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

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Summary: A must read for those planning to RV fulltime.
Review: Almost 10 years of fulltime experience plus the ability to convey information about all its aspects combine to make this book a must read for those planning to RV fulltime or to better understand the lifestyle.

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Summary: a must read for rver's
Review: Any one who needs information about the rv lifestyle,must read this book.It is required reading for any one thinking about living fulltime in an rv.Simply the best rv lifestyle book

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Summary: Best up-to-date published information for a future fulltimer
Review: As one who has been RV'ing for 31 years, recently retired and starting to near-fulltime travel, Movin' On is a very factual source of information. The real life stories about the good and the bad(a few!)gives you a complete cross section view of the lifestyle. It is a book that you do not want to put down until you are finished and then you will want to reread many sections over and over!

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Summary: Beached Boater
Review: Due to an ugly encounter with 2 18-wheelers and 1 car (ours), my husband and I were left with debilitating injuries. After trying the live-aboard lifestyle for 2 years, we found that our disabilities proved too much for the boating lifestyle.
Enter RVing. While we are not "full timers" (I don't want to get disappointed again), the book Movin' On by the Hofmeisters proved insightful and exciting, as travel was our main objective. This book provides not only basics of RVing, but gives fantastic accounts of trips which we would have never dreamed of encountering. I recommend it highly for anyone who may be looking for an easier way to travel, and a first hand account of the out-of-the-way destinations which are sure to excite and make trip planning easier.

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Summary: Beached Boater
Review: Due to an ugly encounter with 2 18-wheelers and 1 car (ours), my husband and I were left with debilitating injuries. After trying the live-aboard lifestyle for 2 years, we found that our disabilities proved too much for the boating lifestyle.
Enter RVing. While we are not "full timers" (I don't want to get disappointed again), the book Movin' On by the Hofmeisters proved insightful and exciting, as travel was our main objective. This book provides not only basics of RVing, but gives fantastic accounts of trips which we would have never dreamed of encountering. I recommend it highly for anyone who may be looking for an easier way to travel, and a first hand account of the out-of-the-way destinations which are sure to excite and make trip planning easier.

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Summary: This book answered all of our questions,couldn't put it down
Review: 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.

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Summary: A book that will get you in motion-
Review: I am 25 years old and have been considering taking up the fulltiming lifestyle. This book was a great help. I highly reccomend it to anyone considering taking "the leap." Ron and Barb are great! They strike me as being people I would love to hang out with. This book is fun, informative, and filled with positivity. Their book reads like a wonderful mentorship. If you are looking for guidance and/or knowledge into a seemingly magical new lifestyle- let this book help to inspire you.

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Summary: So-so at best--not the comprehensive source as advertised.
Review: I bought this book in prep for taking our family of 5 on the road full-time (a subject which this book doesn't cover at all--it is geared almost exclusively to retirees). I found many of the chapters vague and without solid content. In addition, it was not well edited (referred to the computer in their RV as a "PCU") and appears to be a self-published book done on the cheap. But the most aggravating part was the amount of space devoted to their newsletter (which they often printed verbatim at the end of each chapter). Not only were most of these stories irrelevant, they were not interesting for someone doing investigative research (as I was) into full-time RVing. Maybe OK for a retiree with lots of time to read the trying-to-be-pithy stories, but not for someone looking for a concise resource.

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Summary: It makes your dream a reality with ease!
Review: I have "absorbed" both of the Hofmeister's books, and find them to be exceptional in layout of information for the true novice. My husband and I have talked of nothing but fulltiming for the past two years, and it now seems like the dream is going to become a reality by the end of this year. Without the Hofmeister's latest book, we would still be wandering in the depths of unknowing instead of gearing up and preparing to make the leap. There is so much current information that is extremely helpful to a beginner . They have done it all, and are kind enough to have shared with us their knowledge. An excellent read for anyone even thinking of the possibility of becoming a fulltimer. It gives you the good along with a taste of the bad that will happen, and how to cope with it all. I'm so glad the Hofmeister's came along my way and wrote these wonderful books. Thanks for the update, you are allowing us to find our dream!

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Summary: Virtually Compelling!
Review: 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.