By: Jaimie Hall
Working on the Road is the handbook for those who need an income or are looking for ways to reduce expenses as they travel.
Some topics include:
Know yourself: Determine your goals for working and traveling on the road and figure how much money it will take.
Nitty Gritty of getting RV work to support your RVing: Learn where you find higher paying jobs, write your RV resume, prepare for interviewing and negotiation. Learn how income taxes and other factors will impact your income.
Job list and more than 300 moneymaking opportunities: Includes jobs, job categories, ideas for your own business on the road, and volunteering. Actual working RVers are profiled.
RV lifestyle considerations: Find out about unique issues that face the full-time RVer and managing expenses like health insurance.
The 2nd edition of Support Your RV Lifestyle! is out. It is THE handbook for working on the road. At 400 pages, it includesall the how-to's for finding jobs and moneymaking opportunities. Chock full of resources, it has ten appendices with contact information for state tourist bureaus, state parks, state revenue offices, state motor vehicle and licensing bureaus and more, plus an additional 32 pages of resources.
A reader’s comment:
“Folks, if you are even half-way serious about supplementing your income while traveling, this is THE BIBLE for you...”
~Joe Lacey of the Escapees RV Club
Table of Contents
-Acknowledgements
-Preface
-Why you need this book: 14 mistakes working RVers can avoid
-How to use this book
-The author’s RV work story
-Warning-disclaimer
SECTION I. Know Yourself
What do you bring to the job market?
What do you want o do for the rest of your life?
How much money will you need?
SECTION II. Nitty Gritty of Gettiing Work to Support your RVing
Finding jobs that fit your lives: Getting started
How employers and family can reach you — getting mail and phone calls on the road
How to use a computer in your job search
How to prepare resumes and cover letters for working on the road
How to do a job search
How to use the Internet to locate a job
How to interview and get results
How to negotiate for better compensation
How to succeed on the job
Legal and tax considerations
Section III. Job List and More than 300 Moneymaking Opportunities
Job List
How to find jobs with a campsite
How to get jobs traveling in your RV
How to get jobs within the RV Industry
How to get seasonal federal jobs
How to get jobs working in the outdoors
How to get a job at resorts and travel destinations
How to find temporary jobs and work at special events
How to operate your own business on the road
How to help the budget by volunteering
Section IV. RV Lifestyle Considerations
How to manage RV expenses
Lifestyle considerations
Conclusion
Section V. Appendies
Appendix 1: State tourism offices
Appendix 2: National Park Service Offices
Appendix 3: U.S. National Forest Offices
Appendix 4: State parks
Appendix 5: State revenue offices and tax information
Appendix 6: State motor vehicle and driver's license bureaus
Appendix 7: Janice's grocery shopping list
Appendix 8: Budget worksheet
Appendix 9: Stephanie Bernhagen's budget worksheet
Appendix 10: Three RV worker stories
