Why you should travel with your family in an RV
5 benefits of traveling with your family in an RV
We have discovered so much about us as a family since starting our journey. Here are our 5 benefits of traveling with your family in an RV.
- We have all we need as a family & in the RV
- We have strengthened our family ties
- We discover new interests together
- We learn when we need to be apart
- We save money
We are the Hildebrand Family (“HildeFam” for short) and we moved our family of five into our dream tiny home on wheels in May 2021 to travel across North America. We spent 7 months converting an old retired school bus and turning her in the HildeBus we know and love today.
At the time that we moved into our
We have all we need as a family & in the RV
We have all we need as a family & in the RV. We live with less stuff on purpose but have a whole lot more family time.
With everyone pitching in it’s easier to get everything done on the road. No one feels left out when they are not sitting behind a steering wheel or pushing buttons, instead we all interact together with what we have.
We have strengthened our family ties
Traveling with your family in an RV is a great way to build strong family bonds. When you are on the road together, spending long hours in the car or touring museums there isn’t much room for any one person to feel bored or left out.
We spend 99.9% of our days together.
We get to see our children develop, explore and grow every minute of the day. Before we hit the road, we would be lucky to see our kids more than 4 hours a day because we would drop them off to day care in the morning so we could go to work.
We discover new interests together
Traveling in an RV has allowed us to discover a lot of different interests. We spend our time outdoors when the weather is nice and, when it’s not, we stay inside learning about each other, drawing on coloring books, reading stories and baking cakes.
Our son, Landon, loves to draw. He could draw for hours and hours and hours. Our daughter, Finley, loves learning and showing off her academic prowess. Madeleine loves to dance all the time. Would we have noticed these little things as much when we were living in a bigger space?
We learn when we need time apart from each other
Let’s be real! Life isn’t always “instagrammable.”
Sometimes, it can be hard for everyone to get along all the time and it is good to have some personal space from your loved ones every once in awhile- even if you are still traveling with them at the end of the day!
Whether that means dad takes the kids for a long walk so mom can repaint her nails, or mom takes the kids grocery shopping so dad can do yoga without interruption, we all need personal space. Even the little ones!
Scheduling personal time didn’t work for us since we often lost track of time on the road. When we felt too much stress building up, we would just tell each other and then figure out a time that worked best for all parties, sooner rather than later. This scheduling worked best for us.
Could you ever move your family into a tiny home on wheels for an extended period of time? Have you done it before? Let us know.
We save money
Traveling in an RV is cheaper than traveling by plane or train and we don’t have to worry about the time difference.
RV living costs less than renting a house so your vacation becomes more affordable when you live on the road.
It also allows us to save thousands of dollars by not having expenses for:
- mortgage
- utilities
- daycare
- car insurance (we are not towing a vehicle)
- eating out as frequently
Thanks for following our journey. – Ingrid & the HildeFam
