Have you found a job through Workkampers? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Old Snipe · RV-Dreams Family Member

Have you found a job through Workkampers?

Judy · RV-Dreams Family Member

Although we have not and have just started our full timing adventure I read the Workcampers newsletter for jobs and some of them look darn appealing to me. Just pick a place or state that is beautiful and go for it. When we were at Mounment Valley our big window in our RV faced one of the mounments and WHAT A VIEW. Right in our back window!! Waking up to the sunrise and sunset on it could not be beat.

southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs

danlesr · RV-Dreams Community Member

We have not yet started our fulltime adventure, which will include workamping. However, we do have a subscription to Workamper News, to give us an idea of what types or work are available.

I strongly recommend buying a book "Support Your RV Lifestyle" , written by Jaimie Hall before you take on any workamper jobs. This is an excellent and thoroughly researched manual for workamping. It includes a guide on how to value a campsite as well as advice on how to avoid being (federally) taxed for your campsite. It is an invaluable tool for planning and avoiding pitfalls I would not have thought of until it was too late.

Also, Howard addresses working on the road, in his usual detailed, easy to read and understand fashion. From the RV-Dreams home page, go to "Financial Information", then select "Earning a Living" at the bottom of the page.

Good luck with your travels !!

Darrell and Judy · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have secured two positions through Workampers. They have both been very good to deal with and given us a contract outlining our duties, our pay, and other benefits. We had a lot of campgrounds to choose from. So far the experience has been very pleasant. We begin our first assignment in Novermber and the second one in May. Being that our duties are outlined I don't expect any big surprises, but when one lives this lifestyle you need to be flexible.

Howard · Host

We have been contacted a few times by employers through Workamper News. We have declined those offers.

We did get our winter position this year as tour guides in the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas by responding to a Workamper News position post. We subscribe to Workampers Plus and get daily emails of positions available. So we made the contact rather than the employer in that case. We had to go through a phone interview and we were selected as one of three couples.

We will be sure to report on our experience as we go (December through the middle of April).

Jack Mayer · RV-Dreams Family Member

We use Workamper News exclusively. It works well for us. We no longer really look at the adds aggressively. Our last 2 jobs we have been contacted by the employers because our resume is in the "Awsome Applicants" database. All of our jobs have been good ones, but we AGGRESSIVELY interview the employers. You need to get all your answers, as well as a feeling for the management style of the supervisor you work under, if it is not the campground owner. We now only work at family owned campgronds - not large corporate campgronds - but that is just our preference.

Get a contract, but that does not mean much IMO.