RVs ARE EXPENSIVE: TIPS, TRICKS AND TOOLS YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION

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Buying a motorhome that fits your lifestyle and budget can be a daunting task. There is an endless sea of options and hope may feel like the only strategy to catch the best price. Sure, you may see the listing price and quickly calculate a low-ball offer, but how do you know what wiggle room you really have? And, how much will that rig be worth in two, five or ten years? Is buying used better than new and how do you get the most money when it’s time to sell? There are tips and tricks to answer all these questions; today I’ll give you three of them, plus a bonus!

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Boondocking vs RV Park: Is One Better Than the Other?

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I’ve said it a gazillion times: the beauty of living on the road is that you get to choose where you go and how you spend your time. You get to camp like YOU. But, with the myriad of camping options available, it’s sometimes tricky to separate out the pros and cons of each so you can decide what style best suits you. Two common options are RV Parks and Boondocking. Is one better than the other? Maybe so. These are two very different styles of camping, each appealing in it’s own way. Today, I’ll break it down.
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Top 6 Spots to Find Potable RV Water

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When your home is on wheels, finding fresh drinkable water in each new place can be tricky. But there’s no reason to let your tank go dry! I’ve found more than SIX WAYS to get potable water on the road (and most of them are FREE). Read on so you may never be without water.
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It’s Nomad Christmas in July!

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If you know me at all by now, you know I LOVE MY GADGETS! What kind of gadgets? Anything and everything that keeps my full-time RV life organized, powered up, and blissed-out. That’s why July 15th and 16th are going to be my favorite days of the year. It’s Amazon Prime Day ya’all! That means it’s the perfect time to stock up on the items you’ve been waiting to buy including my most recommended and viewer approved gear. I have a special plan to help the Creativity RV Community get the most out of these two days. Want to know it?

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PACKAGE ENVY: Five Ways to Receive Mail & Packages on the Road (and four are free!)

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Modern American nomads have life pretty good.

Thanks to modern technology and a blooming RV and Campervan culture, over a million of us currently live, work and thrive without being tethered to a traditional home. There is, however, one pesky necessity that can stop even the heartiest nomad in her tracks: how to receive mail and packages while constantly moving.

Sure, lots of traditional mail can now be received in digital form, but there are still times we need to receive a physical package. Whether you need a small legal document or an e-shopping haul, you don’t need to become a logistics mastermind to receive deliveries without breaking the bank.

Here are Five Ways to Receive Packages on the Road – and four of them are free!

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Tiny Skoolie Big Heart

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On a smoky morning in the Colorado mountains, as wildfires raged not far away, Patricia accepted meals through the windows of her tiny blue skoolie. She wasn’t well enough to come outside or join the community van-build going on just outside her window, even though her fledgling home was far from complete. You see, the Rocky Mountain wildfires weren’t the only ones raging that day; there were two other fires burning right inside that little school bus – the one she held in her heart and the other that flamed up in her leg.

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Early Retiree Finds Joy In Her Journey – with a Full-Time RV Life!

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Theresa was working out of a cubicle at the US Department of Veterans Affairs when she got the urge to retire. Working on Veteran’s Disability Claims exposed her to this unpleasant fact: retirement in old age in not guaranteed—life can change in an instant. For more than fifteen years, disability cases moved across her desk. “That’s a long time to be stuck,” Theresa said, “even if you love it. I loved helping veterans, but I decided I needed to do something more with life.” She searched and found a way: she could retire early by living full-time in an RV.

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Less Stuff — More Joy: Meet Carol

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Only one year ago, Carol was sitting in the basement of her Virginia home, surrounded by unopened boxes. She had shed all the other remnants accumulated in a standard American life, but that room in the basement, well – that was the final space she had to resolve before she could begin her new adventure.

You see, Carol had decided to become a full-time Nomad and a Minimalist.

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Camping on BLM

How to Camp on BLM Land: Why, How and Where

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Drive forward towards your dream life by boondocking on BLM land.

If you are considering a mobile life, try Boondocking on BLM land. When you do, your budget opens up and the beauty of the natural world reveals itself in miraculous ways, each new adventure unfurling just around the next bend in the road. Continue reading “How to Camp on BLM Land: Why, How and Where” →