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Welcome To The Financial Information Main Page!From this page you can quickly link to other financial pages that will aid you in determining what it takes to live on the road in an RV full-time.The Financial Considerations page is a detailed discussion that includes:
The Sample Budgets page sets forth three monthly budget scenarios: Click on Our 2005 - 2008 Average Monthly Full-time RVing Expenses to see our first 41 months (almost 3 1/2 years) of expenses. We have analyzed all our expenses to come up with monthly averages and annualized averages. We have also broken the expenses down by months we workamped and months we didn't. For our 2009 full-year budget, click on Our 2009 Budget. This budget includes: Also, we show the figures in two versions. The first indicates the expenses as we anticipate they will fall during the year. The second version takes the total expenses and averages them evenly throughout the year. For a current look at 2009, click on 2009 Actual Expenses. Also, you might want to take a peek at Our 2009 Business Summary By Month. This page shows monthly income and expenses of our little businesses we set up to try to earn some money for the road. The expenses are over and above our normal living expenses but we are bringing in more than we are paying out. For our 2008 full-year budget, click on Our 2008 Budget. Click on 2008 Actual Expenses to see how we did against the budget. And here is the link to Our 2008 Business Summary By Month. For our 2007 full-year budget, click on Our 2007 Budget. Click on 2007 Actual Expenses to see how we did against the budget. And here is the link to Our 2007 Business Summary By Month. For our 2006 full-year budget, click on Our 2006 Budget. Click on Our 2006 Actual Expenses to see how we did against the budget. And here is the link to Our 2006 Business Summary By Month.
The 2005 Actual Expenses page shows: This page does NOT include amounts we paid up front before actually going on the road. For those expenses, including all insurance for the first year, go to the Our Up Front Costs page.
As we have "retired" early and have no corporate pension, military retirement, or social security income, we will have to earn a certain amount of our expenses on the road. We are pursuing various income opportunities. The Earning A Living On The Road page provides suggestions for earning income and includes discussions of: For those that will be relying on Social Security income or that are not sure about Social Security, the Social Security Overview page provides information on:
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