-So you want a travel nurse in an RV, eh?
We're here to clarify some of those questions you may have.
Before you jump head over heels into buying an RV.
Maybe you've never even been in an RV.
And you're wondering how does it work.
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-Guys, let's just get right into the concerns we have.
And all the things we want to talk about related to RV travel nursing.
Okay. Say you're like, I really wanna RV travel nurse.
I see it all the time. What kind of rig do I buy?
I want to talk about this for a second because...
right now the popular thing to do is to get a school bus.
And remodel it and travel that way. -Yeah.
You want to take in consideration a lot of RV parks sometimes have these weird rules where...
If your rig is a later model.
Maybe greater than 10 years old, they might not allow you to stay there.
So that's neither here nor there. We just want to forewarn you guys about that.
If you are considering buying an RV and investing in one.
You might want to consider a newer model. Something a little more up-to-date.
That's going to be eligible to stay in any RV park that you come along.
-Also, van camping is very popular right now.
-That's a huge one, van life.
People are hitting that hard and they love it.
-And let me just say, like you know, everyone thinks...
Well I'll just get a van, and I'll park it in the parking lot at the hospital.
What do you got to take into consideration is, if it's very hot...
You kind of want to be hooked up to have the air conditioner running. If it's equipped.
You have tanks that need to be emptied.
You have things that need to run off electricity.
It's just more difficult than it sounds.
I just want you guys to take into consideration is you're going to be living out of this. -Oh yeah.
-And the last thing you want to do after a long nursing shift is have to...
deal with somehow dumping your tanks.
Or coming back to a really hot, humid van.
That is not hooked up to any electricity. -That's a huge thing.
So let's segue into what an RV is.
There's three different types of RVs.
You got your class A, B and Cs. Which are mostly your drivable RVs.
The big rigs that you see going down. Big steering wheel.
You also got your tow behind. Which is your travel trailer.
Which is a ball and hitch. Sits right on the hitch of your truck.
And you pull that one behind and you have anti-sway bars.
Or, like we have right behind us. We have a fifth wheel.
That actually goosenecks. Sits right over the rear axle your truck.
A little more stability and that's where the term fifth wheel comes in.
Because it is almost like a fifth wheel, directly over that rear axle. And it's pretty nice.
I gotta say, we started off in a travel trailer. And now, we upgraded to the fifth wheel.
We're really glad we did. -Yeah. I mean, we're just more serious about full-time living.
We wanted more space. And they tow so much better than a travel trailer but guys...
We started out, both of us, in a 27-foot travel trailer.
With one slide out and we had our cat with us.
-Do not let it hold you back whatever rig you decide on.
Just take these options under consideration, when you're actually choosing a rig.
All right. So big thing that you're going to want to consider, when you are purchasing an RV...
Is affordability. You're most likely, not saying for everyone.
For us this is what we had to do is we had to take out a loan.
And not only did we have to take out a loan for an RV.
We also had to take out a loan for a truck.
Let me hit another... el logo on the fire.
That'll do.
-Everybody says is RV travel nursing the way to go because it's cheaper?
Not only do you have to worry about the loan on the RV. Maybe the truck.
You also have to think about paying rent at an RV park.
-No doubt. So that is three separate payments, a month.
That you're incurring into your monthly expenses.
Before actually even jumping in to a job.
Or a lifestyle that you don't even know if it's gonna work out.
If you're interested in a little bit more about budgeting.
And understanding taking on those monthly expenses.
Hit up that link in the top right corner of your screen.
Renee and I break down budgeting 101.
-So a lot of these RV parks are pretty expensive.
Um, we have paid anywhere from 2,000 dollars a month.
To six to 700 dollars a month.
Some places include electricity.
And some places will meter your electricity every month.
It is not exactly the cheapest route to go. I think everyone thinks well...
Yeah I know that the loan is expensive. And I'm gonna be in debt.
But I'm gonna save so much money on rent.
It's not always the case. It's because sometimes you're going to an RV resort...
-Yes. -And they offer all these amenities. And sometimes it's a vacation spot.
So just take that into account.
Not only do you have to worry about your loan on the RV.
But then you have to pay insurance on the RV.
There's routine maintenance, you know. These things do break.
It's very very normal for RVs to break.
Even when they're brand new off the lot.
-Unfortunately that is very true. Yes.
It is a thing that most RVers are very well known to.
And they expect it almost when they purchase an RV.
If they are somewhat of a seasoned RVer.
-Yeah. So I mean, even though it sounds like it's going to be the dream way to live.
And you're going to see the country. And get to just pull over wherever to sleep...
on the way to your assignment. That's my favorite part. (laughing)
It gets really frustrating when this investment you just made breaks.
And now it has to go into the shop for a couple weeks.
And now your living situation is just M.I.A.
-That's your home and you're just like whoa.
Wait a second. Wasn't ready for that one. -Yeah. So...
Say you bought the rig.
You have your living situation. And now you're looking for an assignment.
-Oh okay. -What we recommend is not signing any contracts...
for your assignment, with your recruiter.
Until you have an RV spot booked.
-Huge. -I think people do the same when it comes to booking an apartment.
We don't really have that much experience with booking apartments.
Or finding like Airbnbs because we strictly do RV travel nursing.
But... You know, some places might only have two or three RV parks for the whole area.
I know when we worked in San Francisco we were staying in Half Moon Bay. -Oof.
-And we were paying 1600 dollars a month. -And it was tight.
There was no availability. And we do not want you to have to drive across the country...
for an assignment you already signed a guaranteed contract into...
with no housing or anywhere to stay.
-Yeah. It would be awful if you signed a contract and you didn't want to break it.
And then you had to put your RV in storage and just find an apartment.
Because you had nowhere to park it. -Oh my goodness that would be horrible.
So you would be paying on an RV, truck loan, insurance.
Now you're having to find additional living space.
All because you jumped on an assignment without having a guaranteed spot.
-What you want to make sure is that you have a spot to park your RV. -Yes.
-Preferably with hookups. So you have all your water, electricity, sewer all set up.
So when you're done your nursing shift...
you are just good to go come home and relax. -Oh yeah.
Sometimes that RV park availability is not going to be exactly where you signed your contract.
You might have to commute a little.
And that is something you need to take into consideration as well.
Maybe you can afford an apartment and find closer living quarters.
Rather than being in an RV and having to drive 45, an hour.
An hour and a half, I've heard of people driving because they cannot find any availability.
-It's not always the cheapest, and it's not always the closest.
-No it's not. -But do your research.
I have a couple apps I use on my phone when it comes to finding campgrounds.
And it's not just campgrounds for our assignments.
I use these campgrounds for all over the United States when we're actually...
taking off work and vacationing in the RV. -Oh they are sweet. They're really nice.
And that's how we landed this spot tonight.
So if you guys want to know a little bit more about these apps that we're talking about.
-Put a comment below to let us know that you're really interested in content like that.
-Oh yeah. That'd be really exciting.
We would love to share how we make that work and uh...
The specific apps we use. -Cool.
So let's say you actually do go ahead with purchasing an RV.
You're ready to take out a loan or maybe you pay for it with cash.
Whatever it is. This is still applicable to you.
Know that when you actually sign a contract with your travel nursing company...
You're gonna be asking for your stipends.
And what I mean by that is instead of having the company find you housing.
You're saying you know what? I'm gonna take all that tax-free money.
I'm gonna find the housing myself.
And either one. I would find my own apartment to live in. Or two, what this video is applicable to...
is you're gonna pay on your RV. Or find some kind of housing out on the road. Such as an RV park.
A lot of people also try to claim RV insurance or RV related expenses.
When it comes to filing their taxes. -Yeah. -We are not tax experts.
-And if you're looking for more clarification on some answers regarding...
what you can claim and what not to. Refer to traveltax.com.
We have no affiliations with them. But they are a super great resource when it comes to actual...
travel nursing answers, laws, tax implications. All those things.
-And if you are single. And you never really towed an RV before.
But say... You know I'm willing to drive the RV myself.
It's not a big trailer. The truck's not that big.
I can do this. But say you're concerned that...
when you get to the RV park that you're gonna be by yourself backing this trailer up.
There is way too much help out there when you get to the RV park. -A lot of help.
-There's more help than you would want at an RV park.
(laughing) -It's so true.
-I'm telling you. If you are by yourself and you show up to the RV park.
If you say to the person at the desk like I need help backing my rig up.
You're going to get like 15 people. -You're going to be good.
You're going to be in good hands, let me tell you.
Wherever you go in this nation, there are plenty of us out there.
And we're gonna step up and help you out.
-You will probably have someone that will say do you want me to just do it?
Because that happened to him before. -Oh my goodness. -We were brand new.
And he was like no. -I gotta learn.
The main point that we want to bring to you guys tonight is we are wanting to encourage you guys...
to get out there and start travel nursing. But we want to make sure you're taking...
the correct step forward and your path to success.
If you truly are looking to travel nurse in an RV.
That you actually get your questions answered. The need to knows.
And we're going to be touching a lot more on...
in-depth topics when it comes to RV travel nursing.
So stay tuned for that.
These things, there is so much to go over when it comes to living in an RV.
And we want to make sure you guys are really set in stone before actually purchasing, and taking
that leap forward, into the RV travel nursing life. -And I'm going to hit you with some honest opinions here.
We like honesty. -We love the RV life. We are so glad we went into RV travel nursing. It's so nice
to have your own home travel with you. Your own bed your own furniture, your own cooking supplies.
So true. -It is amazing. Just really consider maybe just easing into it, maybe jump into travel
nursing first, to see if you like it, and then save up money for an RV. Did we do that? Nope.
Nope we just jumped head over heels right into didn't we? -Of course we took out a loan, but then we
realized, holy crap we're in so much debt because it was much more debt than just that. And take a
little twist on that as well, touching base on what Renee was saying is that, if you guys
are considering travel nursing in an RV. Your head's set into it but you never done it before. What I
suggest is if you're comfortable in your staff job, take the leap. Buy the RV, buy the truck if
it's applicable. But then take it out on a weekend. Practice with the RV. Practice backing up, hookups
all the need to knows, when it comes to RVing. That way when you set off on your journey, into the
actual travel nursing world, it's just that much less stress on your plate that you're having to deal with.
Yeah, that's not what we did. No it's not. Why is every point we bring up... -Every point we do is not what we did.
We bought the RV, and we had it in storage until we left for travel nursing.
And I remember begging you, let's take it on a camping trip and he said you're going to be living in it,
full time, you'll see enough of it. -Oh, typical men. (laughing)
We never test drove the camper meaning, like we never took it out for a weekend trip.
We just loaded all of our crap in it and at two in the morning,
after we just worked, like the day before, we just finished a night shift, barely slept. We were very
late packing up and it's two... -Two in the morning? -Yep, two in the morning. -I think we made it... -But
we made it really far, like we did really good. We made it like an hour and a half. -Yeah we went..(laughing)
Before we pulled over in a Walmart parking lot. -We were like, okay that's enough driving for today.
We've been through it, we've done it, so. -We've learned so many lessons when it comes to RV travel
nursing. -Yes. -And, or just RV living in general. We love this lifestyle and... -It's so incredible.
I just want you guys to know, if you jump into RV living with travel nursing, you're gonna
have some situations where you're like, what? WTF? There's going to be some crazy stuff happening but
you're going to see some amazing things. -Oh it's incredible. -I just love being able to take our home
with us everywhere because I don't really have to pack. -Yeah, and we are only here because of
that thing right behind us. -That big rig. We are here, we are flexible, and we are living our
lives the fullest. You guys, if you really strongly considering travel nursing in an RV, go for it.
You guys deserve this life. It is so awesome, and we're not just blowing smoke into places you don't want
it blown into. We are being so serious from the bottom of our hearts. This is the lifestyle. We want
to help you get here. -Our channel is focused on simple living, and then living life to the fullest.
And that's like kind of like an oxymoron. But you know what, it really makes sense when you sit down
and think about it. -Well simple living, you know we don't have a lot of things but living life
to the fullest is being able to just take your home wherever you want and experience things.
We hope we made some clarification on some topics but definitely stay tuned because there's a lot more to come.
If you guys have any other suggestions, on topics you want us to talk about, when it comes to either
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