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A Beginner's Guide to Living in an RV: Everything I Wish I Knew Before Full-Time RVing Across America (RV Travel Books) Paperback – November 14, 2017

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When my husband and I started full-time RVing, we knew nothing about RV living. We made it up as we traveled to all fifty states, constantly googling things like "how to RV" and "what is boondocking?" Meanwhile, we flooded the bathroom, took ice cold showers, and got stuck in the mud.

Now, we've been full-timing for over five years and we've learned the ins and outs of RVing America.

In this guide, I answer all of the most common questions we receive about RV living, from how to choose the right RV to how we get mail on the road, to how to find free camping.

This guide is for anyone exploring the RV lifestyle and looking for RVing books to help make the transition easier. Also, because I want to make sure this book is valuable for you, below you can see a few specific areas of RVing I cover.

A few topics I cover in the guide:
- How to find great internet on the road
- The costs of full-time RVing
- Whether or not to tow a car behind your RV
- What we do for health insurance while traveling
- The best RVing clubs and memberships
- Our favorite apps for RVers

A few topics I DON'T cover, since I have zero experience in these areas, are:
- Traveling with kids and pets
- How to downsize to an RV from a house

Transitioning to living on the road was the best decision my husband and I could have ever made. RVing has improved our marriage and our life together, and we've seen more of America than we could have ever imagined.

While this book isn't about our story or why you should travel, it will be a useful tool as you find yourself asking a million different questions about what it's like living in an RV.

Oh, and don't forget to use the #RVlife on Instagram once you start traveling. That's what all the cool kids do.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (November 14, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1973321513
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1973321514
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.61 x 8.5 inches

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In 2014, Alyssa Padgett convinced her husband Heath to take her to all 50 states for their honeymoon. Somehow he tricked her into doing it all in an RV.

While traveling, Padgett directed and produced Hourly America, a documentary film about her 50-state honeymoon, that was featured on CBS, CNN, Fox, People, Yahoo, Huffington Post, and more.

After visiting all 50 states in a year, Alyssa fell in love with travel and spent years RVing all over the world. Today Alyssa and her husband still travel as much as they can with their two tiny children in tow.

When not traveling, you'll find Alyssa hiking in the mountains of Colorado and trying new recipes in the kitchen.

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SilverProud

Great read for a wanna be like me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2023

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Thanks Alyssa for being so thorough with the good and not so good incidents that a newbie can expect. I'm in the planning and downsizing stage now but so excited to begin.

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Great First time there Advice

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2022

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We have learned so much from reading this book. It's great for first timers as well as seasoned full timers. Great read from start to finish and will stay with us as a reference guide.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 27, 2021

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I am planning to buy a fifth wheel, a subject I know nothing about. I am going to retire, travel the country, and maybe go fulltime for the cost savings. I have 4 siblings I can stay with as backup! I just now bought my first ever truck, Ram 2500 6.4L, and now I'm looking for a fifth wheel to pull. I want to know not only how to do it, but how to deal with the problems that always come. I grew up camping in tents and pop-out campers, so at least I have been face to face with mother nature, and had to "survive". This is the first RV book I purchased and it was a great choice. Instead of my blow and go past, I am trying to put the research in before spending the money! I love Alyssa's first person approach to her writing. She starts the book when she knew nothing about RVs, like most of us. Then she presents a travel chronology, giving good coverage of every mistake they made, and the many resources/ways/tools to fix it. She talks about the all important el dinero, and how not to spend a lot. She talks about pros and cons of different brands, and types, of RVs. She reviewed all the different ways to tow a car behind an A class RV, and sure enough, I see most RV'ers pulling their car 4 wheels down. Her "what we put in our RV" list really scared me, because I will have to either put everything in storage, or give rid of 99% of my "stuff", including my sacred real paper books. She compares different brands when appropriate. She gives you actual cost up front for everything. I thought the emergency breakdown and repairs topic was especially helpful because you're often looking at $$$$. She covers every essential topic I can think of, including how to get a snail mail address, health insurance, emergency roadside repairs, and more. Last of all, she puts her own brand of unique humor into it that makes it fun to read like an adventure novel. Married couples will love it too since she travels full time with her husband, who is also a full time writer in terms of work. Thanks Alyssa! I really hope I will run into you on the trails one day.

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Good info for people considering becoming “full timers”

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If you can overlook the lack of professional writing and editing, and incomplete information in a number of instances, this self-published book seems to be a good primer for those of us who are considering living on the road permanently. That’s a decision and life choice that one should research thoroughly before deciding to become a “nomad” (nods to the SUPERB movie “Nomadland”), and this book seems to offer plenty of ideas on where to start that research. I was part way through another book on the same subject when I picked this one up, planning to spend about 15 minutes doing a quick “browse through” - and four hours later I’ve already highlighted multiple sources, bookmarked and visited websites, and don’t want to stop.
When one knows virtually NOTHING about a subject, being pointed in the right directions to start looking for knowledge is a great help - and this book seems to be doing that very well. This is good basic info, written by a woman who is 20-40+ years younger than the great majority of people who live on the road full time. I mention this simply because her book reflects her youth and generation, and (relatively) limited life experience. Having said that, she’s spent her entire six+ years of marriage living the mobile life, and has covered a LOT of ground in that time. So while some of what she presents for consideration (various kinds of insurance coverage, healthcare, having a good mechanic, the idea that “things will break”, “try before you buy”) might seem self-evident to those of us who are two or more generations older than her, it doesn’t hurt to be reminded to put such important items on that LONG checklist of things we need to have or do before making such a huge life change. {NOTE: This book was first published in 2017, then updated in 2020, apparently before COVID-19 restrictions were in place. We all know how COVID has changed EVERYTHING we do and how we do it, so keep that in mind as you read this book and do other research on becoming a full timer.}

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Great recommendation and advise on RV living.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 1, 2022

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I really enjoyed this book. I have been rving about three years now and wish I had this book when I started. There is great advice and recommendations in this book. Some I already knew. Some I didn’t.

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Andrew C

An excellent resource which in years to come will be the goto book for those starting out into RV life.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 28, 2017

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I’ve been following the RV Entrepreneur podcast for some time and I cannot speak highly enough of this for its motivating ability I’m moving to full time RV life, and also development of a sustainable income. The book brings together the best advice possible that Alyssa is constantly asked by people about making the shift to Living in an RV.

Luc L.

Interesting but really for beginners

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 20, 2018

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I got this book as a promotion when it came out. Interesting to read since I was a beginner myself. It could be useful to someone who is really a beginner (most of the stuff is quite trivial) and who wants all the info in one book. I prefer reading for a specific subject in different Internet forums.

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Has it all!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 19, 2018

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Very encouraging and answered all my questions and some I hadn't thought of yet, lol. Covered everything. Even a questionnaire to help me decide which type of rig I should get! Thanks!

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