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Category Archives: Finances & Money

How Much Does It Cost To Live in an Airstream? September 2014 Summary

I’ve had to revamp the budget. AGAIN. I hate budgeting. What I was doing was just not working – see that “Bonus Item” category? That’s for everything that didn’t exactly fit int he budget (Rachel’s new bike, birthday presents, workout DVD’s, Amazon orders, etc). Notice how large it is? Yeah. That needs to stop. Lol….

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  • I’m really trying to keep track of expenses. Camping and gas is easy, it’s the bonus items that sneak up! And so far I’ve learned expenses are going to look SO different from month to month!ReplyCancel

How Much Does It Cost To Live in an Airstream: August 2014 Summary

August has been great! We spent the majority of our time along the coast between Willits, CA and Crescent City, CA. We then meandered into Oregon seeing the Oregon Caves National Monument, Medford & Ashland, Crater Lake and finally into our boondocking spot in Bend. Oregon has been great so far! I’ll detail a post…

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  • Heather Christianson Braley

    Costco overspending is NOT a problem IF it fits somewhere and you use it before anything goes bad. 🙂 I wish I could just shop at Costco…ReplyCancel

  • Loren

    Thanks so much for sharing this each month. It’s so interesting to see the differences and similarities in our Airstream expenses. You must have a knack for finding the most inexpensive laundromats ever. There are only two of us and I can’t get out of there for less than $25. Do you use your propane for everything (fridge, heat, hot water heater, cooking), even when you’re connected to shore power? We haven’t filled our propane since February, but we only use it for cooking, shore power for the rest.ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Absolutely! I’m glad its fun. 🙂 We do not use propane for everything. Typically we’ll switch the fridge over (or it does it automatically) and we have an electric heater. Hot water and cooking we don’t have a choice though. Those are always propane. We seem to need to fill one a month right now which is totally doable.ReplyCancel

How Much Does It Cost to Live in an Airstream – July Summary

We are back to monthly summaries!! These are probably entirely for my benefit as I feel it provides some accounting for us month to month, but I figured we could share in the interest of anyone else that might be crazy enough to feel the information is useful. We have officially had our first “full…

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  • Wow, how’d you get such a cheap laundry bill. We do laundry once a week (family of three) and spend about 40/month.

    My current work is 1.9 miles from the hospital, so I ride my bike. Haven’t put gas in the truck for two weeks, which is saving us $85/week over what we had to use in California. Next job is 4 miles from the hospital, so same scenario. Nice to be able to ride to work.ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Good question!! haha We generally end up at someone’s house so laundry is free. I also make my kids wear their shirts twice and their pants 3 times before they go in the laundry. Generally if I wash sheets & towels and a weeks worth of clothes we spend around $17 at most. That’s probably every two weeks with a clothes wash in the middle. Maybe we are dirtier than we think we are? Do we smell? 🙂ReplyCancel

Baby Steps to Going Mobile: Start Working at Home

A friend asked me how I ended up with work flexible enough to allow for my travel. It was a good question, and one I’ve had before. Sounds like a great topic for a blog post! I’m self-employed, working long term contracts paid hourly, and manage my own insurance and retirement, and I travel full…

How Much Does It Cost To Live in an Airstream: March Summary

Another month! I like that these monthly financial summaries give me a bench mark as well as accountability. Another month down, another month still financially stable. Its exciting! I’ll detail a post later on about how I budget in general (because that’s not really Airstream life specific) but just know that these are not ALL…

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  • Hey Jess! Hope you guys are doing well. Quick question about your budget (which I look forward to each month)…how do you keep your laundry budget so small? Ours ends up being $10-15 each week. What’s your secret?ReplyCancel

    • Jess

      We don’t wash our sheets often enough? haha Seriously though, we end up doing a lot of laundry at friend’s or family’s houses when we courtesy park. We seem to do that at least 2-3 a month so that helps. We also just don’t have very many clothes. All of our clothes for a week usually amount to 2 loads, max. Sheets and towels I can usually do in another load.ReplyCancel

  • You should add a “total” row on your spreadsheet for each month.ReplyCancel

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