Should you embrace full-time RV living? Before you buy your mobile home or travel trailer, you should consider a few pros and cons of this lifestyle.
Every lifestyle has its positives and negatives. When you want to drive your RV and live in it, you’ll need to consider what that means. The activities and hassles of taking the RV out on the road a few times a year just got expounded to a full year. You’ll have the wonderful fun of exploring different areas of the country but also have the cozy quarters and smaller amenities of your road-going home.
Here are a few pros and cons of full-time RV living.
Pro: Experiences
The experiences you have on the open road can’t be matched in a house, apartment, or condo. In your RV, you’ll get to see the open road, visit places that you might normally only see on vacation, and stay much longer than you would otherwise. This type of travel also allows you to work during the day when you’re on the road and know you’ll get to see something new and interesting each night.
Con: Fatigue
Being a nomad and living a life on the road can get tiring. It can also become tedious to pack up and move every 5-7 days. You’ll always feel like you’re on the go. It might be easier to set up camp in one place and stay there for a few weeks at a time instead of moving on every week. This could remove some of the fatigue of packing up as often, but you’ll see fewer locations and won’t be on the road nearly as much.
Pro: Freedom
One of the best things about full-time RV living is the freedom it offers you. When you’re out on the open road, you have the freedom to stop and explore, go where you want, and be in a different city every week. When you live in a house or apartment, you’re stuck in your town unless you go on vacation. On the open road, if you don’t like your neighbors, the weather, or anything else, you can pack up, head out, and find a new place to set up camp.
Con: Lack of Routine
If you’re accustomed to having a routine for work, it can be hard to establish this routine when the landscape and scenery change every few weeks. You don’t have to move on the same days or travel the same distance each week. Every day can be different and presents its own set of challenges, which makes it more difficult to establish a routine when you’re living in your RV. You might long for a more stable situation that provides a much easier routine.
Pro: Nature
When you’re a nature lover, it can get boring to see the same hiking trails, same animals, and same foliage in the natural areas near your home. One of the best things about full-time RV living is the ability to explore all types of nature and see new things every time you move from one place to another. You might find yourself hiking on mountains and along rivers that you might have thought you would never see from your suburban home.
Con: Travel Days
Travel days can become tedious and tiresome while on the road. If you take your whole family on the road to move from place to place, you’ll have to deal with different needs and routines during those travel days. In order to make your travel days better, keep them short, do not drive more than six hours on any given day, and have some prepared food ready for when you set up camp. Setting up camp at a new place can take a while, which is a good reason to be prepared ahead of time.
Pro: Time Together to Grow
If you travel as a married couple, as a family, or as two people who might want to get married in the future, you’ll have lots of time together when you choose to enjoy the benefits of full-time RV living on the road. When you live in 200 square feet together, you get to know each other extremely well. You’ll learn to communicate better and won’t allow things to linger because you’re stuck with each other in a small space.
These are only a few of the pros and cons of full-time RV living, giving you some things to consider if you think you might want to head out on the road and never look back.
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