Customer Reviews

Living Aboard Your RV

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I just finished "Living Abourd your RV" by Janet & Gordon Groene. Most excellent material, taking you from the first urges of fulltiming to the 'End of the Road'. As a Canadian, I didn't get the Canadian perspective of many of the topics, but of course for that I would have to read a book written by Canadian authors. The universal areas covered were done so in the most professonal manner and down to Earth. Many good and timely suggestions from choosing your Home on Wheels, managing money, mini-hobbies, housecleaning, security and of course repairs and maintence. A terrificly good read ! By the way I purchased the book online from Amazon.com who gave me most excellent service! Tom G. Offer

I bought several books on full-timing in an RV - and this was the least helpful. While they touch on many topics, none are explored in depth - I learned nothing new from this book. In fact, I felt they kept telling me things that are simply commom sense. For example, in their section about waste water, they don't tell you how to deal w/ frozen waste lines - but they do advise you not flush disposable diapers!

This book was a disappointment - and will be returned.

As a family contemplating full-time RVing, this was a great first RVing book. It covers everything from what to do with your possessions, equipping your RV, traveling with pets, mini-hobbies, maintaining your RV and so much more! It was an easy read packed full of great advice. You will need a highlighter to keep track of important information. This book will definately go with us on our journey.

90% of what's in this book can be obtained from any of the various first timer websites.

If you never owned a vehicle, went camping (of any form), made or lived on a budget, had to figure out how to get health care while on vacation, cleaned out your closets or bathroom, then you may find this book of use.

So much of the material in this book is very common sense stuff. Out of the 189 pages I did find six sentences that were informative. Unfortunately none of the comments went into details. I had to look elsewhere for details on the comments.

I'd suggest one of the inexpensive used copies if you feel you really need this book.

I would not buy this book. It may have been a very good book when written, but not today.

It is dated: It has not been updated to reflect the technology that is currently available today as far as e-mail, electronic billing and payment, cell phones, mail forwarding services, and banking. The unfortunate part of this is that a significant part of the book covered this kind of information.

In general, the deeper I got into the book, the more elementary it got. The advice got more like it was written for someone that did not have a clue about what to expect if they were RVing, or living in a house, or driving a car for that matter.

You can get all of the information from other sources, that is probably more up to date.

Some new viewpoints and useful information. Doing the laundry in a trash can enroute? You betcha! Hints for freebie overnights and how to deal with medical issues. I found this book very informative, and it covers many aspects of RV travel.

As a family contemplating full-time RVing, this was a great first RVing book. It covers everything from what to do with your possessions, equipping your RV, traveling with pets, mini-hobbies, maintaining your RV and so much more! It was an easy read packed full of great advice. You will need a highlighter to keep track of important information. This book will definately go with us on our journey.

We are going full-time this year, and I've bought several books on the subject. Sensible and down-to-earth, I found this book reassuring, but not particularly inspiring. Nevertheless, for anyone who is just starting to entertain the idea of living aboard a house on wheels, this is a good place to start.

I loved it! Even though we are RVers we are not fulltimers yet, it gave me some really good tips and made me more confident that we can DO IT!!