Frugal Retirement May Be Cheap Living But it is Fun As Well

Think of frugal retirement and you conjure up seniorsLiving in an RV. During the summers...we hauled the
eating dog food and living in an unheated apartment.boat during hurricane season and came to the US...we
Not so...there are ways to retire, spend less and stilltraveled the US in our motorhome, mostly in the west.
have a lot of fun.We used the RV as a means to find our "permanent"
We retired in 1994; we are still retired, and have stayedretirement home. This is a wonderful way to retire.
retired by adopting lifestyles that are cheap living andPeople that live year round in their mobile home are
fun as well.called full-timers. Replace all the costs associated with
We have experience in the following lifestyles:home ownership, with park space rental of around
Living on a sailboat in the Caribbean. From 1994 to$450 a month and you are seeing the country frugally.
2002, we lived on a 35-foot sailboat and cruised fromDownsizing. When we retired to the boat, we went
Trinidad and Venezuela in the south to the Virginfrom 1800 square feet to about 50 square feet. I do
Islands in the north. We spent around $1,000 a monthnot want to hear that you cannot downsize from a
while in the islands. Talk about fun, it was great. Wehouse to a condominium...you can and you will be living
breathed fresh air 24 hours a day...wore swimsuits,cheaply and well. You will soon be aware of how we
T-shirts and cover-ups every day...met great,allow ourselves to be controlled by our possessions
like-minded people...and were exposed to some of theand keep up with the neighbor lifestyle.
greatest islands in the world. Jimmy Buffett, we led theSo if your retirement portfolio is not what it once was,
life you sing about for eight wonderful years...and itand you think you may not be able to retire...take hope.
was cheap living.Let us show you how we did it. Enjoy.