Message for full-time workers

[PhilouCerise]

Hello full-time worker,


I would like to know your frequency of rotation between two camps. 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, more... Is it possible for you to work every days and change campgrounds every week-end?


Thanks

[Back2Nature]

It is possible but it’s challenging to move very far. Also requires research for cellular service for internet. Setup/teardown is 1-1 1/2 hours and that’s taking it easy if you do some prep the day before.

[twbucksr]

The other issue Back2Nature didn’t address is site costs. The more frequently you move, the higher your overall site rent will be.

In addition to their nightly rate, most, but not all, RV parks will have weekly and monthly rates.

Rarely will you get your money back if you have to leave early.

The more popular/desired/destination RV Parks will be booked for the weekend forcing you to have to relocate for the weekend.

Parks with online reservations and specific site selection capabilities will have another spot in their park that you can move to allowing you to stay in their particular town but forcing you to go thru the relocation process.

[PhilouCerise]

Thank you for your answers.

Two more questions :

1 - To find campsites that rent monthly which are the best applications.

2 - Is Starlink really reliable for having team meetings, zoom... It seems that now we no longer have to take everything apart. Do you validate?

[BigSxyWhtGuy]

To find camp grounds that rent monthly, many times you have to call them. Google around your current location to find them or use allstays or campendium. Unfortunately, there isn’t one app that offers everything.

For Starlink, it works great when you’re not around major cities unless you have the non roaming version because you may get throttled during peak use. I am not sure what you mean about breaking everything down though. We just unplug our dish and move it inside once we need to relocate

[PhilouCerise]

It seems that now the new starlink antenna works while moving. No need for disassembly anymore. Is it true ?

[BigSxyWhtGuy]

Ah, there are two kinds. One that is a flat mount on the roof that connects to multiple satellites at once. Hardware is something like $2k and monthly cost is over $200/month. It stays connected when you move unlike the other version which needs to connect each time.

The other is the one that most of us have. Sits on the ground or on a pole. Hardware is $600ish I believe or at least when we bought. Service is $150/month. Roam accounts you can freeze service but the residential you cannot pause service.

I’ve seen people modifying the cheaper hardware one to be a DC connection and eliminate the modem. Cost is approx $1k.

Hope that helps with the question

[PhilouCerise]

Thanks for this informations

[Hittenstiehl]

Campendium
All Stays
Rvarky

are good campground review sites. They will usually have a review category of cellular service. Previous campers will advise if the location has service or which location in the park has better connectivity.

[Hittenstiehl]

There is also the thread titled "mounting a pole for starlink" that may be informational for you.

[JeffKim]

As a sometimes-remote worker, I will second @Big and add that trees are the biggest enemy of Starlink, otherwise it's outstanding. A cellular modem as backup is almost essential unless you can be sure the campsite will have an open look to the sky (I haven't found a good way to determine this, particularly in the National Forest campgrounds we tend to book). At least with the software development work I do, I only need 5Mb or so for Teams/Zoom meetings so Starlink throttling would not affect me much and tends to happen at peak demand in the evening when everyone is streaming entertainment programming.

[h2oski]

we have been full-timing for about 3 months and I work from the road


currently I have:


Strarlink. *the $600 one with 75ft of cable



AT&T hot-spot thru FMCA $60/month for unlimited data capped at 25 Mbps which I have found to be more than enough


Verizon for our phones with something like 10G of hotspot data, only used in emergency if the other two do not work


We are generally staying at a campground for about 5 days.
we try to show up on Saturday or Sunday. This gives us time to test connectivity and tour the campground to see if other spots would work better for us. Now that we are past the summer season we have found no problem with ample available sites to choose from if we want/need to move.
Weekends is when we travel and I tend to use Harvest Hosts on the weekends. Its a good excuse to eat out if we stay at a brewery
AT&T has been our go-to on weekends as we are in more populated areas



So far we only had an issue in Acadia National Park. I could not get any cell service and there was too much tree cover for reliable starlink. The solution was simply drive down to the ocean-side park across from the campground, setup starlink and work from there. Not a bad view for the day