New Snowbird Asking For Guidance
Looking for some guidance from experienced snowbirds. Up until now my wife and I had to spend winters at our home in west suburban Chicago. We have been able to leave Chicago around March 1st and ...
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jplante4 wrote:
Chicago to Florida you will need to research RV parks that are open year round. The alternative is to push through the cold climes and stopping overnight without de-winterizing (Walmarts, Cracker Barrlel etc). Allstays, RVParky and freecampsites.net will help). If it's very cold, find a hotel/motel with a large parking lot.
Florida availability depends on how far south of I-4 you go. Most snowbirds make reservations for next year when they leave this year, but these are generally snowbirds that stay in the same place all winter. If you move around, you can get spots.
Once on I-10, you should have no problems on short term/short stay stops. The way we did this was we were staying at place A, had reservations at place B and were figuring out place C. We stayed 3-7 days in each place.
we have identified parks that are planning on being open next January but of course we'll double check all of them before heading out. once in Florida we'll be heading Venice/Englewood area. there's a nice park in Venice (Rambler's Rest) that we've used in the past so that would be Plan A. I have a call in to them and awaiting a call back. We're not married to that particular park but again if I can't lock down a departure date how can I be sure to keep a reservation? as for the I-10 strategy that sounds like a good way to go. thanks.
