Best Winter RV parks in Arizona
Thinking about spending the winter in Arizona and would like opinions and best choices of parking spots??We are new to long term travel!!
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We've stayed in Yuma where there are over 100 RV parks, and they range from modest to very nice. The cost of living is modest to reasonable and lower than just about any other snowbird destination. Yuma has the warmest weather in the US in the winter, and is adjacent to Los Alcodones, a tourist town in Mexico. Many of the winter visitors have dental work done and buy their medications there. It is perfectly safe.
Several friends were snowbirds but now live year around in Phoenix, which is higher up. It also has a smaller Hispanic population so labor prices are slightly higher than Yuma.
Finally, if RV fees are an issue, then parking out in the desert (as Emptypockets pointed out) is very inexpensive and very popular. The area around Quartzsite, the BIGGEST swap meet you'll ever, ever see, is very popular. And, you can spend every day for a month visiting the vendors. January is the most popular month. I could tell you how many RV's you'd see out parked in the desert around Quartzsite, but you wouldn't believe me. In fact, you wouldn't believe there are that many RV's in the whole country.
Several friends were snowbirds but now live year around in Phoenix, which is higher up. It also has a smaller Hispanic population so labor prices are slightly higher than Yuma.
Finally, if RV fees are an issue, then parking out in the desert (as Emptypockets pointed out) is very inexpensive and very popular. The area around Quartzsite, the BIGGEST swap meet you'll ever, ever see, is very popular. And, you can spend every day for a month visiting the vendors. January is the most popular month. I could tell you how many RV's you'd see out parked in the desert around Quartzsite, but you wouldn't believe me. In fact, you wouldn't believe there are that many RV's in the whole country.
