First time snowbirding advice

Fl is a good choice for snowbirding in Janurary. Please let us know what area of Florida you are looking at. Don't forget southeast Georgia and the panhandle of Florida. There are different budgets for Florida, so keep that in mind. Don't rule out hosting if you're interested in staying in an area where you might not get a reservation. When we are interesting in an area, we call all the parks: private, state, county, city and even private spaces. You would be surprised what's out there. Area?

We have been down there the last several years. No reservations. If you go all the way south, you will start to run into "Full" signs, but we were around the I-4 corridor, and ALL the parks we saw and looked at had room. I am sure there are some that are full, but we had no problem at all.

You might try Siesta Bay in Ft. Myers. They have a great deal for first time visitors.

Siesta Bay seems expensive to me ..
High Season
Site Type Daily Weekly Monthly Daily Weekly Monthly Daily Weekly Monthly
Standard $33 $165 $558 $42 $225 $765 $51 $353 $1,349

From what I have seen, because you will be doing weeks instead of months, there should be no problem as they usually have some spots for transcients. Remember that Jan can be cool so if you like tee shirt and shorts weather, look to go at least as far south as Tampa.

Thank you everyone

Our first snowbirding winter was for 4 weeks after retiring. Then it was 8 weeks. Last year it was 10 weeks. This year looks like 12 weeks. Darn bones just can't seem to take the cold any more. Have fun!

Thunder Mountain wrote:
Our first snowbirding winter was for 4 weeks after retiring. Then it was 8 weeks. Last year it was 10 weeks. This year looks like 12 weeks. Darn bones just can't seem to take the cold any more. Have fun!

Me be up to 20 weeks now...:C

Robin1953 wrote:

Thunder Mountain wrote:
Our first snowbirding winter was for 4 weeks after retiring. Then it was 8 weeks. Last year it was 10 weeks. This year looks like 12 weeks. Darn bones just can't seem to take the cold any more. Have fun!

Me be up to 20 weeks now...:C

6 months for us.

We've been snowbirding for 4 years and leave home right after the new year. We usually don't book too far in advance and have been lucky thus far in securing reservations. Many of the popular campgrounds and state parks book up early and some people book for the next year during their current year stay. We travel around the state and are pretty flexible but head as far south as we can as soon as we are able just to get to the warm weather. We prefer to be near the water and love the southwest gulf coast and spend a good amount of our stay there, the weather is just perfect that time of year. Enjoy!