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Kim Komando Today

Hitting the road: Life in an RV

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had a dream of selling everything for the freedom of the open road? How would you get the internet or entertainment like TV? What about email and staying in touch with family? Regular vacations are off the table this summer, but RVs have never been hotter. This is the story of Jackie and Hal, a couple that sold everything to live in an RV that they fondly call the bus. Learn how they did it, from buying the right RV to making their marriage work 24/7 in a small confined space.

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to Tech You Should Know. I'm Kim Commando. Give us about 30 minutes or so, and you well be in the know. This week, we're talking RVs. Have you ever had the dream of selling everything that you own for the freedom of the open road? How would you get the internet? How would you start streaming? How did you get entertainment like TV? Now, what about email, staying in touch with family members and friends? Hey, it's summer. And this is the time of year when we used to go on vacation, say, to a beach house, the mountains, or a national park. Forget a trip overseas. They don't want Americans because of the pandemic. But many people are still taking vacations this year, and RVs have

0:39.0

never been hotter. There's also a movement with parents no longer tied to their kids' schedules

0:43.8

or school year. So they're taking to the RV life, too, working while driving across the

0:48.5

country and schooling the kids. Before you hit the highway, do you have? I mean, do you really have what it takes to make it work?

0:56.2

I thought it would be so fun to dig a podcast that I did a couple years ago with Jackie and Howe.

1:01.2

You see, Jackie was my assistant for over 10 years. I love this woman. And she and her husband sold

1:07.0

everything to live in an RV that they finally called the bus.

1:11.3

They have their Corvette on a trailer on the back.

1:14.0

So sit back and listen as Jackie and Hal tell us about how they did it from buying the right

1:19.2

RV to making their marriage work 24-7 in a small confined space.

1:25.0

I'll give you a little bit of spoiler.

1:27.0

They say they're happier now than they've

1:28.6

ever been. And a quick reminder here, this is not the Kim Commando National Radio Show. You see,

1:34.4

every week I give you the very latest tech news tips, DIYs, and take your questions on my national

1:39.5

radio show. For that podcast, go to get kim.com. Once again, that's get kim.com. You don't need a

1:46.0

promo code. You'll automatically get a free 30-day trial when you go to that special address.

1:51.6

Getkem.com. So sit back, relax, and imagine you on the open road. You've been there under pressure.

2:07.2

Working to pay for the groceries, the mortgage, water bill, electric bill, cable bill, insurance bill,

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and you've got the car payments, school expenses, and more.

2:15.8

You can't even afford to go on vacation, but you just paid $300 to fix the garbage disposal.

2:22.3

Before you know it, you're looking at another birthday, another anniversary or holiday thinking,

2:28.0

wherever did the time go?

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