How to Get Paid $30,000 a Year to Travel* *Without Selling Anything (Paperback)

The ONLY Guide to the World's Great "Sleeper" Travel Job.

Currently in its updated 1998 Version (which came off the press in March, 1998, and will be current through mid-2000), this 8-1/2" x 11", 352-page book is the complete handbook and guide to the job
(and lifestyle) of delivering brand-new recreational and specialty vehicles.

Think about this: You never see anything but cars, pickup trucks, and minivans being transported on trucks. That's because nearly ALL of the other types of vehicles are DRIVEN to their dealerships or customers -- which frequently lie hundreds, or even thousands of miles from the manufacturing sites. And most of those vehicles are driven by ORDINARY people... not by truck drivers. These include new ambulances, hearses, bread trucks, UPS vans, school busses, and even limousines -- and much more. AND nearly ALL of the hundreds of thousands of recreational vehicles (RVs) that are manufactured annually.

It takes a large workforce to do this -- over 100,000 drivers in North America alone, working for 3,500 U.S. companies, and 330 companies in Canada. In 1995, I doubled the book's size (to 352 pp.) from that of the previous edition, and have sustained it at that size since. From 1995 on, it has explained in DETAIL all of the useful tips and aspects of this job that I've learned since I entered it in 1977. I was a schoolteacher then, and took this as a summer job. But it has never SEEMED like a "job." I enjoyed it so much, I never went back to teaching. I spent the next 10 years doing this work full-time... and it always was like being paid to do a hobby!

Drivers who do this may choose to work full-time, part-time, seasonally, occasionally, or on-call-as-needed. Over 10,000 of them even have regular jobs during the week, and do this just on weekends, earning up to $8,000/year of supplemental income. (By the way, the book's title reflects what I was earning when I wrote its FIRST edition, in 1979. The last 6 years that I did this job full-time, my earnings were $52,000/year.)

The last half of the book provides a complete LISTING of all 4,000 potential employers in the USA, Canada, and Australia. Provided therein are the company names, addresses, phone, FAX, and toll-free numbers, contact person names, and the types of vehicle(s) made or modified at each site.

The following percentages overlap: 40% of the driver workforce is comprised of couples, and 30% of the drivers are between the ages of 65 and 80... which makes this the world's most senior-friendly job in terms of being meaningful, well-paying, stress-free, enjoyable -- and accessible, work. (The other two-thirds of the drivers are between 18 and 64.)

One last point: Separately from wages (which are paid by the mile; 33 cents/mile is typical take-home pay), drivers receive expense money which pays for fuel, and the airplane ticket back home. By airline rules, he or she who gets on the plane gets the frequent flyer miles... and I've been to Europe and Asia 9 times that way! Thus, the frequent-flyer miles are a VERY nice perk! If you love to travel, you'll never find better way than THIS to do it!

• Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
• I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
• I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.