A family of 5 sold their home in South Carolina and moved into an RV to travel the country. Before they knew it, millions were following their journey.
Charissa Cheong
- Jess and Dub McCorkle have spent the past two and a half years touring the US with their kids.
- They're now full-time content creators, documenting what it's like to raise a family in an RV.
For some van-life content creators, who make videos about living in a vehicle full-time, the lifestyle has been proven to be more challenging and difficult to pull off than they initially thought.
But for the past two and a half years, Jessica and Dub McCorkle have been living in an RV with their three children, and have been absolutely loving it.
The couple has been documenting their travels across the US with their children, TJ, Grace, and Addison, who are all under 16, and have accumulated 2.2 million followers on TikTok by sharing video updates about their travels. They also have accounts on Instagram and YouTube, where they have a combined total of more than 1 million followers.
This is the story of how the couple left South Carolina and managed to establish their family home in a moving vehicle.
The couple has been traveling full-time for two and a half years.
In a conversation with Insider, Jess and Dub McCorkle said that the decision to move out of their home in South Carolina and travel full-time came around September 2020.
Jess told Insider that one of her children fell ill, and after they recovered, she felt it was time for a significant shift in the way they had been operating on a day-to-day basis.
"I came home and started crying to Dub and said, 'you know, what are we doing? Their lives every day look exactly the same.' And it just was an awakening for us," said Jess.
"I just wanted to do something to break up the monotony of every day," she added, saying that she suggested the family move into a camper van for a few months to get a break.
After two months, the couple said they loved the lifestyle so much that they sold their house and set about living in an RV full-time.
The family hopes to visit every US state over the next few years.
Jess and Dub told Insider the family has now visited more than 31 US states as a family.
"Our goal, obviously, is to hit all the states but it's also to enjoy it all. We're not we're not any particular hurry," Dub said.
The couple said they don't have any concrete plans for how long they plan to be on the road, saying they have regular talks as a family and that for the time being, none of their children have said that they feel ready to stop traveling.
"At any point, if we decide that it's just not working for us anymore, we'll just stop," Jess said.
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