I am planning on traveling with my young family in a 33 foot travel trailer and need your best advice and information you have to give. We plan on traveling all around the US; including Alaska. I am an experience L&D and NICU RN. Here are some questions:
Can I deduct gas and some groceries on my taxes?
What are the best travel companies to work for?
How does health insurance work while traveling?
Any great places to work and stay (I am looking to not live in a RV park)?
What are your thoughts on claiming residency in income tax free states?
And last...any good advice for a new travel RN and new full-timer.
Specializes in NP. Former flight, CCU, ED RN and paramedic..
We (wife, kid, me) lived in a 36' fifth wheel for two years for my travel work. Sold it last week and moved into an apartment. We now have a truck camper and a small utility trailer to move between assignments. We can live free between assignments in the truck camper, travel lighter than the fifth wheel, and enjoy assignments in cold climates without having to worry about trying to keep pipes from freezing in an RV.
We enjoyed our time in the fifth wheel, but like Ned says, even if you pay cash for your RV, you still have to divide the total cost by how many months/years you plan to travel and add that to your monthly RV park fees to differentiate the cost of RV life versus apartments.
For us, wanting to do winter assignments was the clincher, and the fact that I work every weekend and bail out away from humanity on our four days off in our truck camper.
trackhead, APRN
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We (wife, kid, me) lived in a 36' fifth wheel for two years for my travel work. Sold it last week and moved into an apartment. We now have a truck camper and a small utility trailer to move between assignments. We can live free between assignments in the truck camper, travel lighter than the fifth wheel, and enjoy assignments in cold climates without having to worry about trying to keep pipes from freezing in an RV.
We enjoyed our time in the fifth wheel, but like Ned says, even if you pay cash for your RV, you still have to divide the total cost by how many months/years you plan to travel and add that to your monthly RV park fees to differentiate the cost of RV life versus apartments.
For us, wanting to do winter assignments was the clincher, and the fact that I work every weekend and bail out away from humanity on our four days off in our truck camper.