Full-time RVers Allen and Margie Lundy teach people how to use proper nutrition to lose weight and get healthy. Part of that involves showing people how to make minor changes to their diet, like better portion control, and to embrace more nutritious food rather than relying upon the convenience of fast food and processed foods. Eating is just one aspect of a healthy lifestyle. The others involve exercise and proper sleep.
Six Flags needs ride operators, food and beverage workers, people to sell tickets and work at the front gates, staff retail stores, run games and provide other support services, such as cleaning the park.
In 2017, Larry Jorgensen wrote The Coca-Cola Trail: People and Places in the History of Coca-Cola to capture and retain stories behind how the company grew from one man’s secret recipe into a multi-national corporation. He is looking for Workampers who would like to sell the book independently to other people, like RVers, or by encouraging stores to carry copies. There are two ways to make money. Buying books at wholesale and selling them at retail prices, or earning a 20% commission for simply taking an order and allowing Larry to ship it to whomever ordered the copies.
When Roger Ford started repairing RV refrigerators in 1984, he kept hearing stories from RV owners about service centers telling them they needed to replace their refrigerators, which is an expensive repair. Yet, when Roger looked at the problem more closely, he discovered he could repair about 98% of the units instead for a few hundred dollars. Today, Ford RV Refrigeration Training Center has produced a series of videos RV owners can access for $25 per year which will show them how to diagnose and fix many problems with their RV refrigerators by themselves using common household tools.
Ashley Logsdon is an influencer who runs several businesses from her RV, has her own podcast and has developed some online classes for people contemplating the RV lifestyle. The family started RVing in 2016. Within two years, they had visited all 48 lower states. But, before they embarked on the full-time adventure, the family tried the RV lifestyle for 90 days to see if they’d like it. That led Ashley to develop an online course to help families prepare for the full-time RV lifestyle.
Jared Creach and his family have been RVing since 2014. Today, he supports his family by serving as a mobile RV technician. There is often plenty of work to keep him busy by just fixing RVs at the campgrounds they visit. In fact, he has received calls for service within 20 minutes of his arrival. Once he arrives at a campground, Jared drops off a stack of business cards with the office staff and places a few in the mail area as well. Generally, just word-of-mouth that a mobile service technician will be staying at the campground for a while is enough for other guests to anticipate Jared’s arrival.
William Floyd works for the Glacier Park Collection, which is an adventure travel company providing guest services to people visiting the national park. The company provides lodging as well as retail and food services plus other activities for guests to enjoy the most from their visit to Glacier National Park.
For 22 years, Katherine Hampton has been managing the volunteer program at 30 Idaho State Parks. That may be a small number compared those in other state parks in the Pacific Northwest, but Kathryn plans to bring on between 300 and 400 volunteers to serve as campground hosts as well as working in volunteer or seasonal jobs. There are hundreds of volunteers needed for 2022 and Kathryn would enjoy speaking with you about where you would best fit in to the Idaho State Parks system.
Today’s episode features an interview with a man who operates a marketing business to help local companies do a better job in building awareness of their products and services. Brian Ostrovsky and his family started RVing about a year and a half ago. Originally from Sacramento, Calif., he and his wife raise five children ranging in ages from 4 to …
Steven flies all over the country and to Mexico or Central America upon occasion. When his time is up, he flies back to wherever his family is parked at the moment. His wife is involved in roadschooling their three kids – ages 10, 8 and 6 – as well as planning all the family excursions when they arrive at a new destination. The children have acquired 92 Junior Ranger badges from the parks they have visited in the past year alone.
Workamping would fulfill Larry Hansen’s desire to travel all over the country. But, because he was only 46 years old, couldn’t touch his retirement account or collect Social Security, Larry still needed to support himself for a many more years. But, he knew most people spend 60% of their income on housing and related costs, like electricity, water, property taxes, etc. As a single person, Larry knew he didn’t need much space in which to live, so an RV was a perfect fit. Because Workamping jobs typically offer free or deeply-discounted full-hookup sites, any money he made could be used to pay for food and experiences.
Dick and Melissa Karnes are originally from Oregon, but they hit the road full-time in June 2018 with their 12-year-old daughter, Madison, as well as two cats and three dogs. Since then, the family has been able to travel anywhere they want to go at any time because of a unique Workamping situation. Melissa is a mortgage underwriter for a Texas lender and Dick works as a certified RV technician fixing rigs in campgrounds they’re staying in.
