Steve Anderson and I started talking about launching a podcast about Workamping several years ago after I attended my first Workamper Rendezvous. The passion for doing so kept growing.

Lots of people dream of hopping in an RV and traveling the country. Yet, many of them think they must be retired first.

But, hundreds of thousands of people are living their dreams today by working short-term, seasonal jobs while they travel.

That’s what workamping is all about – working and camping.

You work for a few days each week – or full-time if you want to – and spend the rest of the time exploring the area you are visiting.

Workamping is so much better than speeding your way through a destination area in a week.

By workamping, you get to immerse yourself in an area and the culture. You also learn from locals all the fun places to visit that most tourists miss as they race on to their next destinations.

Workamping also makes RVing more affordable, which is why so many people can do it long before they retire.

I am the former editor in chief of RV Trade Digest and RV Industry News, which were monthly business magazines serving RV dealers, manufacturers and suppliers.

I held those jobs from 2000 to 2009. I loved magazines, but knew it was faster and more efficient to deliver news online.

So, in 2009, I started RV Daily Report, a daily newsletter that featured news and information about dealers, manufacturers, suppliers, campgrounds, and RV owners.

I also started the RV industry’s first business podcast in 2014 and continued producing at least one show a week through June of this year. By then, I had reached a point in my life where the daily deadlines were getting to be a bit too much to handle.

That’s when Steve approached me about developing a podcast for Workamper News, and I quickly accepted.

From 2014 to 2017, I lived fulltime in a motorhome and toured the country interviewing business owners and industry executives, often from my mobile studio in the businesses’ parking lots.

It was during that time that I really got to know what workamping was all about. I would encounter workampers at just about every campground I stayed in during that time.

As I learned more about the lifestyle, I was amazed at the number of jobs available to workampers to help support their travel dreams.

That’s why I think you’re going to like The Workamper Show. We’re going to leverage my experience and contacts in the RV industry and combine it with information and tips provided by people already living the RV lifestyle, to produce a show to help you hit the road faster.

Each of our episodes will feature an interview with a workamper or a company that employs workampers or someone who can offer suggestions about ways to make RVing and Workamping an even more enjoyable experience.

Today, for our first episode, it is only fitting that I interview Steve Anderson, the president of Workamper News.

Together, we’ll outline the goals for this podcast and let you know what to expect in the episodes to follow.

Steve will also provide more insight about workamping and how his company can help you realize your dreams faster, and more affordably than you ever thought possible.

Steve Anderson is one of the best business executives in the RV industry.