Movin' on: Living and Traveling Full-Time in a Recreational Vehicle

I'm not an avid reader, but when I picked up this book I could not put it down. I was drawn in to a virtual reality made possible by the Hofmeister's descriptive prose. I only got through a few pages when I knew I better grab a highlighter. My favorite sections were the sections on finance and mobile office. Ron provides detailed information and a budget providing the high end and low end of some of the most common expenses. In the mobile office chapter, Barb provides information on getting one's mail and making telephone calls. The chapter on working while full-time RVing (called workamping) was also very informative. I found all the information I needed in this book.

For us, the dream was there, but so unreachable and scary until we ordered Movin' On. We had dreamed of becoming fulltimers when we retired at the age of 65. After reading this book we will now be retiring next June at the age of 62. There was so much we didn't know about the lifestyle and this book addressed all of our concerns. Barb and Ron wrote this book as if we were sittting in their motorhome and we were just talking about everyday things, which what fulltiming is, an everyday thing. We felt like we had known them as good friends forever even though we had never met, and we can't thank them enough.

Ron & Barb Hofmeister have done it again! Written an excellent book for anyone interested in RV-ing. A must read whether you are planning to RV or have been RVing for years. It's also a great gift for non-RV friends and family to help them understand the lifestyle as the book reads like a story. It's not just a list of stuff to do. Get a highlighter out before you read, as the book contains so much information you'll want to keep track of it all. We've been on-the-road full-time for 18 months, without Movin'on, we'd still be in the planning stages. The books terrific!

My wife and I are in the fourth year of a five year countdown to retirement and fulltiming. I read the Hofmeister's first book and thought it was the best of the several books I had read about the subject. I have to say that Ron and Barb have outdone themselves with their second effort to both educate interested people about the RV fulltime lifestyle and to share their experiences. As I read this book, I almost had the feeling they were 'speaking' to me. It was hard to put the book down. I appreciated their being open with their experiences, some of which were personal. These stories help the reader understand many things about the lifestyle that aren't in other books I have read. The book is well-balanced between lifestyle stories and items that every fulltimer needs to be aware of, such as mail forwarding, medical care, insurance, choosing a state in which to live, and much more. I wholeheartedly recommend this book for anyone who is a fulltimer or thinking about becoming a fulltimer. It made me want to accelerate our plans to join the ranks of fulltimers and enjoy the RV lifestyle.

This second book by Ron and Barb Hofmeister describes everything one needs to know to make an intelligent decision about the possibility of living full-time in a recreational vehicle. Ron and Barb draw on their 9+ years of full-time RVing to share things they have learned through experience. One of the great things about the book is that they do not try to provide in-depth information in areas that are obviously a matter of opinoin. They do not tell you what kind of vehicle you should own and how you should pack it. They do tell you the joys and hardships of a full-time lifestyle. They share their own costs to show what one can expect to pay to enjoy this lifestyle. And they offer glimpses of what the lifestyle has to offer.This is a "must read" for anyone considering a full-time lifestyle in a recreational vehicle.