Gone are the days you need to wait until retirement before
hitting the road in an RV. We live in a weird time now where
the old ways of making money are so much different than how
you make money right now. Let's be honest. There are so many
different ways you can be making money on the road and
today, we're going to cover some great opportunities for
you to set you up for the most success. One of the most common
questions we get asked when we meet somebody on the road is,
how are youngins able to afford this lifestyle. We've been
doing this for 7 years. Can you believe that? Full time on the
road for 7 years. So we have a lot of experience and knowledge
that we want to share with you guys today. And we've met a lot
of people and they shared what they do for work on the road.
So we've gathered a whole list of jobs that we've come across
and some of these might peak your interest. I can't tell you
how many times we read in the comments below of when people
say we plan on going full time within the next 5 years. After
today's video, that might change for you because you're
going to realize that maybe you could be going full time a lot
sooner than what you originally thought you could. Now, a lot
of people know that you can make money on the road but what
about job stability or job security? That's important to a
lot of people out there. It's absolutely huge. Let's think
about it. What has the normal been for the longest time? You
stay at a job, you live in one place, you have one job that
takes good care of you throughout your entire life.
They give you benefits and everything you need to be
completely satisfied throughout your life but I think those
times are changing because believe it or not, going
forward, more people are trying to get out on the road because
of realizing, hey, I don't need to be stuck in one area. I can
travel around and still reap those benefits. The biggest
concern with job security and stability is you already have
that established where you're living at right now and it is
hard. Change is extremely uncomfortable for us as humans.
So, it's kind of interesting when you think about getting on
the road. You want that peace of mind going forward knowing
that I'm going to be safe and secure and I'm going to have a
steady stream of income always coming in. Well, I don't think
it's that far fetched to actually have that come true.
Let us share a story with you about what happened to us as
travel nurses. Nursing, a job that sounds very, very secure
in today's world, right? When we originally started seven
years ago, we got into the RV Lifestyle only because of
travel nursing. We went into it saying this is a guaranteed job
and a career that is going to take care of us for the longest
time, at least as as long as we want to stay on the road. Yeah,
we figured if there wasn't one location hiring, there's gotta
be some hospital out there that needs ER nurses, right? Let's
go back to May of twenty twenty. We're in the middle of
the pandemic and we're working in Bend, Oregon and our contract
was just about done and we were chatting with the manager about
resigning. All of a sudden, not just where we were but all over
the country, nurses were having a hard time securing their
jobs. Let's think about that for a second. In the middle of
a pandemic, nurses were having a hard time finding a job or
keeping their job especially if you worked in the operating
room. They had all surgeries, elective surgeries cancelled. I
remember getting on Facebook groups for travel nurses that
were in the ER all over the country and so many people were
saying the same thing. I cannot get a job. Nobody is hiring.
There's a hiring freeze. So, what is this story trying to
tell you? Well, no job is safe and secure out there. So, you
need to get out of your head that if I'm in this company, if
if I'm in this line of work, I'm going to be safe and secure
forever. And this is something we want to emphasize to you
guys to help take the pressure off your shoulders.
Unfortunately, nothing is 100% secure. So, hopefully that
brings you a little peace of mind going forward. Not in so
much the fact that it's not secure but so much of the fact
that it's just unattainable but we got lots of options that
we're going to cover here in just a moment to give you the
flexibility to get you through different moments of your
traveling lifestyle living in an RV. This first job, we're
very grateful we were able to meet these type of workers
because they kept us fed and having a great time. When we
were parked for Travel Nurses assignment in Northern
California. We had so many pipeline workers surrounding us
and they were all from Louisiana and they always
invited us over to their RVs for fish fries, a couple beers.
Yes. It was a great time. We chatted with them a lot about
how they do this and they basically said they're in the,
you know, electric gas work industry and they all bought
fifth wheels so that they can go on these projects and be
able to make a lot of money while living in their RV. And
this just isn't related to pipeline workers, it's trade workers in
general. So, what we're talking about is if you have a history
in plumbing, electrician, road construction, these are
going to be great assets for you to pursue out on the road.
We stumbled upon this website the other day that I just
wanted to share. Task Rabbit. com. Basically, people hire
individuals to come help them with errands. You know, they
can come help them with painting jobs or moving
furniture or like simple home improvement jobs. Actually,
let's just go to the website and take a look at some of the
things they offer here. They have task for like moving
services, if you're a handyman. I mean, as simple as TV
mounting. The best part about this is, is it's so fluent.
Think of it as like a website resource where somebody is just
like, I need this done and then the other person coming in is
like, I can actually do this for you. The website takes like
a slight commission off of each transaction but everyone's
happy and we are not affiliated with this website or this
company. We literally just stumbled across it a few days
ago. So we don't know how it works or how well it works. So
take that... With a grain of salt. Yeah. Well this next one is
tailored around seasonal jobs. Have you talked to your sister
lately? Working on the Christmas tree farm. Yes, my sister and her
boyfriend every year go down to Texas. Yeah. And they work on a
Christmas tree farm in like end of October November and
December and they make a ton of money. Oh, she's also worked as
a bartender at a ski resort in Colorado and New Mexico. So,
you just gotta find out where the tourists are and you can
take a job for a few months. Work, work, work, and then take
a few months off to go explore and actually enjoy the other
seasons. Bartenders make a lot of money and depending on what
your expenses are and your budget, you'll be surprised at
how much you can live off of for an extended period of time.
So, if you have no debt, like us, we're debt free, we are able to
go for such long periods of time without income flowing in.
Which is great. Freedom baby. I've also heard a lot about the
beet harvest that happens in I think North Dakota or Montana.
So, look into that because they apparently pay very well and
it's a seasonal job. Also, there's a lot of jobs you can
do at national parks or state parks for a certain amount of
time. Nice. And you get to hang out in some amazing places like
Yosemite or Yellowstone. You're like, I've always wanted to go
visit those places but I'm stuck here working. Well, not
anymore. Just take your work to those places. Win win. The nice
part about seasonal jobs too is if you don't like it, you don't
have to do it again. We've met a lot of people that will do a
job that's seasonal and they're like, oh my gosh, I met so many
people. They're now my best friends. I go back every year
because they now can guarantee me a job there every year. That
sounds much better than being locked into a company where
you're like, I don't like it here. Awkward. When we were in
Alaska, we met a couple who was working at the Fairbanks KOA.
So, seasonal job but this is part of our next category which
is work camping or you'll also hear the term workamping.
Basically, though what it is, is you take your RV to these
certain places like campgrounds, state parks, and
you work there, temporarily, and they pay for your site. Yeah,
it's like a win win for you and the campground because you're
helping them out and they're giving you campsite plus pay.
Landscaping, some yard work. Those are the guys, you know,
leaf blowing at eight in the morning when you're trying to
drink your coffee. Just cleaning up the bathrooms. It's
like really not that bad of work and we met a lot of people
that do it and they said, it's cake. Yes. And the best part
is, we split our time with other work campers on site and
when they're working, we're off traveling and doing our own
thing. How cool is that? And you're not looking to do a lot
of labor like outside there's so many opportunities to be
able to work inside, the front desk, take reservations. And to
be able to have your site covered, guys that's that's a
big expense take it from us. The RV sites out on the road is
going to be your biggest expense. RV parks are ridiculous
with prices. Do you remember that one time we met that lady
who was a hairdresser? Oh yeah. So there was a resort Florida
where they had a lot of amenities on site and one of
them was a hair salon. So, she worked at the resort as a
bartender some days and then also was a hairdresser. That is
so cool. That is, I think there's just a lot of
opportunities out there depending on what your skill
set is and you just have to look into it. I found a few
websites you guys can look into if you want to get into work
camping. One of them was workatKOA.com specifically for
KOA Campgrounds. The other one was workampingjobs.com
Also, through Escapes, they have something called the RVer
Job Exchange. Call campgrounds in certain areas where you
actually want to go travel to. A lot of the times you can call
or Email them and there will be a section on the website that
says, want to work for us? Reach out. Traveling medical
professionals. Notice, we did not say travel nursing. Did you
guys know how many positions are out there in the medical
field that need to be covered nationwide. We're talking
radiology techs, phlebotomists, nurse aids, medical assistance,
the list goes on and on. It is insane. Speaking from us in our
experience, positions only usually last about 13 weeks at
a time. That's why we love travel nursing so much is
because we can plan our vacations in between contracts
or if we just want to make a ton of money, we could just
work, work, work, work, work and you're getting tax free
money as well as a travel professional. I mean, it's how
we were able to pay off all of our debt. It's just work, work,
work. They were like, Hanks, would you like overtime? Yes,
yes, yes. Yes, please. Now, this next job opportunity that
we're going to present with you guys is great because it is so
obtainable in a short amount of time if you have no experience
whatsoever. Now, we know two people who do this job and it's
called an insurance claims adjuster. This job sounds way
worse than is. Trust us. Basically, what these guys do
is they go to places after natural disasters and they just
do insurance claims on whatever happened. Think of hurricanes
or places that got hit with tornadoes or big floods.
Listen, there's such a big need for insurance claims at those
times and if you're really good at math or construction
background, well, this is going to be a perfect fit for
you. How long does it take to get certified? Well, we texted
our friend yesterday to find out and let's just read he said. So,
he said, for the adjusting, you have to do a pre licensing
class. Pass a residential state exam, apply for licensing in
the states you want, get a background check as well as
fingerprints but all in all, one can expect to spend around
$1000 and three to five months to become a licensed claim
adjuster. Then, each state you want to license in must apply
and pay the application fee normally around a hundred bucks
per state and the license is good for 2 years. It sounds a lot
like travel nursing. Yeah, I was going to say with travel
nursing, you have to have your license ahead of time for what
state you want to go to and every state wants you had a pay.
And a thousand bucks may seem like a lot but according to
these guys, you make a lot of bang for your buck if you're
working a lot at one time. Wow, it's getting really bright
outside. Okay, that's better. Can you see me now? You were
starting to be very glowy on that side. Like a ghost. Most
office jobs out there have become remote and everyone is
working from their couch in their pajamas which has led to
a lot more people hitting the road in their RV because
they're already remote. If you're an accountant, no longer
do you have to really go to the office or bookkeeping,
everything is online nowadays. Technology is growing faster
than any of us can keep up with but you might as well ride the
wave and make it work for you instead of you working against
it. Get out, enjoy life, and travel while being able to take
your work with you wherever you go. I was doing a lot of research
recently to see what are some remote jobs people do nowadays
and I no kidding stumbled upon hundreds. Even if you don't
really have a stable, secure job in that right now, maybe
you have some expertise in other things like you can be a
good consultation for others out on the road. You have
knowledge in a certain industry like, I don't know, event
planning or wedding planning. Online transcription, writing,
customer service representative. Starting a
YouTube channel, this is all something we learned on the go
from YouTube itself. So, it's like, how much do you actually
want it? Do you really want to just wait it out and keep
putting off this lifestyle into the future and hope that you
just obtain it one day or do you just want to take it and go
with it? Take a course where you can really get into
learning how to be a transcriptionist or you can
also jump into being a virtual assistant, website design,
graphic design, bookkeeping, a lot of the things we just said.
You can learn this ahead of time so when you hit the road,
you're not scrambling for work. Let's go back to what I saying
about a job being out there that is in such high demand and
not only that, it's going to continue to grow over the years
because of how popular RVing has become. I think the best
part about this is, is it's related to the RV niche. So,
win, win. You want to travel in an RV and you get to work from
your RV on this industry. Such a high-demand mobile RV
technicians. I guess the term would be mobile mobile RV techs
because there's a lot of mobile RV techs out there, meaning
they'll come to you if you have an issue. Yes. But you could go
to them technically. These guys are so flexible and they can
work nationwide once again. The schooling doesn't take very
long. It's not extremely expensive and there's such a
need for them because if you seen any of our previous
videos, you realize that a lot of people are just stuck out
there looking for some answers and some help for repairs on
their RVs. Also, do you remember we met Derek and Lacey
at one of our meetups. Mm hmm. And they have their own
business called Cross Country Solar and they go around the
country and do like battery and solar installs. Really great
work and I think that's super cool because he got trained and
certified in what he does and he does it great and then they
come to you to do these projects. I think a lot of you
guys out there are very handy, a lot more handy than we are
when it comes to working on RVs. So, if you have a little
bit of a background, you might as well just ride that wave.
Take a little bit extra schooling or classes and then
go make a business for yourself out on the road. Man, I can't
tell you how many times we use mobile techs and they pulled us
out of a lot of hairy situations. Not only that, you
will know how to fix your own RV. We're even thinking about
doing something like this. Taking more classes to expand
our knowledge because we're quickly realizing that man, we
gotta rely on ourselves a little bit more when things go
south in the RV life. Here's why I think this job position
is going to become more in demand as we go, RV inspections
are becoming a normal regular thing and I can't imagine how
chaotic it is for RV inspectors during the months of March or
April. Oh my god. Like right before the summer because a lot
of people are swearing by you get an RV inspection from a
certified inspector before you make the purchase. There's a
lot of work out there even if you just want to become a
certified RV inspector. Listen, living the RV life affordably
is more about playing defense than offense. You want to keep
those expenses super low so that you don't have to
constantly work in order to enjoy yourself. And we have the
video for you to watch next. Click on this right here. It's
going to go over eight ways to save money on the road. And
keep you on the road. Trust us, you will love this one. See you
guys next week. Bye guys.