Couple sell everything and quit their jobs to travel the world in a campervan

This Leeds couple sold everything to buy a motor home and travel the world, and to be honest I feel like doing the same. 

Tina and Kevin Waddle have now been living in their motor home for three years, in a bid to pursue their passion for travelling.

The couple, who have been married for 35 years, actually did the thing we all threaten to do. They sold their home in Morley and headed out on the road in their new campervan to travel the world.

So far they’ve been to France, Spain and Portugal, as well as travelling around England and Wales.

To head out and explore, Tina, 54, quit her job as a PA in the NHS and Kevin, 62, sold his Telecommunications business, which they both say they do not regret at all!

Tina, a mother of two, told Yorkshire Live: “We’d always loved travelling and wanted to make every minute count but we’d never had a motorhome or ever been in one. We put our house on the market and we sold the home in November 2016.

“We quit our jobs and purchased a smaller home that we can rent out.

“We were scared and excited. Scared because we didn’t know if we’d enjoy it but excited because it was something new.

“As we shut the door at our home, I said I’m not leaving anything behind, all the memories are in my head. We’ve not regretted it at all. I don’t miss the house, to be honest.

“Our son thought we were bonkers for selling the house because we used to host a lot of family gatherings but he was never a big fan of travelling.

“Our daughter was sceptical at first but when she came with us for the first time for a weekend she didn’t want to leave by the end.”

The couple document their travels on an Instagram account called full_time_motorhome, which has over 500 followers. 

Speaking on how they afford their travels, Tina said: “We do it all frugally. Even in the motorhome I cook most nights and the places we stay are mostly free. There’s a campsite where you don’t have to pay.

“We stay around beaches, castles and rivers, and we never have to cut grass.

“We don’t have that many plans for the week, we take each day as it comes.

“We’re impulsive and we really don’t care what people think, we just live our lives how we want to live and we enjoy our life.”

The travelling duo are currently stuck in Greece – I can think of worse places to be stuck – due to the coronavirus pandemic, and have been travelling around the country. 

You can keep up to date with their travels over on their Facebook page, blog and Instagram.