How to Create a Portable Office

Jerry Ross, executive director of Disney Entrepreneur Center (DEC) (DIS Quote), in Orlando, Fla., set up a seminar there for Jeff on July 24. DEC provides business counseling, networking opportunities and seminars for small-business owners.

"As a small-business owner, doing business on the road or on vacation is a necessity, and any opportunity to improve the process can produce huge benefits," Ross says.

Ross often works from the road and likes the appeal of an extended RV trip.

"I would love to have a little more room for my laptop, BlackBerry and my chargers. I had to hunt for electrical outlets all over the airport this weekend. My phone kept running out of battery, and the lady next to me in the airport kept reading my blog writings from my laptop screen," Ross says.

"Having an RV office would assist me in being able to stay in contact by having the technology always handy -- not in the overhead bin -- and always ready to go."

Traveling in Style

Pablo Camus, vice president of marketing at RV Sales of Broward, says the business began promoting portable offices in December and has sold eight RV offices. His clients include a chiropractor, a beauty salon owner and a president of an entrepreneurial association.

"We can really pimp it up and remodel the interior," Camus says. Some use the RV exterior to promote business or rent it as a billboard.

"I wish I would have thought of this before when I had my mortgage company. I was paying rent of $8,600 for my office per month," Camus says. "For that amount I could have had three or four top-notch motor homes and had my brokers driving around town."