Housing Alternatives Beacon Hill Village is designed to make remaining at home a safe, comfortable and cost-effective solution. By partnering with proven providers of services, Beacon Hill Village is able to offer its members preferred access to social and cultural activities, exercise opportunities and household and home maintenance services, as well as medical care and assisted living at home. As a nonprofit, membership organization, it can provide these programs and services more cost-effectively than most conventional retirement communities. Learn how to make your neighborhood or town into a Village by ordering their manual. The Caretaker Gazette is a unique newsletter containing property caretaking and house sitting jobs, advice, and information for property caretakers, housesitters, and landowners. Published since 1983, it's the only publication in the world dedicated to the property caretaking field. Benefits for subscription members. Couch Surfing is a world wide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. Find out how it works. Is it safe? Save money on housing expenses while traveling and make new friends all over the world! Home Exchange is the vacation alternative where two families agree to swap homes for a vacation. Live like a local, not like a tourist. More comfortable than a hotel, pick a country, find a listing, FAQ's. Kids, cars and pets. Worldwide. Membership required. Homelink International - the largest and most respected home exchange organization in the world. Over fifty years of providing top quality house exchanges. For international home swappers drawn from 69 countries around the world. Save money on a different style of vacation. Membership required.
Our Retirement Issues Page will give you insight into retirement lifestyles, taking control of your finances, and the choices available to you in pursuing your new retirement. Take advantage of what we have learned from our almost 2 decades of Early Retirement. Top Retirements will lead you to the best retirement communities in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Canada, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, and Florida. You can read about the 25-best-places-to-retire-list-for-2008 or check out the best_college_towns in which to retire. Perhaps you would like to review the Directory of active_adult_communities for the nation. Want to live on a boat? find out everything you ever wanted to know about the process of moving aboard a boat. If you are wondering what it is like to work from your boat, check out his floating office information. Have questions? Email Robert Doty. Walkscore Find a walkable neighborhood or find the rating of your own neighborhood. You lose weight each time you walk to the grocery store. You spend less money on your car—or you don't own a car. When you shop, you support your local economy. You talk to your neighbors. Check out a real estate Walk Score Tile Women Living in Community If you are divorced, widowed, in transition, pursuing late-life spirituality, looking for co-housing or community, check out this resource page. If mindfulness and service is your focus, or if you want to approach aging as a positive journey filled with learning, wisdom and possibilities, this is an excellent start. 'Worry-Free' Housing People often ask us how we are able to travel for lengths of time and still maintain a home base. Read how we do it! LIFESTYLES AND FORUMS
Escapees RV Club a total support network for RV'ers. Discussion forums, volunteer opportunities, FAQ's, events calendar, legal information and Links. Good Sam's Club is an RV club, a motor home club and a camping club. Forums, newsletters, events. Live Your Road Trip Dream is a how-to-guide that includes step-by-step information on planning the trip you've always wanted to take, but didn't know how to make a reality. Learn how to take an extended trip for the cost of staying home, written by Carol and Phil White. The book covers Road trip budgets, road trip tips, travel guide information for those wanting to take an adventure. Loners on Wheels In the RV world, where singles mingle. An international RV Club of single men and women who enjoy traveling, camping, RV caravanning and the camaraderie and lifestyle of singles; not a matchmaking or dating service - offers companionship and support, forums, events. RV Dreams Information on Full-Timing, Workamping, and preparing for the road. Forums, chat - even recipies!
RVing with Kids These pages focus on RV'ing with kids as a full time life style. However, grandparents and vacationing families will also find good ideas for traveling with kids. Information about homeschooling, travel activities, living in a small space, and working on the road. |
Billy and Akaisha continue to journal and photograph their world travels.