Motorhome Lifestyle Enthusiasts - On Wheels Division
HAVE YOU PARKED YOUR DREAM TO TRAVEL AND SUSTAIN A GOOD INCOME?
Consider joining millions of other baby boomers and seniors by starting your own small business, either as a career change or for supplemental income during retirement? You may want to consider our opportunity. All you need is a phone and a computer and you can work from anywhere!
Look at a few of the many benefits.
* The chance to earn supplemental income.
Interesting Stats:
Nearly one in 12 U.S. vehicle-owning households now own an RV. That's nearly 8 million households - a 15 percent increase over the past four years and a 58 percent gain since 1980.
There are approximately 8.2 million RVs on the nation's roads. By 2010, RVs will be owned by 8.5 million households - an 8 percent increase.
Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) estimates there are as many as 30 million RV enthusiasts nationwide, including RV renters.
The RV rental business is a $350 million industry and grew by 36 percent in 2005, according to the U.S. Census of Retail Trade and the RV Rental Association.
Of those who camped as children, 95 percent said it had a positive effect on their adult lives, helping them develop an appreciation for the outdoors and insight into different people and places.
Twenty-five percent of RV'ers report accessing the Internet while on the road.
Both unemployed and employed boomers, who are planning to work before and/or after retirement, would be wise to learn some effective career transition tips.
For many personal reasons, people choose to be self-employed.
In general, self-employment rates tend to rise with age. In 2002, for example, people age 50 and up were only 25 percent of the workforce, yet they accounted for 40 percent of all self-employed workers. While some of those 50-plus entrepreneurs had been self-employed through most or all of their careers, many others made the transition to self-employment in mid-life, often as part of their transition to retirement.
About one in three self-employed workers age 51 to 69 made the transition to self-employment at or after age 50. And that trend isn't slowing down.
According to a Merrill Lynch survey, 13 percent of baby boomers (nearly 10 million Americans) plan to start their own businesses when they retire from their current jobs, retirement jobs may feel like the safest alternative
Today, more seniors and baby boomers are choosing to retire earlier or later than age 65, and to make having retirement jobs a part of their retirement years. The National Council on Aging reports that one in three Americans age 65 and older has a retirement job, working at least part-time.
The retirement jobs trend is likely to increase as more baby boomers get closer to retirement. According to a 2003 AARP/Roper survey:
* 80 percent of baby boomers expect to keep working at in retirement jobs.
If you are interested in more information, please email your interest to Carol at
pbacanhr@telus.net
Many RV lifestyle enthusiasts choose to engage in a career that will provide a good income stream while enjoying their lifestyle, and help others do the same.
* Love what you do.
* Interact with other people every day.
* Stretch your pension.
* Personal satisfaction helping others.
* New professional colleagues and potential friends.
* A safe alternative.
* Only 7 percent of baby boomers said they expected to be in a full-time retirement job.
* 55 percent of baby boomers said they would work part-time either for income or enjoyment.
* 15 percent said they'd like to start their own business as for their retirement jobs.