisadee7805]

Could you please put a link or a website to further research "trailer conciege" services, as we are in a similar circumstance, appears may be beneficial as resale seems to be slowing down as compaed to 1 year ago. Thank you

[@frankiemac8891]

Some of the best advice I've heard in a simple way with websights to back it up. Usable, free, research. Love the Bloopers. Hahahahahaha

[@halerv]

You hit the nail on the head. We started full time April 2022 after 5 years of planning. We sold everything and have learn a lot of tips by watching your videos. Thank you! I have traveled via air for the last twenty years and (don’t laugh) the only thing I would not get rid of is my massive collection of Starbucks mugs. We spend a month in one place then move to the next as the wind takes us (We love getting to travel to the 3 places our adult children live the most! We would never get to see them as often as we do without this lifestyle!) I have always worked remotely so the move to the road was no big deal. My wife retired from teaching, but hopes to find some side job to do on the road eventually. I over spent on my internet with top end hardware and data plans to ensure connectivity. I learned it was not necessary and now use Starlink and a cheap Verizon and ATT as a back up plan. We are only 7 months in and don’t regret the switch. Went from 3000 sq. ft. to 400. Every night we say how much we love our tiny home!!

[@todayissomeday]

SPOT ON!! This lifestyle is pretty awesome!!! I collected Starbucks mugs from every place I visited overseas when I was active duty. My daughter has most of those now.

[@MYSELFEMPLOYED]

I'm Going Full RV Motorhome Living Beginning Of October 10th 2023 Instead Of Buying A Home And Moving All That Furniture In That House And I Love To Travel And Experience The World And Thank You Today is Someday For The Great Advice

[@todayissomeday]

Best of luck!

[@COMtnPilot]

OK … I have to say, Phil and Stacy, you are the two most likable full time RV’ers I have ever seen … PERIOD! I just love you two! I want to thank you for all of your videos, and the input you’ve provided for the masses of potential NEW FULL TIME RVers! The info you share is priceless. I just turned 62 years young, purchased a Tiffin Allegro 32CA, and plan to go full time in January 2023. I’m ready! You are correct in stating that the most difficult thing to pull the trigger on, is getting rid of STUFF! OMG … It’s killing me!!! But, I’m at peace with moving forward, thanks to both of you. You’ve convinced me that it IS possible with a little discipline. Thank you for that! I will keep you posted on progress, and I hope to see and meet you on the road one of these days. God Bless! And … GO AIR FORCE! LMAO! 😂

[@todayissomeday]

Thanks a ton! We try to have fun with it and give enough info to pique the interest of those who want to join uss on the road. Go Navy!

[@carolineriedlinger2904]

Yes!! Congratulations 👏 go AF!

[@edwardpierson9263]

We planned for 19 years and have been full timing for 6 months, 9000 miles, 16 states and 10 national parks so far this year!

[@Hick323]

My wife and I went full time about 4 months ago. The hardest thing was getting rid of all the stuff we had and the house we had lived in for 16 years. My mother who had lived with us passed and our youngest son who lived with us bought his own house so we decided to down size and move into a smaller house. We love to travel and spent a lot of our travel time on a motorcycle. (our last motorcycle had 133,000 miles on it when we sold it). The motorcycle was the one hardest thing it was for me to sell. I've been riding motorcycles for over 50 years but because of my age finally decided to give it up instead of getting a toy hauler. Also my wife nor I really liked the floor plan of the toy haulers. We are in Missouri and will be until after thanksgiving then we start heading south to warmer weather. We do have a plan to go back into a sticks and bricks when or if we get tired of the RV life.

[@janemuir3546]

This week is an EXCELLENT weekend to not be in Missouri. My sister's family is in your home state and they are below zero this week. It is so hard to let go of the fun things in life. I gave up my motorcycle in '09, Husband may be this year for full time RV'ing. My sewing/quilting studio will be hard for me to dismantle. Safe travels!

[@Honest_Folk_Lottery_Club]

We are moving into rv soon. We will move in to rv I'm less than 3 months and stick close until the kids last year

[@FreckledGingerGoes]

After 2+ years of watching you guys, chad and Tara, and Kyle and Renee, we finally dove in Feb of 2022. We wish we hadn’t waited so long!!

[@todayissomeday]

That is awesome!! Glad you made the leap!!

[@angieclegg8571]

We are going full time 6-1-2023. My husband is converting a van . I am retiring 5-31-2023. And we are going to hit the road. Excited to join the 40million.

[@djgalechapin6673]

18 months FT, hardest downsize was photo albums, now have digital photo frame inside RV..love it

[@cathyfrint8860]

We sold our house and hit the road in June 23, 2020. We are both retired. Our goal is to visit every state. Usually we stay at places a week or more. Sometimes we need more time if we need a break. I never realized how much work it is to plan and decision fatigue is real. The worst part for my husband was selling most of his tools. We love the RV life but have decided to find a home after our third year and after visiting all of the lower 48 states. We want to continue to travel in our RV, just not full time.

[@shannoninalaska]

I think the hybrid approach is the way I am heading. Half the year full time RV living and half the year living at home.

[@DianaWilson]

I started my full-time RV life at the first of October 2022. I started preparing a couple months before. I am still tweaking things as I learn. Thanks for all the great videos.

[@ridingwiththerileys]

We are out Texas and about start full time next year. I cannot thank you enough for all the valuable information you have shared over the years. You guys are great. ☺

[@nmd5948]

Been full time for 5.5 years all by myself. No end in sight!!!

[@todayissomeday]

Us too!!

[@juststeve865]

We sold our house and started full-time in our new 5th wheel RV on Oct 14, 2022. You two have been our primary source for tips on RV living so we thank you much for your service to the RV community! We are both retired but I still work part-time on contract for the company I retired from. We stayed in our home state in Ohio in state parks to wrap things up there before leaving, but we pushed it late into the cold part of the season and started experiencing our first cold temperatures and even snow fall. Luckily our RV is a new design and seems to handle the cold temps really well. We're headed south right now to Florida and will spend the winter there. As for purging and downsizing, we made the mistake of doing that within a months time! We had a 2800 sq ft house. Most of our stuff was put in a storage unit. We sold some stuff in a garage sale and to the home buyers, donated to Good Will, and threw away other stuff. It was a nightmare, but we got through it! We are Steve and Perri and we have our own small travel channel called Adventures Ever After which we'll most likely be transitioning content and posting our own full-time RV living adventures there. Maybe we'll get to meet you in person someday!

[@todayissomeday]

Congrats!! You are gonna love the lifestyle.

[@davidrouthier1231]

Full time as of 8-Jun-22 once we both retired and rig came off the production line. Started planning and downsizing almost 4 years prior, while still working. Even so, we still had more “stuff” that we thought we’d need/use, but haven’t touched yet. Downsizing is an ongoing effort. We didn’t know what we didn’t know, until we knew. 😁

[@cherylsmith7530]

We moved in our 5th wheel six months before hubby retired. 1/1/22 was our date to start our new adventures. We are so enjoying seeing our beautiful country and meeting so many great people in our travels. Love your videos and its Navy for us as hubby is a Navy vet.

[@tracyconover8067]

Going FT 8/1- thanks for your tips, it has been the best one I have seen.

[@loumadonna2262]

Thanks so much for the trivia game ride today and the prizes. Loved meeting both of you and having some fun. Thanks Phil for your service. Go Navy. Lou and Jean Madonna

[@Traveler_GAL]

Started RVing in 2016. Toe in the water. FT RVing 90 days after I pay off my truck. Few more years ahead but lots of time to prep. For now weekends and lots of dreams.

[@PopsFromATX]

Bloopers were an unexpected and hilarious touch to an already fantastic video. I am nearing retirement and my wife and I are starting the process to full-time RV. So glad I found your channel. I am sure that we will be watching all of your videos and accessing all of the resources.

[@todayissomeday]

Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome aboard!

[@marciaprill2418]

June 14, 2023! We are so excited!! Thanks for the great tips. So many emotions. We are purging (have been for a year now but we've been in our house for 24 years!!), we have the RV, we have finances in good order, same with insurance. It was such a relief watching this that we were on the right track. Thanks so much for giving me a little peace of mind. And congrats on that beautiful grandbaby!!

[@todayissomeday]

Slow and steady wins the race. Have fun with it.

[@user-zz4bb3oq9x]

We are in our eighth year of Fulltime RVing.

[@kidscasper4422]

We chose our full-time date as May 11, 2023. That was based mostly on wanting to bike the Going to the Sun road in Glacier NP before vehicle traffic opens up in late June. Plan to retire the end of April but possibly continue working remotely if things work out that way. Been watching your videos for a couple years now, great job on all of them. Our research has spanned about two years and we purchased our Grand Design 310GK fifth wheel and F350 to haul it with this past September/October. We plan to visit as many National Parks as possible along with museums, train excursions, biking, hiking, etc. Hope to see ya out there somewhere.

[@milesofhomes]

You and other RV full timers encouraged us to go full time over two years ago. We love it. We both work full time from our 5th wheel.

[@todayissomeday]

That is awesome!

[@traceyland7217]

We have been full time since 3/2021 and loving it

[@michaela6010]

I sold my house and bought my RV in August 2022. And I am going to NRVTA in January for the RV Technician course. I am super excited for the next year of the new adventure 😁. You guys have put out a lot of videos with the info I needed to make this huge change. Thanks Phil and Stacy 😁.

[@todayissomeday]

That is awesome! Have fun in Athens! They put on great training.

[@lauravictorious4670]

I'm at the NRVTA now. Here's a hint--watch as many of the tech tip Tuesday videos as possible before you go there. It will help.

[@Timw927]

Had to re subscribe after you changed names, glad I found you guys again! Love the blooper outtakes!

[@dondartt684]

Sad and liberating at the same time. That’s how we felt after selling our home. Covid affected our travel and new grandchildren. But we soldier on, and now we are traveling. I think it takes some of us time to figure out what needs to happen before we can travel. Like a hip replacement or repairs on the rv. All the things mentioned in this video as well. Thanks

[@wantsomething3319]

Great video, as usual. Great to see the bloopers, been a while, always great, thanks. Jayman...

[@BecauseWeRide]

Full time since May 2022 and on the road since September 2022. Wife and I both work remotely, are moving around to visit family and friends, and like to stay for a month and move on. Nice to meet and chat with y'all at the 2022 Tampa RV Show.

[@lindalowry150]

Great video!! It was very informative. Thank you.

[@jimcarter9061]

You guys are terrific! Thanks for sharing your experiences and providing advice. Best!

[@user-zt8dt8zy4r]

I have been planning for over 2 years now. I have watched 100hrs of KZbin and read so many books and blogs. I will be prepared I feel. We are in mid thirties and early forties. So excited

[@todayissomeday]

Slow and steady wins the race. You are on the right path to make it super exciting!

[@1MillionMileRoadTrip]

We have been out here 2 years and love it.

[@cheryceg.4473]

I’ve been watching these two for a few years now. We bought our Rv in 2021. We’ve learned so much from you guys. Thank you for your videos. 😊👍🏽

[@todayissomeday]

Our pleasure!

[@Millers_in_Motion]

I recognize that camp ground!!! Such a cool place!

[@TheRoamingGomes]

We've been on the road full-time for just over three years but I remember the prep like it was yesterday!

[@bigtruckbigtravels]

Good tips. We had the date, budget and initial route plan. Lots of research but it's fun. We had a small camper while working to keep us motivated to continue working until our date... we wanted to start earlier! Lol. Thanks for sharing.

[@donrimel7500]

This is a great video of information to prepare for fulltime RV. We purchased our class A 5 years ago and launched 12/11/21. We have traveled over 40K miles and stayed in 28 states so far. We have 2 more states before returning to Florida for the winter.

[@car2nerr]

We will be full time for our first year on New Year's day. Your list is spot on. We do have an RV lot for our winter homebase. Our exit plan is to stay there year round if we need to stop rolling. Our first year was a fabulous grand road trip and we had family visits that were long long over due.

[@jeffmill6683]

It's my dream of full timing, but my wife isn't that much on board. She is partially disabled and thinks she couldn't handle it. We did last winter go from south central BC to near Gainesville FL. And we did very much enjoy the trip. I made sure anything we did she was able to do as well with either her walker or walking sticks. The one thing is being Cdn, medical down south does become a huge thing for us and trip insurance only covers if you get hurt or sick. With that said I still believe that by selling our home we could full-time 4 to 5 years before it would be time to hang it up depending on our health. I did say you should come to Alberta and BC but one thing I didn't say was fuel costs are through the roof. Here right now diesel is 1.789 a litre which times by 3.8 you get a US gallon. But you are using the US dollar which helps. Camp sites are about the same with the exchange rate where it's at right now. So if you come to the northwest north of the border then. " Welcome to Canada EH."

[@Akjonahskate]

We enjoy watching your videos and sharing in your journey. Rhonda and I went full time over 10 years ago. We are still loving it and have no plan to exit from it in the near future. We live in a 2005 Beaver, Patriot Thunder that now has almost 140,000 miles on it. We are living our dream, it’s definitely not for everyone. Next stop, we left Fredericksburg, TX for a California winter. We journey on. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! 😊🌞

[@todayissomeday]

Thank you so much!

[@waynecornwell2321]

Thanks for the advice!

[@sharynlynmorgenstern9594]

Great information and so helpful and the bloopers are 😂😂

[@ChuckDesjardinsPhoto]

We are planning to start full time at the end of April 2023. Can't wait!!!

[@christinamellor1661]

We picked July 1st 2023. We're almost finished getting what we need from the house. Thank you for the video.

[@maranddoug]

All good advice. We started planning 6 years ago. Ordered our truck yesterday and fifth wheel is in production now 🎉!! That blooper reel had us in stitches 😂

[@todayissomeday]

Yay! Yall are so close

[@jarredcleem5028]

I ordered my truck today. Great minds think alike. Now my wife and I have to settle on one of 2 floor plans.

[@maranddoug]

@@jarredcleem5028 it’s crazy how these steps are making it seem soooo real😳

[@dawncasey5520]

Really enjoyed this video. We're about a year out from retirement, and are trying to figure out our plan. We are absolutely getting rid of the current house, but I wouldn't say we're going to full time; we're probably going to end up 3/4 time until we decide where we want to "land". You gave some great advice in this regarding getting rid of "stuff" as well as having an overall strategy. We started the cleaning out process about 6 months ago, and have a timeline on when the house is going up for sale, when the "retirement" RV will be purchased, we also have an exit strategy from living in the RV. Thanks for putting this information together - it was very helpful.

[@derrickb1114]

Great advice. My wife and I retired last year in September, hit the road in October. Your are correct that RVing is not cheap unless you want to boondock the majority of time, and that is difficult in the Winter. This is our our second winter and decided to stay in Arizona, Mesa area. Still cold and expensive. We found out that we love the traveling aspect of this life, but living in it full time is a challenge in the winter unless you go to Mexico. We are currently purchasing a small home in Colorado as a base for the winter so we can enjoy the holidays with our adult children and grandkids and travel to destinations on the shoulder seasons, summer in Colorado and take the kiddos out RVing within the region. We didn’t know that unless we launched and experienced it for ourselves. We will now have the best of both with a Balance. Thank you so much for all your videos and advice. Go Army Beat Navy 🤙😎

[@suzannek3406]

So are you full time RV life now?

[@dpicard1963]

Wow, you're filming in real time. I stopped and chatted with Phil when you arrived and said Hi to you the other morning when you were running. I was gonna walk up and visit today for a few but it's been cold. Nice job as usual. I can see you've been busy putting this together probably. We've been fulltiming for 10 years now.

[@todayissomeday]

It was nice to meet you the other day. We stay busy with the channel. It is just the two of us.

[@sarahackley2459]

My husband and I have been planning and preparing for 2 years now. Our plan is to hit the road by June of 2023!!

[@rickrichardson5329]

Thanks for the very informative video and all the great tips.

[@Voicemansam]

you guys are good presenters. we are in transition right now. we've rented our properties and we are sitting in a park in denver getting all the bugs worked out of our rig. hopefully we will see you on the road.

[@dennismoseley1295]

We are going full time in May of 2025 and this video was very helpful. My husband is also going to become a certified tech and I think I’ll look into the inspection thing for him too!

[@gigi4usunshine]

We have been preparing to go full time for a year now. My husband will not set a date! It drives me crazy. We have a casita now but plan to get a larger trailer for comfort and mobility. We love our casita but, too small to live in for us our work and lifestyle. We can travel and stay in casita for 7 to 8 weeks. We do it 3 x a year. Time to grow and start living! We have had 4 garage sales. Its hard downsizing but, at the same time very freeing! My home has items in it I never knew that I had. God bless all.

[@StephieJo-Rich]

Nice info and video! We are in the process!!❤

[@todayissomeday]

You got this!

[@timracz3003]

4 years, 47,000 miles, bought a 2019 tiffin Open road 34 pa. Have loved the RV lifestyle and have no plans to stop. My wife said she kept waiting to be sad while packing up and getting rid of all of our stuff, but it never happened. We sold our house of 27 years and love being in our rv. Our home campground is in the mountains of North Carolina, grandfather campground in Banner elk North Carolina, but we travel all over the country and end up right back here at the end of each trip because we have two grandsons that live 10 minutes away. It has worked well for us, it may not be for everyone but when I retired I wanted one more adventure and boy is this it! Love your channel hope to someday meet you both, take care of the best, Tim..

[@katiaperrone8482]

Ive been purging for a year. I plan on keeping a storage unit for a little while for when I do finally settle down or until I’m ready to part with my large decor pieces. My absolute biggest fear is driving. I have never driven anything larger than my crossover SUV and learning how everything works. I’ll be on this adventure alone and thankful for the Internet.

[@doniwhitfield8751]

hey, how’s it going? I was just wondering I’m getting ready to do it solo also!!

[@kellyheinzman3226]

We started watching you in 2020. Helped us in buying our first RV, a Tiffin Allegro Red, in December 2020. Did 3 shake down trips in 2021 and hit the road January 2, 2022. We decided not to sell our sticks and bricks. We are fortunate to have good friend of son living there year 1 and our son and his wife will live there year 2. Your advice has been the inspiration and saving grace during our travels. At this point plan at least 2 more years!

[@feliciapace6305]

Love this advice from you guys! Great video

[@todayissomeday]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Rebirth369]

You guys are amazing for this thank you!! Also when you said as you can see we are ready for dec 10th I GASPED lol that’s my birthday! I came to this vid bc next year spring I will be leaving in an rv. Manifesting and putting the work in saving up to get one!!! I have wanted this life forever but everyone around me always stopped me! So now im ready! It’s my turn! Thanks again!❤❤

[@todayissomeday]

You can do it!

[@fatefortunefun]

Pick a date: Aug 16, 2024. We bought our our RV a year ago this week. We wanted to have a good chunk paid off when we go full time. We have already started to downsize. We have been working with our financial planners for several years now since this is our retirement dream. We try to go out once a month plus our vacation time so we will really know and be comfortable by the time we hit the road. Here’s to making dreams happen.

[@earnestburditt9867]

I watched a video that recommended to Either staring sleeping in your RV in your driveway or a nearby camp ground to get used to camping and find out what you need in the RV that you may not have thought about. Then as you get used to it plan trips further away and for longer periods of time. The more you get out the more your able to by or purge. Always keep two rolls of quarters for laundry, and vending machines in case of a craving. Zip lock laundry soap in load sizes, Keep well stocked first aid kit, heavy trauma band aids and gauze.

[@cathyhouston5688]

There are probably lots of laundromats that still use quarters but we have come across several that have you buy a card or use an app. Seriously!

[@tide4113]

Best video ever. Eye opening.

[@todayissomeday]

Thanks a ton!

[@CoburnS450]

just looking into it now. I want to be on the road, but it's overwhelming. thanks for the support.

[@patriciaholder1612]

We sold everything and went on the road 2 years ago in a truck camper. We love it! We move almost everyday! The hardest thing for us was being away from the kids but technology is wonderful! Going so small was hard for me at first but not for my retired sailor 🙃 Would not change a thing!

[@todayissomeday]

That is awesome! Go Navy!

[@bobharker4722]

October 15, 2023! We've been planning for 5 years and it's finally in sight!

[@janemuir3546]

We put over 20k miles on our well maintained bumper hitch in 6 years. We loved it. Many week long trips , several 2 week trips, a 12 night nomad trip, 2 6 week traveling trips. Husband retired early, we rested and apent time with friends and family for a year. Then started to olan a year on the road. Within a week our beloved camper was stolen off our property in the middle of the night on December 1. We are now searching for a new rig. Excited to make a sound purchase and activate our travel plans, hopefully between April 1st and September 1st.

[@patireland3345]

Great information and well organized. Thanks for sharing.

[@todayissomeday]

Our pleasure!

[@davidoverholt251]

All great Ideas !!! Thanks for sharing your real world experiences!

[@todayissomeday]

Glad you like them!

[@n1uno1965]

Very much enjoyed the recap! 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻

[@teresamccalip7368]

So excited. Our someday is November 30, 2022!!! I ordered our T shirts from you guys. Plan to wear them to pick up the rv. While we are not new to rving, we are new to full timing.

[@todayissomeday]

Right around the corner! Hope you like the shirts as much as we do!

[@markmeldrum6513]

Great vid

[@lauravictorious4670]

Completed the RV fundamentals course at NRVTA and Todd mentioned your channel, although he isn't aware that you've changed the name of it. I'm going through the inspector course now. I know lots of people who went to be missionaries overseas and they had to get rid of everything as well. It's not easy. One couple sold EVERYTHING, to spend their retirement years traveling around the world, and all they have are the suitcases they travel with. THAT is amazing. They literally own nothing and they're happy.

[@todayissomeday]

I will have to have a chat with Todd. LOL. You are going to really like the Inspectors Course!

[@deniseyadon9069]

We hit the road full time May of 2024. Selling everything! Sooooo excited. We have been RVing for 30+ years and just love it😎👍👍

[@todayissomeday]

Congratulations

[@geoffreywalker7308]

What a great video… so glad to hear you address the elimination of debt and the emergence fund… fantastic job, y’all!

[@todayissomeday]

Thanks so much!

[@csmith9189]

Thanks for the great information! Blessings this Christmas season!

[@todayissomeday]

Same to you!

[@TheREALOC1972]

All good info! I'm glad you included the "Mini trips". 5 Years ago I bought a 1973 Shasta 20' pull behind camper at a Real Estate Auction for $40, I didn't know why at the time and parked it next to my shop that my GF and I gutted and rebuilt during the Covid lockdown because we both have show cars, I have a 66 International Hot Rod pickup and she has a 65 Plymouth Belvedere and 2-3 weekends a month we are driving 3 plus hours to go to different shows here in the Florida/Georgia/Alabama area and it's a lot cheaper a whole lot cheaper to just tow the camper with the truck I'm driving to the show anyway and pay $15-$20 a night at a state/national park then pay $100-$150 a night for a hotel room. Last year (year 2 of having it done and spending long weekends in it) we decided to go from here in Jacksonville Beach to Biloxi Mississippi for 9 days and realized that with a couple tweeks to camper we could live full time in our camper so we started the plan, I'm retired from the Army and I already work for myself, I own a Custom Bobber (Motorcycles) Shop and she works HR for a hospital and is 3 years from when she can retire early (at 50) and a year before that so that's when were going to do it, were going to sell our house and pare down to 1 bedroom rental then close to the 1 year mark, then were going to sell both our hot rods and buy a new/newer truck to haul the camper and hit the road and just live in State Parks a couple weeks to a month at a time then move on. You gotta do it in steps to see how you can handle it and make it work for you, You can't just jump in with both feet and hope it works out. We have always lived simple so it's not going to be that hard for us, Our house is only 1200 ish sq feet so we never lived "BIG" anyway.

[@angiloves]

6 years. Saving up. Started purging. 2024 is going to be my first no buy anything that isn't true necessity

[@FlockedfinderHQ]

The kids retirement through me over the edge 😂 I’m going to start purging. Thanks! 🙏🏽 see yah on the road!

[@SaltyVetAdventures]

November 18, 2022 was our first day!!! It’s hard getting into our rhythm. We will get there.

[@buzzward812]

Our date was 1 December 2000. We stayed full time until May 2004. We still own two 40ft 5th wheels and I spend about 200 nights in them.

[@VernonWallace]

Excellent. Great advise.

[@JCMercyGrace]

We've been purging for over a year, and getting down there. We plan to go full time sometime spring or summer 2023 after the house sells. But we've not set a date because we want to make sure the house sells. We've looked into health care and think we're ready for that. But we're not yet sure what sort of domicile we'll. That's something we're going to look for. We're excited and looking forward to traveling.

[@ggebhard1]

I’m not going to rv full time, but I’m to to use all your suggestions to get rid of of all my “stuff”! Thank you!!

[@todayissomeday]

You are so welcome!

[@jackierandall2230]

Happy thanksgiving🦃🦃🦃🦃

[@etrimbleable]

Thanks for the info.

[@todayissomeday]

You bet!

[@wademoorefield917]

Great info! Deb and I are searching for the next class A now.

[@kathyroberge6971]

My plan to full time is by the time I turn 60 in 2 years and 95 days. Great video learned a lot. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

[@oleisha6514]

Our day is march 1 2023 we cant wait we starting out in a skoolie we building out ourselves

[@fightthegoodfight286]

Go Army!