Forget cramped caravans, these luxury camping cars are more like palaces on wheels. Terri and Richard's is the size of a bus, complete with made-to-measure marble kitchens and bathroom, extendable surfaces and heated toilet seats. It cost over $2 million but enables them to escape the heat of Florida every summer for Michigan. They're what's known as 'snowbirds, spending seasons living in other states. Over a million Americans have adopted the 'nomad' way of life. Some, like Richard, are 'part timers', travelling for a few weeks alongside their work. Others, like, Jennifer and JR, who live aboard their bus with their two children, have left their old life behind and embraced life on the road.
Macys is a department store, not a supermarket. A supermarket sells food. A department store sells everything from furniture, to clothes, to kitchenware.
ditto. Still the position of Director (?) top guy for IT for a supermarket is probably about the same as director of a Department Store in terms of income
Truck driver here can confirm you do not drive that bus better than most car drivers drive their car, in fact you need a WHOLE lot more awareness of you surroundings. You could see that car indicating to go into his driveway you should have adjusted position on road accordingly and maybe look ahead 100 metres and scan for potential hazards instead of turning right without looking in mirrors violently.
I can agree With you wholeheartedly. As a motorcycle rider, we have a lot in common. If we don’t pay absolute attention to what we’re doing on the road, somebody’s going to die. in my case, it will be me. That RV at 48:42 was a complete idiot and in the wrong. The four wheeler in the pick up truck didn’t do anything wrong. It was the guy driving the RV that had a temper. As someone like you that drives professionally an 18 wheeler I’m sure you can see the issue.
@@postersm7141 Ya'll are right. People who drive high-risk vehicles need to know how to drive them safely and understand advanced maneuvers to avoid high-risk driving by all of the inexperienced, bold, young drivers out there who don't even think about danger.. These drivers need to have an advanced knowledge of risk-avoidance, much more than the average sedan driver because they are in control of very powerful machines that are difficult to turn on a dime, or in control of delicate (in comparison to other powerful vulnerable machines). States need to implement requirements for advanced driving skills in order to obtain licenses to operate all machines, motorcycles/large vehicles - people should have the skills to operate the vehicles that they are in control of. It isn't just a matter of trying to get dangerous drivers off the road, it's a matter of helping fellow drivers maneuver around dangerous situations. Everyone needs to know safe driving maneuvers. Even us average sedan drivers.
Some of us call truck drivers "the knights of the road" you guys are real pros. I've been cross-country on a 250cc motorcycle and you guys were always aware of what was going on around you and looking out for little old me.
@@alexcarter8807 Here in NZ we don't really have trucks like America, a lot heavier and a fair bit longer here also our main highways are like your country roads, small, narrow, and full of potholes.
I agree. The kids look miserable. Imagine spending most of your life riding a bus and no privacy of your own room. Just staring in the window all day long because your parents are selfish trend followers. Plus, they're obviously not getting the education they need.
JR is a whiner. If you are a driver of ANY vehicle on a road you should be driving DEFENSIVELY and expecting there to be idiots, Yes it's stressful, but you made the decision to uproot and drive around with your wife and kids, Maybe drive slower? then you don't have to stress about space and time to slam on brakes...not to mention him freaking out about no wifi. hmmm don't seem like he handles stress well
Typical driver really.. we all think we are the only ones who know how to drive and everyone else is either too slow, too fast, too close, too annoying.. that’s every human on the road. Bring on self driving vehicles to humble us all
Hope the kids get a chance to play with other kids and form friendships, as it's very important for their social development. I think this kind of lifestyle is fine but only for adults /retirees.
Agreed, there's no way they are getting a quality, well-rounded education with 15m classes and only reading what interests them. They're in for a rude awakening when they get to high school and college.
Correct I bought a German RV from Germany and imported it to las Vegas (I'm British) because the ones out here are just to big and bulky , I take mine to different cities where I can park it in a normal parking bay and it has everything, 6 birth
As former heavy equipment Towing & Recovery Operator it absolutely infuriates me that anyone with a regular driver’s license is allowed to operate such oversized vehicles. Makes no damn sense! I went through hours of driving training and classroom safety training before I was able to get my license. I still have my CDL license. Which not only allows me to operate any heavy duty vehicles such as 18 wheelers when needed while I was recovering such vehicles. I got out of the business because I got so frustrated with the amount of uneducated drivers that operated the vehicles in this video. Some were very serious and preventable. While others were unfortunately fatal.
My son drives semis, I know quite a few people who drive these things as well as some smaller. I’ve never heard one story about them wrecking. I would never get one. To me, ‘freedom’ means not dragging a small cottage and having a smooth fast car
Good idea for retired people. After working many years and you can manage it, then enjoy. I however think kids should not be permanently put into such a schedule full time.
I could never do that to my children. I think the parents are selfish. If you want to go on road trips, do that during the summer and other school breaks. Those children should be in school learning academics and gaining social skills alongside their peers.
Also schools give a terrible quality of education now and you can learn more out in the world up close. And you can gain social skills by meeting people anywhere so what are you even talking about? I get people love to judge nowadays.
i can't imagine Not having School Friends during my Childhood Years with One Option of being with Parents 24/7. I tell those Parents are Selfish, and the Kids will Resent them Bigtime in the Future when they are Adults and their Social lives Sucks. PreTeenage and Teenage Years are the most Critical Years in Human Development and Socializing with Friends is in the Top 3 Most important things in Normal Human Development
Hopefully they don't make the mistake of going to college, it's a waste of time and money. Instead (for the boy) get into the trades, that way he gets a return on his investment. Never let school get in the way of an education.
Well I think having both their parents is more stable than many kids at home at school with divorced parents. Many things are more critical. And getting out and seeing the world is cool, they can meet people do their age all over then. There’s upsides and downsides to everything and with the level of depression and suicides I don’t know if just being at home fixes all lot of the issues.
The main thing I got from this is I feel so sorry for the 2 kids in the nomadic family, especially the daughter who was like "yea I do miss my room" when she was asked. Like poor kid has basically no stuff and no privacy. Those kids probably had to give up a lot of things that were important to them when their parents decided to so drastically downsize. And best believe the parents probably have a completely private entire room with a large bed and tons of storage just for them.
Dude at 51:14 throwing a hissy fit over no Wi-Fi, oh no what are u going to do with the kids for 9 days with no Wi-Fi How about be a dad and play outside at the camp site. It crazy nowadays that u go to a camp ground and everyone is in the camper playing candy crush lol
When my dad took us camping we went in a tent and he always got the primitive camp sites. No electricity or regular toilets. They had outhouses. Dad always said camping any other way defeats the purpose of camping. It's not camping you might as well stay home. When dad got in his late 40s he decided to get a pop-up camper only because he couldn't sleep on the ground anymore. The pop-up was just a basic one nothing extra. We only got to enjoy it 2 summers before he passed away from a massive heart attack at 50 but I have fond memories of camping with him and my 2 sisters. We went camping every weekend we could & every vacation he had. I do remember in the 90s ppl camping in rvs and campers but they would be inside doing whatever & not outside enjoying time with their family. I never understood it. These "houses on wheels" are NOT camping at all! It's truly 😢 because they aren't appreciating what camping is really about. Spending quality time with your family outside and exploring nature.
When I heard marble everything, i was thinking, how heavy is the vehicle, especially to drive from Florida to Michigan?!! As a MSU Spartan during senior year,i was lucky enough to get to be invited this area for a night, for my marketing class project for a small boutique 😊. The owner wine and dine us, gave us a quick tour of the town etc . Keep in mind, during the winter, the upper Michigan is cover in snow. But during spring time, the Great Lakes are absolutely beautiful. Lake Superior is ice cold in the summer.
It's cheaper to buy a full-sized bus and turn it into a camp. A vehicle dolphins are $200000. You can buy a school bus that same length for $5000 or $10000 and turn into a home another $10000. You got a nice beautiful home for 10 to $20000 VS paying $200000 for that.
The people I clean for just recently bought one of these massive luxery motor homes. I was blown away when they took me inside to give me the full tour 😮
Watching this the driver of the RV needs to remember his vehicle is too large for the road and he should be more patient. He also should slow down when there are branches overhanging in the road and let other traffic through then proceed without comment.
I've seen these in Australia. Not as much a part of the culture, but they're here. I live largely in a camper on a much smaller truck. I've been travelling for about 18 months now.
Gee! ...and here's me thinking, that the routine of getting yourself up, going to school, making friends, meeting challenges, mastering your universe, & learning that sometimes, YES, sometimes!, we all have to do things, we don't want to do, & on someone elses schedual, sometimes...but ok! It's only their future ability to manage, in a world full of people that aren't, Mom & Dad!...🤷🏻♀️..happy trails!
Their rig looks overloaded in terms of weight. They do have weight limits plus space is very limited while driving with all its slides are in (that is, the expansion areas).
Shows everything off, but when they get to Coachella , CA , and the extension rails needs to be repaired, most don't want to pay for repairs or maintenance. 😅
Be safe, family! Our community of Yuma, Arizona, USA, fills with motorhomes every winter, especially in the Yuma Foothills area. Most people driving these vehicles do not consider motion physics and the load they drive - and with towing a car - even mor dangerous. Please see videos of crashed at 70 mph. Calm down and slow down to no more than 60 mph. And, please do not follow closely or pass semi trucks, especially in bad weather conditions like rain, snow, hail.
Most of the folks I see driving these are respectable, and know what obstacles and limitations they will encounter. The one younger couple was just a bad example, and representative of the community.
Looks like fun but I would NOT want to own anything like it. Love my simple life and owning more stuff would just stress me out. In particular, these huge liabilities. Glad to see people enjoying life their way. Life is beautiful. Enjoy it everyone.
If no wifi use cell phone for hot spot. Guy w/family needs to get tips from man doing meetings. How many who can afford a $1m+ RV plus villa etc drive their own? Valet services?
28:45 did she really say “you don’t have to spend alot to come out here and have fun” when when the guy literally said that small slab of concrete was like 200,000?
When have a presence on Time Square for a over 12 decades as a department store you kind of get to shake off the whole supermarket thing. Especially if you don't sell food.
17:01 $500,000 home as described by him in Richmond, VA? I live in Northern VT. I can’t even comprehend a house like that going for under $1.5million, and that’s with a small amount of acreage.
Richmond is pretty poor. Vermont pricing is more akin to Northern Virginia near Washington DC. A small normal mcmansion like that would be 1.2M ish. Btw I went on vacation near Shelbourne. Thought it would be cheap. Had no idea what I got myself into trying to wing it as a road trip. Now I know better and there's "the season". Basically met nothing but New Yorkers. Northern Vemont is basically a NYC burb during the season.
Funny nobody talking about how has prices directly influences ppl to buy these things, like the regular vehicles back in the day, mpg is a huge factor in buying one, and it's where most of your money is spent on.
10:30 just realizing now that of all the vehicles I've had, from a beat-up old stick shift Ford truck that was really cool because it didn't need things like ... a working speedometer to a rather nice BMW, or even a friend's even nicer BMW, I've never used a cup holder.
At the end of the documentary (around 52:00 timestamp), lack of wifi/phone connectivity at the camp site is not present so they have to leave the site. But what about satellite connectivity, like Starlink ?
I wonder how Jennifer and JR sold their home and sacrified their kid's schooling for their own ambition of travelling! Very selfish dicision I must say.
How could you spend $2mil+ on a luxury rv? That's never going to go up in value like a home+property would.. I bet 10 years later it won't even be worth half that much.
Why do all these Motorhome folks pull Jeeps behind these rigs? I see this constantly - what’s the deal behind this? Does Jeep offer a discount for this sort of setup?
found myself living in an r.v. park for about 3 years. never gave any thought to the "drama" involved in 'retirement" living at that age AND that stage. VERY surprising as i felt like i was back in high school!!!
What? Surly a bus carries lets say 40 people even in Asia they would weigh 2000kg, In America prob 4000kg is that not the same weight as the additions?
The retirement dream is dying. Layoffs, Lots without a good paying job. Bills up to the ceiling. Retirement accounts emptied, food prices on the rise, unaffordable housing. This may never come true for many.
Forget cramped caravans, these luxury camping cars are more like palaces on wheels. Terri and Richard's is the size of a bus, complete with made-to-measure marble kitchens and bathroom, extendable surfaces and heated toilet seats. It cost over $2 million but enables them to escape the heat of Florida every summer for Michigan. They're what's known as 'snowbirds, spending seasons living in other states.
Over a million Americans have adopted the 'nomad' way of life. Some, like Richard, are 'part timers', travelling for a few weeks alongside their work. Others, like, Jennifer and JR, who live aboard their bus with their two children, have left their old life behind and embraced life on the road.
They must be scared to fly
20:20 which are your favorite subjects? In studies and in person getting to travel?
34:54 yeah that was my point about smoking is we can't crack on smokers until we get rid of all emissions from vehicles.
Macys is a department store, not a supermarket. A supermarket sells food. A department store sells everything from furniture, to clothes, to kitchenware.
I noted that also~
What a quickie dink I was thinking the same thing
ditto. Still the position of Director (?) top guy for IT for a supermarket is probably about the same as director of a Department Store in terms of income
It's Macey's grocery store in Utah. Two completely different stores.
Not necessarily. Walmarts were called supermarkets before they started selling food.
Truck driver here can confirm you do not drive that bus better than most car drivers drive their car, in fact you need a WHOLE lot more awareness of you surroundings.
You could see that car indicating to go into his driveway you should have adjusted position on road accordingly and maybe look ahead 100 metres and scan for potential hazards instead of turning right without looking in mirrors violently.
He's a Narcissist 100%
I can agree With you wholeheartedly. As a motorcycle rider, we have a lot in common. If we don’t pay absolute attention to what we’re doing on the road, somebody’s going to die. in my case, it will be me. That RV at 48:42 was a complete idiot and in the wrong. The four wheeler in the pick up truck didn’t do anything wrong. It was the guy driving the RV that had a temper. As someone like you that drives professionally an 18 wheeler I’m sure you can see the issue.
@@postersm7141 Ya'll are right. People who drive high-risk vehicles need to know how to drive them safely and understand advanced maneuvers to avoid high-risk driving by all of the inexperienced, bold, young drivers out there who don't even think about danger.. These drivers need to have an advanced knowledge of risk-avoidance, much more than the average sedan driver because they are in control of very powerful machines that are difficult to turn on a dime, or in control of delicate (in comparison to other powerful vulnerable machines). States need to implement requirements for advanced driving skills in order to obtain licenses to operate all machines, motorcycles/large vehicles - people should have the skills to operate the vehicles that they are in control of. It isn't just a matter of trying to get dangerous drivers off the road, it's a matter of helping fellow drivers maneuver around dangerous situations. Everyone needs to know safe driving maneuvers. Even us average sedan drivers.
Some of us call truck drivers "the knights of the road" you guys are real pros. I've been cross-country on a 250cc motorcycle and you guys were always aware of what was going on around you and looking out for little old me.
@@alexcarter8807 Here in NZ we don't really have trucks like America, a lot heavier and a fair bit longer here also our main highways are like your country roads, small, narrow, and full of potholes.
Feel sorry for family with 2 kids. No friends for life always on road.what a sad life
I agree. The kids look miserable. Imagine spending most of your life riding a bus and no privacy of your own room. Just staring in the window all day long because your parents are selfish trend followers. Plus, they're obviously not getting the education they need.
Friends 😂😂 what a poor peasant prospective
@@johndong7524jealous much thats why you will never be free aka u sofa king we todd did
15 days of rations = 30 bags of potato chips and tons of ammunition ... 'Merica!
You forgot the Marlboro gold’s. ‘MERIKA’
😂😂😂
JR is a whiner. If you are a driver of ANY vehicle on a road you should be driving DEFENSIVELY and expecting there to be idiots, Yes it's stressful, but you made the decision to uproot and drive around with your wife and kids, Maybe drive slower? then you don't have to stress about space and time to slam on brakes...not to mention him freaking out about no wifi. hmmm don't seem like he handles stress well
Dude seems insufferable
Yes he is. Needs a humbling br0ken nose
He's the worst 🤢
Wouldn't it be interesting to see how long this lasts, & at which point it all ends in divorce court!..😅😂😆
Typical driver really.. we all think we are the only ones who know how to drive and everyone else is either too slow, too fast, too close, too annoying.. that’s every human on the road. Bring on self driving vehicles to humble us all
No wonder Macy's is hanging on by a thread,top executives working from the road and have no clue what is going on in the stores..lol
😂😂😂😂
Yes, that guy looks at dashboards and attends meetings - a very productive executive class. [Jk]
I don't think he will have a job for much longer, after his supervisor sees this.
Supposedly it is now a supermarket.
I don't think he's a top executive. I thought he said he was IT.
nomadic is such a stretch for this extravagant bs
Loved the documentary. Feels like watching TV (Discovery/TLC) back in 2004 where Americans and their absurd habits kept us fascinated for hours.
How many rupees do you need to buy one of these 😂😂😂
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@@LynxStarAutodunno. But bankruptcy doesnt exist. Whereas usa peeps murder family annihilate and enter bankruptcy daily oops
Hope the kids get a chance to play with other kids and form friendships, as it's very important for their social development.
I think this kind of lifestyle is fine but only for adults /retirees.
Agreed, there's no way they are getting a quality, well-rounded education with 15m classes and only reading what interests them. They're in for a rude awakening when they get to high school and college.
Agreed
You’d think the Macy’s couple would clean up the junk before a camera crew comes rolling in.
No kidding but they have the money to do what they want.
@@moleisrich1 I don't think he will have a job for much longer, after his supervisor sees this.
Having money doesnt always go with class.
@@victorian4569is Tru
Also I can’t imagine the smell inside the rig, with those three massive dogs.
There’s nothing more freeing than buying a gigantic vehicle that can really only go from rv park to rv park
Correct I bought a German RV from Germany and imported it to las Vegas (I'm British) because the ones out here are just to big and bulky , I take mine to different cities where I can park it in a normal parking bay and it has everything, 6 birth
@@royalcrowntowing2464can I please see it if it's possible
That’s a good point thank you
As former heavy equipment Towing & Recovery Operator it absolutely infuriates me that anyone with a regular driver’s license is allowed to operate such oversized vehicles. Makes no damn sense! I went through hours of driving training and classroom safety training before I was able to get my license. I still have my CDL license. Which not only allows me to operate any heavy duty vehicles such as 18 wheelers when needed while I was recovering such vehicles. I got out of the business because I got so frustrated with the amount of uneducated drivers that operated the vehicles in this video. Some were very serious and preventable. While others were unfortunately fatal.
I definitely agree as an independent trucker the things we have to go thru while they can ride in luxury and tear up roads .
My son drives semis, I know quite a few people who drive these things as well as some smaller. I’ve never heard one story about them wrecking. I would never get one. To me, ‘freedom’ means not dragging a small cottage and having a smooth fast car
I like how the rich couple say “you don’t have to go out and spend a bunch of money”.
@@joshuajuarez3471 and they spend the money that an average person will never see
@@annetteslifeRight they can say that because their rich
@@1of1BigZ71 yup
😂 thought I was the only one who noticed.
Sorry you poor peasants are trapped by your own inhibitions
those kids don't even get a say.. that little boy is so optimistic I feel bad for him in a way I hope they got to stay with grandpa
Completly agreed
Good idea for retired people. After working many years and you can manage it, then enjoy. I however think kids should not be permanently put into such a schedule full time.
Children need friends
Why?
Why?
I could never do that to my children. I think the parents are selfish. If you want to go on road trips, do that during the summer and other school breaks. Those children should be in school learning academics and gaining social skills alongside their peers.
Completly agree
I mean you can still meet people on the road, also you can see a lot more than the same people with the same opinions.
Also schools give a terrible quality of education now and you can learn more out in the world up close. And you can gain social skills by meeting people anywhere so what are you even talking about? I get people love to judge nowadays.
Agree 👍 those kids are gonna grow up weird
Not really you can be weird with all the social perks around
i can't imagine Not having School Friends during my Childhood Years with One Option of being with Parents 24/7.
I tell those Parents are Selfish, and the Kids will Resent them Bigtime in the Future when they are Adults and their Social lives Sucks. PreTeenage and Teenage Years are the most Critical Years in Human Development and Socializing with Friends is in the Top 3 Most important things in Normal Human Development
None of these rigs are "camper vans" not even close
Large RVs, large dogs, large portions of drinks/food and big fat people 😊
I love it when they said they're going to go to enjoy the outdoors you know they walked like 5 ft and 5 ft back
@@StPBiKE Had to come back in to the air conditioning and take a dump on the heated toilet seat...
For the family with the kids, I was surprised by the husband attitude about the lack of Wi-Fi, I would think he would have heard of Starlink. 🤷🏾♀️
This was filmed a few years ago. 2022. Starlink was not something available for them at that time.
@@nbookie There are other satellite internet providers that were available before Starlink like HughesNet and Viasat.
They eat to pass the time....
Clearly....😮😂
IKR?!!! I never would have guessed 😂
@@SomeBuddy777 lol
That's what is happening here. Sadly. Nothing else.
Pay $200,000 for RV and smoke in it. And you’re a nurse. Nice
I thought the same thing
She was panting just getting in the rv
Money doesn’t necessarily equal brains
I thought that it was just me. Nice to know that I am not alone.
😂😂😂😂😂
Funny that I have zero envy of their lifestyle or career choices. I’m wondering if the Macy executive is still employed today.
I can tell for a fact sales are down 43 percent this year in America
Spends millions on a coach but does not install starlink and struggles with wifi
I was thinking the same.
I would guess it wasn’t available at the time.
Starlink is not all that it's cracked up to be and it's really expensive.
I would assume this is recorded few years back. Bcs in the video says the “Newest” model is 2022.
He did not spend million...he spent 100k+ euro for a 2nd hand bus.
That 1st couple is so lucky, what a beautiful coach & a terrific way to see the U.S. 🛣 🗽 🏜
That JR, what a prick.
9:01 What a ding dong standing in between the motorhome and jeep. Ding dong would be crushed.
Curious about their kids lives in 10-15 years ie: going to college? dating/ getting married? Getting jobs? Planning family holidays?
You heard what the daughter said, she’s finding her a man to drive a RV 😂
Hopefully they don't make the mistake of going to college, it's a waste of time and money. Instead (for the boy) get into the trades, that way he gets a return on his investment. Never let school get in the way of an education.
The kids future will be similar to their parents'.
@@eriklarsson3188too late for that. they’re letting their parents nomadic lifestyle get in the way here education.
crazy to spend 2 million on basically two shipping containers worth of space on wheels.
You mean a luxury home that can go anywhere? Yeah I would say that's about right.
It's their money at the end of the day
You are just broke, Accept it and work hard to decide how you spend your 2 Mills
49:13 he's complaining about not being able to stop and then hits a tree yet he won't slow down. Dude is intense
Pretty sure he has to leave enough space between the car in front. That’s actually his responsibility hha
Oh my goodness..."what are you going to do with out children for ten days without wifi". Biggest eyeroll ever.
RV life is not good for kids. They need friends of the same age and stability in their lives.
Completly agree
Well I think having both their parents is more stable than many kids at home at school with divorced parents. Many things are more critical. And getting out and seeing the world is cool, they can meet people do their age all over then. There’s upsides and downsides to everything and with the level of depression and suicides I don’t know if just being at home fixes all lot of the issues.
@@ComeAlongKay tell us more about your opinions, friendless recluse.
The main thing I got from this is I feel so sorry for the 2 kids in the nomadic family, especially the daughter who was like "yea I do miss my room" when she was asked. Like poor kid has basically no stuff and no privacy. Those kids probably had to give up a lot of things that were important to them when their parents decided to so drastically downsize. And best believe the parents probably have a completely private entire room with a large bed and tons of storage just for them.
JR needs to learn how to operate the RV and stop complaining about other's driving.
Dude at 51:14 throwing a hissy fit over no Wi-Fi, oh no what are u going to do with the kids for 9 days with no Wi-Fi How about be a dad and play outside at the camp site. It crazy nowadays that u go to a camp ground and everyone is in the camper playing candy crush lol
Imagine how he acts when cameras aren't around 😂😂
When my dad took us camping we went in a tent and he always got the primitive camp sites. No electricity or regular toilets. They had outhouses. Dad always said camping any other way defeats the purpose of camping. It's not camping you might as well stay home. When dad got in his late 40s he decided to get a pop-up camper only because he couldn't sleep on the ground anymore. The pop-up was just a basic one nothing extra. We only got to enjoy it 2 summers before he passed away from a massive heart attack at 50 but I have fond memories of camping with him and my 2 sisters. We went camping every weekend we could & every vacation he had. I do remember in the 90s ppl camping in rvs and campers but they would be inside doing whatever & not outside enjoying time with their family. I never understood it.
These "houses on wheels" are NOT camping at all! It's truly 😢 because they aren't appreciating what camping is really about. Spending quality time with your family outside and exploring nature.
He was trying to work, when thats not possible it often means packing up and moving to where he can work
@@MichaelBrown-pg5dy he didn't listen to his wife before they started. Didn't prepare well.
@@MichaelBrown-pg5dy He complained about *the kids* not being with WiFi.
When I heard marble everything, i was thinking, how heavy is the vehicle, especially to drive from Florida to Michigan?!!
As a MSU Spartan during senior year,i was lucky enough to get to be invited this area for a night, for my marketing class project for a small boutique 😊. The owner wine and dine us, gave us a quick tour of the town etc .
Keep in mind, during the winter, the upper Michigan is cover in snow. But during spring time, the Great Lakes are absolutely beautiful. Lake Superior is ice cold in the summer.
They were talking 30,000 to 40,000 pounds.. 15 to 20 Tonnes
It's cheaper to buy a full-sized bus and turn it into a camp. A vehicle dolphins are $200000. You can buy a school bus that same length for $5000 or $10000 and turn into a home another $10000. You got a nice beautiful home for 10 to $20000 VS paying $200000 for that.
The people I clean for just recently bought one of these massive luxery motor homes. I was blown away when they took me inside to give me the full tour 😮
It's such a bad idea living in an RV if you raising up the kids you decided to have!
One of my dream Motorhome Prevost Coach
Well said
😢 From Kenya. I really loved the show. Lots of love to you all. ❤
Watching this the driver of the RV needs to remember his vehicle is too large for the road and he should be more patient. He also should slow down when there are branches overhanging in the road and let other traffic through then proceed without comment.
JR scares me. I wonder how Jennifer really feels about this life.
We in the states call these motorcoaches.....
Australia is mostly on the coast. We don't really have motor homes like this in Australia. These sort of people go yachting instead.
We do have loads of boats but I see plenty of big rig set ups like this when out and about in NSW and Victoria.
I've seen these in Australia. Not as much a part of the culture, but they're here.
I live largely in a camper on a much smaller truck. I've been travelling for about 18 months now.
No where to go. It's all the same lol.
Well said
Gee! ...and here's me thinking, that the routine of getting yourself up, going to school, making friends, meeting challenges, mastering your universe, & learning that sometimes, YES, sometimes!, we all have to do things, we don't want to do, & on someone elses schedual, sometimes...but ok! It's only their future ability to manage, in a world full of people that aren't, Mom & Dad!...🤷🏻♀️..happy trails!
Well said
Macy's is a supermarket??? Since when? : )
It's two different companies, Macy's and Macey's.
Imagine having parents so selfish that they uproot your life as a child and make you live in an RV with no friends or normal relationships.
You would think Robert would spend a little time cleaning the inside instead if the roof. Especially knowing your going to be on TV
At least he is not faking it like others.
great point !!!
You can tell Jenifer regrets selling her home
The Macy's couple should use their two weeks per month to exercise and eat right instead of sitting on their sizeable butts in the motor home.
🤣👏👏👏
I bet they have been thinking about it for a long time, but nay😮
Richard is looking like a former member of the Gambino family. 😮
Well said
Their rig looks overloaded in terms of weight. They do have weight limits plus space is very limited while driving with all its slides are in (that is, the expansion areas).
As an American, I am repulsed by these behemoths on wheels and the absurd waste of resources required to run these things.
Shows everything off, but when they get to Coachella , CA , and the extension rails needs to be repaired, most don't want to pay for repairs or maintenance. 😅
Be safe, family! Our community of Yuma, Arizona, USA, fills with motorhomes every winter, especially in the Yuma Foothills area. Most people driving these vehicles do not consider motion physics and the load they drive - and with towing a car - even mor dangerous. Please see videos of crashed at 70 mph. Calm down and slow down to no more than 60 mph. And, please do not follow closely or pass semi trucks, especially in bad weather conditions like rain, snow, hail.
Most of the folks I see driving these are respectable, and know what obstacles and limitations they will encounter. The one younger couple was just a bad example, and representative of the community.
Looks like fun but I would NOT want to own anything like it. Love my simple life and owning more stuff would just stress me out. In particular, these huge liabilities. Glad to see people enjoying life their way. Life is beautiful. Enjoy it everyone.
Neat documentary.😊
If no wifi use cell phone for hot spot. Guy w/family needs to get tips from man doing meetings. How many who can afford a $1m+ RV plus villa etc drive their own? Valet services?
51:35 buddy pissed 😂
"What are they gonna do with no WiFi?" JR, ole son that's what camping is!
Imagine these are the rich Van life as the rich camper people. I'm a working class camper.
28:45 did she really say “you don’t have to spend alot to come out here and have fun” when when the guy literally said that small slab of concrete was like 200,000?
Macy's is not a supermarket, its a high end department store.
When have a presence on Time Square for a over 12 decades as a department store you kind of get to shake off the whole supermarket thing. Especially if you don't sell food.
Not even high end... anymore
It's a grocery chain in the west. Not Macy's like NYC Macy's department stores.
Camping cars? I love the pompous British vernacular...😅😅😅
17:01
$500,000 home as described by him in Richmond, VA?
I live in Northern VT. I can’t even comprehend a house like that going for under $1.5million, and that’s with a small amount of acreage.
Richmond is pretty poor. Vermont pricing is more akin to Northern Virginia near Washington DC. A small normal mcmansion like that would be 1.2M ish.
Btw I went on vacation near Shelbourne. Thought it would be cheap. Had no idea what I got myself into trying to wing it as a road trip. Now I know better and there's "the season". Basically met nothing but New Yorkers. Northern Vemont is basically a NYC burb during the season.
Didn’t spot any RV owner that isn’t overweight 😂
We are hustlers it’s why America is soo great
No seatbelts? Moving thru the bus while it's in motion? No vehicle safety measures for the dogs?
Egad clutch your perals
Yawn.
seat belts are more for vehicles that would stop suddenly in a crash.
Jeez! This is the most American video I have seen in a while 😂
It doesn't look like my idea of fun, atleast not all the time. Those kids must miss having other classmates
Funny nobody talking about how has prices directly influences ppl to buy these things, like the regular vehicles back in the day, mpg is a huge factor in buying one, and it's where most of your money is spent on.
10:30 just realizing now that of all the vehicles I've had, from a beat-up old stick shift Ford truck that was really cool because it didn't need things like ... a working speedometer to a rather nice BMW, or even a friend's even nicer BMW, I've never used a cup holder.
This is really cool ❤
I live in Lake Havasu City Arizona can’t wait for beach front property
At the end of the documentary (around 52:00 timestamp), lack of wifi/phone connectivity at the camp site is not present so they have to leave the site. But what about satellite connectivity, like Starlink ?
You can bet JR would have just found something else to be angry about.
@@bernardkealey6449 road rage
I love how everyone hates JR, myself included. He’s a prick.
I wonder how Jennifer and JR sold their home and sacrified their kid's schooling for their own ambition of travelling! Very selfish dicision I must say.
Yeah must be so ”cool” not to have any permament friends your own age
Well if you saw how he acted over the lack of wifi, it's no wonder how that situation probably played out
The maturity and value those kids will attain with this lifestyle choice. Is worth 100 times more than the average suburban childhood experience.
How could you spend $2mil+ on a luxury rv? That's never going to go up in value like a home+property would..
I bet 10 years later it won't even be worth half that much.
I agree. They made their kids lose all their friends, which I don't think is very cool at all.
I LOVE THE CONTENT THANKS TO THE INNOVATORS!!
you blurred out their cigarettes??
Why do all these Motorhome folks pull Jeeps behind these rigs? I see this constantly - what’s the deal behind this? Does Jeep offer a discount for this sort of setup?
Well said
Some Jeeps can be towed without a lot of extra work such as disconnecting the drive shaft.
12:44 I actually saw a 18 wheeler truck tip over the side with a strong cross wind. It was crazy
Anyone carried on like JR did over something so little in front of my daughter and I'd send him packing.
found myself living in an r.v. park for about 3 years. never gave any thought to the "drama" involved in 'retirement" living at that age AND that stage. VERY surprising as i felt like i was back in high school!!!
Seeing all those totally unnecessary inclusions into poor bus's frame, makes me feel sad for truck's suspension
What?
Surly a bus carries lets say 40 people even in Asia they would weigh 2000kg, In America prob 4000kg is that not the same weight as the additions?
Well said
Ahhhhhhhhh rich people
48:58 same goes for semi truck / lory drivers deal with ALL Day
I live near Shipshewana about 30 min away it’s definitely a cool area & good people. Their meat market has some killer meat 🥩
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The amount of money the Macy’s guy and his wife spend on nicknacks and unnecessary things. lol. The walls and everywhere is covered
Can’t believe in the US you can drive these motor homes on a car license. In Australia it would be a Medium or even Heavy Rigid license.
@ENDEVRDocs, you might provide your narrator with facts to report on.
It must be nice to have money.
I wouldn't know and probably will never know 😂😂
@@DAVIDMoore-qh7ht same.😆
I'll never know either.
@@legalparalegal8040 money is only in my dreams
@legalparalegal8040 the money I see goes to my bills. By the time I pay all of my bills I'd be lucky if I even see $2
Thanks 🙏👍 for your friendship ❤️❤️❤️🙏
The retirement dream is dying. Layoffs, Lots without a good paying job. Bills up to the ceiling. Retirement accounts emptied, food prices on the rise, unaffordable housing. This may never come true for many.
It’s the freaking Catalina wine mixer!
Cool.
Although I don't think I've ever heard, nor considered, Macey's, to be a Super Market....but ah, ---okay...
It's obvious that some do not "fact check" before making wrong statements.
Different store dudes. It's a grocery store in the west not the Macy's like NYC parade department store.
Secretary: Sir our EV have a booking from MOTLEY CRUE BAND.
35:20 no electricity but there is a wire and post😅
Wow beautiful bus