we have managed to sell our house after 8 months and about 100k less than we hoped.this means another 12 to 18 mths work and then off we go!!we want to travel full time with some work to help with money, we still have a rental property our daughter rents from us so we will have a home base which we will call home for approx 3 mths a year we are 52 this year and want out of the rat race travel meet you guys enjoy happy hour daily,anyway house gone so we are counting the days see you soon!!!!!
Cruising Granny said
09:02 PM Jan 7, 2012
Just go for it! All the best. It's ok to combine nomadding and work. (oops, 4 letter word). Travelling with work or travelling to work is ok, as long as you're travelling.
Elle on Wheels said
10:53 PM Jan 7, 2012
Sounds like a plan. Don't work for too long - all those extra months of slog when you are pining to be on the road can take its toll. You never have enough money to set out - it's always a bottomless hole and unforeseen expenses just keep popping up delaying you further, just go for it.
There is work to be picked up on the road especially if you have handyman/person skills or IT skills or hospitality experience, and there is always harvest work. There are some areas of the country where you can pick up work incredibly easily. There's also house sitting or accommodation in exchange for work schemes.
18 months is 6570 days - are you sure you want to wait so long? Just being a stirrer here.... you've obviously done your sums and made your plans..... just don't leave it for too long, life is too short and you never know what will crop up.
Good luck and hope to see you on the road.
Shogun said
04:21 AM Jan 8, 2012
Without being disrespectful to your mathematical skills Elle, 6570 days does seem a lot of days for 18 months :)
Dougwe said
07:46 AM Jan 8, 2012
Back to school for you Elle.
Elle on Wheels said
09:09 AM Jan 8, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
Back to school for you Elle.
Ha - I just doubled it on purpose to make it seem twice as long...... can't get away with anything you guys on the job.
dazren said
11:16 AM Jan 8, 2012
Come on guys leave elle alone, it is not her fault that she got the Maths wrong ?? as for years us guys have been telling the girls that 'something' that is 75mm long, is really 6'' ????
Elle on Wheels said
12:09 PM Jan 8, 2012
Quite right. thanks Dazren, not that I have any issue with having the error of my ways pointed out. Cheers
Joe said
03:07 PM Jan 9, 2012
18 months works out to be 547 days, give or take a day depending upon the number of 28/29/30/31 day months you include. :D
Deb & Gary - good luck with the plan execution guys. Karen and I have been doing the travel then work then travel thing for a while now (since 2007) and it goes OK for us. The biggest down side is that we make friends in places and then have to leave them behind as we move on!
Elle on Wheels said
01:53 AM Jan 10, 2012
Hey Joe and Karen remember that old tv show The Littlest Hobo with the gorgeous German Sepherd? I can still sing the theme song. He made new friends every episode and then left at the end.
Mergatroy said
04:07 PM Jan 10, 2012
6570 is years, 18yrs or 18tmths its still a long time. I loved the littlest hobo as a kid I was so jealous of him
Boroma577 said
10:32 PM Jan 10, 2012
Elle on Wheels wrote:
remember that old tv show The Littlest Hobo with the gorgeous German Sepherd? I can still sing the theme song.
LOVED that show.....and I can't remember the theme song Elle. You'll have to sing it for me when we meet down the tack.
we have managed to sell our house after 8 months and about 100k less than we hoped.this means another 12 to 18 mths work and then off we go!!we want to travel full time with some work to help with money, we still have a rental property our daughter rents from us so we will have a home base which we will call home for approx 3 mths a year we are 52 this year and want out of the rat race travel meet you guys enjoy happy hour daily,anyway house gone so we are counting the days see you soon!!!!!
Travelling with work or travelling to work is ok, as long as you're travelling.
There is work to be picked up on the road especially if you have handyman/person skills or IT skills or hospitality experience, and there is always harvest work. There are some areas of the country where you can pick up work incredibly easily. There's also house sitting or accommodation in exchange for work schemes.
18 months is 6570 days - are you sure you want to wait so long? Just being a stirrer here.... you've obviously done your sums and made your plans..... just don't leave it for too long, life is too short and you never know what will crop up.
Good luck and hope to see you on the road.
Back to school for you Elle.
Ha - I just doubled it on purpose to make it seem twice as long...... can't get away with anything you guys on the job.
Come on guys leave elle alone, it is not her fault that she got the Maths wrong ?? as for years us guys have been telling the girls that 'something' that is 75mm long, is really 6'' ????
Deb & Gary - good luck with the plan execution guys. Karen and I have been doing the travel then work then travel thing for a while now (since 2007) and it goes OK for us. The biggest down side is that we make friends in places and then have to leave them behind as we move on!
LOVED that show.....and I can't remember the theme song Elle. You'll have to sing it for me when we meet down the tack.
EDIT: Look at what I found. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkqtFO_ygTI&feature=channel_video_tit
And this
http://www.littlesthobo.com/
-- Edited by Boroma577 on Tuesday 10th of January 2012 10:43:15 PM