By Chuck Woodbury
editor, Beginners Guide to RVing

This is a brilliant book — the best one, hands down, ever written about working while traveling by RV. Author Jaimie Hall has spent the last ten years traveling fulltime by RV and working along the way. And what she has learned is spelled out in this well-written, well organized and very valuable 400-page book. It's well worth its $19.95 price tag.

Hall wrote it for three groups of people:

• Those new to RVing who are considering working while on the road.
• Those who have already worked on the road, but need to learn more to find more satisfying jobs or ones that pay better.
• Experienced RVers who would like some new ideas and tools for making money on the road.

"In 1992, when my husband and I started fulltime RVing, we knew we would need to work to support our mobile lifestyle," explained Hall. "But we didn't know where to look for information about how or where to find work. So I began collecting information. For the last ten years I have been sharing this information with other working RVers through articles, newsletters, seminars and personal contacts."

Hall says that her book is the result of all this research. "This is the book I wanted when we started out," she said.

She begins the book with bang — outlining the 14 most common mistakes aspiring "workampers" make and how they can avoid them. Headlining the list as the Number 1 mistake is "taking the first job you are offered."

Not only does the book provide a wealth of advice about how to find jobs, it contains a comprehensive resource section that details specific information including employers' phone numbers, websites, and email and postal mail addresses.

The book is divided into sections, each with specific information. They are:

• Know yourself (determine who much income you'll need and type of work you'll want.

  Read a story about workamping by the author

• NItty-gritty of getting work to support your RVing.
• Job lists and more than 300 moneymaking opportunities.
• RV lifestyle considerations (with appendixes and a resource section).
• How to get the most out of the book (includes tips on planning, dealing with a lack of work experience and volunteering opportunities).

Finally, the book contains a large resources section with an exhaustive list of potential employers and how to reach them.

Support Your RV Lifestyle was published in 2002, updated in 2004, and has become one of our best sellers. We cannot praise it more highly. For anyone who plans to travel by RV and work, this book is essential. $19.95

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