History Trippin' 

I’ve recently heard from a lot of people saying that they long to do what we’re doing, but making money on the road is holding them back.  Maybe we can help.  To get on the road we started with a budget.  You can download our budget worksheet for free if you don’t already have one for the road.  Once you’ve determined how much money you’ll need, you can start searching for a job that travels that fits your talents and temperament.  Many employers are allowing their employees to telecommute these days.  Traveling nurses take assignments that last about 3 months at a time and then move on.  Others do their work online and send it in.  Think medical transcription or someone that teaches online college courses.  Some of these careers require certification, but many do not.  Check out the list below.  Many of them are actual jobs of fulltime RVers based on a survey. 

Labor, Construction, Mechanical Industries

• Heavy Equipment Operator
• Mechanic
• Carpenter
• Catastrophic Insurance Adjuster
• Welders
• Mobile RV Repair Service - follow rallies and RV events
• Commercial Driver
• Railroad
• Project Manager
• Military Contractor

Performing

• Stand-up Comedy
• Musicians
• Storytellers
• Theatre

• Crafts - set up a booth at fairs and festivals, sell crafts at flea markets, craft shows at the malls
• Make bird houses and bird feeders
• Jewelry
• Sign Maker with a sign making kit, router kit, drill and palm sander
• make custom made throws, afghans or quilts

Desk / Mobile Office

• teach online classes
• database work
• accounting
• web work
• freelance Grant Writing for non-profit corporations
• writers – resumes, write for different blogs or online magazines
• headhunter

Resources

• Traveling Nurse - RN.com and Intelistaf for job listings and placement
• Campground Host - Recreation Resource Management has some job listings
• Camping World has a mobile worker program
• Sell fireworks, Christmas trees and pumpkins
• Architect
• Secret Shopper - You won't make much money but you do get free lunches and oil changes and stuff like that. www.volition.com
• Temp Jobs
• Travel and work in spurts at places like Starbucks, Lowes or Home Depot
• Move to one of the Disney Parks and work there - 8 week minimum commitment
• Check Caretaker.org for listings
• Casino Dealer at private parties extra help is especially need during May for graduation parties and during the holidays.
• Taking Inventory
• Road Techs is an interactive site for the traveling contractor. They post jobs daily in a variety of fields: nuclear, petrol fuel, electric, construction, computer, aerospace, overseas, and medical.
• Workers on Wheels
• Work Camping
• Workamper News
• Powered.com - teach programming and business classes
• RV Jobs - listing provided by happyvagabonds.com
• Nunomad.com is a web-based community devoted to supporting nomadic workers.
• RV.net offers a Workamping Forum
• Coolworks.com
• Cooljobs.com
• Job Monkey will help you find travel based jobs - though you may need to leave the RV behind.
• Medical Transcription – requires at least a year of school which you can do online
• Become an Interim Innkeeper – interiminnkeepers.net
• Become a rep. for Usborne or another homeschool-type company and work curriculum fairs – ubah.com

(taken from familiesontheroad.com )

The most important thing to have is a positive attitude.  Anything is possible, but first you have to decide how far you’re willing to go.  It may take a while, even years, to get to a place where you’re ready to hit the road.  You may have to sell everything, including your house and your possessions in order to afford the right rig.  You may have to change careers, which may involve going back to school.  Only you can decide how badly you want to go and how much it’s worth to you.  I can say, though, that this is a life-changing experience that cannot be duplicated any other way.  As long as you make wise choices you can always go back to living in a regular house.  So go for it!  Live your dream!