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We’re Moving Onto A Plane!

BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 90 Comments

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We're Moving Onto A Plane!

We’ve lived in a house, then an RV, then a sailboat, and now… a plane!

Don’t get me wrong, this past year of living on a sailboat has been amazing, but we’re ready for another change – it’s time for a plane!

It may sound crazy to change our minds so quickly (it hasn’t even been a full year since we moved onto our sailboat), but part of being a blogger is that I can live and work from wherever I want. As long as I have my laptop, an internet connection, and can bring my dogs, I’m good. I can see the world from anywhere, and I’m ready to do it from a plane!

Plus, you just never know what’s going to happen in life. If you want to make a change, stop waiting around and just go for it!

You’re probably wondering how this all came about, so let me tell you what happened. When we sold our last RV, we were talking to the person who was going to deliver our RV to the next person – and he asked us what was next. He said that he knows a lot of RVers who go from RVing to living full-time on a plane. They just park their plane in a hangar when they aren’t flying. It’s pretty much like docking a boat in a marina or parking an RV in a RV lot.

We thought this was so interesting, but we honestly didn’t believe it at first.

Then, we met a few more people who told us similar stories and started getting more excited about the possibility. We met a really nice couple at the marina in St. Pete who actually lived on a plane before moving onto a sailboat. Since we’ve been in the Bahamas, we have met even more people who are living on planes.

Living on a plane has been running through our minds for a few months now and we’ve decided to go for it!

So, our sailboat Paradise is currently for sale, and we’re looking for our next home.

We’re not quite sure what kind of plane we will be buying, but it needs to be big enough to fit us and our dogs, and it would also be nice if it had enough room for when our family comes to visit. If you have any tips or advice on what kind of plane we should buy, let me know in the comments.

If you’re thinking this sounds crazy, here are the reasons for why we want to live on an airplane:

  • It would be fun.
  • We could travel even faster by plane than by boat or RV. This means we can visit even more places!
  • We’ve traveled by land and sea, now it’s time to be in the air. It’s the logical next step!
  • We learned how to sail a boat, and I’m sure it’s just as easy to learn how to fly a plane.

Just kidding.

Happy April Fools’ Day!

I’m completely kidding. We have no plans of moving onto an airplane. I wouldn’t even know the first step! And honestly, a boat is so much work that I cannot even fathom how much work it would take to live on an airplane full-time.

It does sound interesting, though!

Read my last April Fools’ Day joke I’m Tired Of Living In A Motorhome!

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

Comments

  1. Lenny says

    April 1, 2019 at 6:51 am

    lol, good joke. I was like, I don’t think you have a pilot’s license, and I know airplane maintenance and fees are extremely expensive, and any airplane with living space would cost 7-8 figures. good joke!

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  5. Cece says

    April 1, 2019 at 11:34 am

    I was like, so who’s getting their pilot license? LOL. But honestly, if you really wanted to I have no doubt you’d figure out a way to do it.

    Reply

  11. Joelle says

    April 1, 2019 at 5:47 pm

    Oh dang! I was about to send this to my husband because I thought he’d love the idea!! 😂. Good one!

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  12. Akemi T Rico says

    April 1, 2019 at 5:50 pm

    You TOTALLY got me! I was imagining you as a female James Bond, stepping off from your sailboat in Barbados, wearing the perfect little white dress, and flying off in your private jet, an inscrutable smile on your face…!!!

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  13. Karla says

    April 1, 2019 at 6:01 pm

    You had me! HA! HA! Glad you’re sticking with the boat. I lived on a 31 ft. catamaran (for 3 months at most) (and have stayed in the St. Pete municipal marina) and I know how much work it is – – – but being on the water is awesome! My goal for 2019 is to figure out how to make $$$ from the boat!

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  14. Quinncere says

    April 1, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    Best April Fools Day joke ever! I was like, “Wow, they are doing it big.” Haha, ya got me.

    I seriously was honking why I’d never heard of plane living before😂

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  20. Holly says

    April 1, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    OMG you got me. I was formulating my comment and was going to say this was very bizarre and I didn’t understand how it would work or even be remotely enjoyable…. LOL.

    Reply

  21. Lyn says

    April 1, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    FOOLED! Of course it’s not even April Fools day here in New Zealand any more so I didn’t even think of it and couldn’t BELIEVE what I was reading.
    Good prank, Michelle. Glad to hear that you are staying on your boat.

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  22. Katie says

    April 1, 2019 at 8:01 pm

    Especially as I live in New Zealand where it’s now April 2, I was totally taken in by this and have to say you’d lost me there, like I was thinking about all the logistical issues and how you wouldn’t be able to stay in the hangar and so would need motes etc….. funny!

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  23. Deanna - Plan Blog Repeat says

    April 1, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    You got me! I totally fell for it. I live in an RV on the east coast part of the month and a boat the other part of the month in San Francisco, and I’m on an airplane about 200 hours a month on top of that so I feel like I live on an airplane too.

    I was thinking we have so much in common. We could be real life friends. 😂 Glad to hear you’re not getting rid of the boat. The boat is my favorite but I need my RV time and love to fly… Who knows, maybe one day you will have a little airplane too.

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  26. Maya says

    April 1, 2019 at 11:26 pm

    Hilarious! I saw this show once about weird homes, and this guy actually did live on a plane! But it didn’t fly anymore–he parked it in a forest!

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  27. Diane says

    April 2, 2019 at 12:42 am

    Lol, before I got to ur April fool stmt, I was thinking these people are full of it! Lol. Then I read April fool! Good one!

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  28. Kelly says

    April 2, 2019 at 1:17 am

    hahah I knew it was an April Fool’s joke. I remember you did one last year or the year before about being done/hate RV life and then it turned out to be a joke (at least at that moment it was a joke) lol

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  33. Ashley Logsdon says

    April 2, 2019 at 7:16 am

    Completely fell for it! As full-time RVers, we have had several friends go to boats, but none on a plane! What I love, though, is that even in this prank, you planted a little nugget of gold:

    “Plus, you just never know what’s going to happen in life. If you want to make a change, stop waiting around and just go for it!”

    That right there was what made me think, sure – if there’s a will, there’s a way, and I wouldn’t put it past you to figure it out! 🙂

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  34. Suzanne Griffin says

    April 2, 2019 at 8:31 am

    Ha! I did not get the entire article read until today (the 2nd), but I had figured out it must be an April Fool’s prank! My question is, is that even a thing? Flying all over the world sounds great but parking in hangars, not so much. Now I can’t wait until next April 1st! Thanks for the laugh!

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  37. Michelle says

    April 2, 2019 at 2:25 pm

    What a great April Fools joke article. You had me going but I kept wondering who was going to get a pilots license! I do think there is an option to buy your own plane, but I’d certainly hire out the pilot part!
    Enjoy your boat!

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  39. Nicole says

    April 3, 2019 at 12:26 am

    I viewed this after April Fools’ day and I got pranked, LOL! Well, I just didn’t expect this at all as I’ve always perceived you to be more of a serious writer.

    That’s a good prank and thanks for making me laugh and feeling like a fool. Ha Ha! 🙂

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  41. Dinka says

    April 4, 2019 at 1:43 pm

    Seriously Michelle, for a minute there I thought you’ve gone completely mad. Haha 🙂

    Just thinking about living on a plane makes me anxious.

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  43. Brigid | The Resource Cafe says

    April 5, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    Lol!! I’ve just read this almost a week after April Fool’s Day, so was pretty taken in. Was thinking how adventurous you are to live in so many unusual places. Just wondering … Did you really meet a couple in St Pete who lived on a plane?!?

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    • Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says

      April 5, 2019 at 11:20 pm

      hahaha!

      This part is true – “When we sold our last RV, we were talking to the person who was going to deliver our RV to the next person – and he asked us what was next. He said that he knows a lot of RVers who go from RVing to living full-time on a plane. They just park their plane in a hangar when they aren’t flying. It’s pretty much like docking a boat in a marina or parking an RV in a RV lot.”

      This part was false – “We met a really nice couple at the marina in St. Pete who actually lived on a plane before moving onto a sailboat. Since we’ve been in the Bahamas, we have met even more people who are living on planes.”

      A lot of sailors are actually pilots, but I don’t know if I met anyone there who lived on a plane at one time, haha. We did meet people there who owned planes, but I don’t know if they traveled on them full-time.

      Reply

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