workamping

English

Etymology

Blend of work +‎ camping.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /wɝkˈkæmpɪŋ/

Noun

workamping (uncountable)

  1. (US) The practice of combining part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV or tent camping.
    • 2017, Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 62:
      Phil and his wife, Robin, forty-six, had started workamping after the market crashed in 2008 and the bank subsequently foreclosed on their home.
    • 2017 December 2, Jessica Bruder, “Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 January 2022:
      You may think that workamping is a modern phenomenon, but we come from a long, long tradition.
    • 2018, Marc Bennett, Julie Bennett, Living the RV Life: Your Ultimate Guide to Life on the Road, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 135:
      If you are looking for something to do and/or ways to camp for free, you might consider doing some work camping, also known as workamping. We'll talk more in Chapter 7 about workamping as it relates to income, but many RVers enjoy workamping as a way to increase their social interaction with other people, especially RVers.
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