City: Mesa, AZ

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (480) 830-2821, (800) 845-4752

Address: 4700 E. Main St.

Description: A huge, 55-plus RV resort, Mesa Regal offers jewelry-making classes, china painting lessons, and other classes for seniors. There’s a beauty salon and barbershop on site. Other perks include 4 swimming pools, a library, a computer room, a restaurant, saunas, and putting and driving ranges. The Mesa Regal usually has room for short-term visitors among its more than 2,000 spaces. Rates are $39 per night, $235 weekly, and $575 monthly. Electricity, cable, and phone are extra. A pet section is available.

City: Mesa, AZ

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (480) 832-9080, (800) 826-0909

Address: 3165 E. University Dr.

Description: This 5-star 55-plus resort prides itself on its recreational amenities and activities for seniors, including group excursions, shuffleboard, 2 pools, hot tub, library, exercise room, and post office. The grounds have a clubhouse, ballroom, and more than 800 orange, lemon, and grapefruit trees that you can pick from (in season, of course). The majority of its residents are winter visitors who return from year to year. Thus, you should call early to reserve one of the 474 spaces. Daily and weekly rates, including electricity, are $40 and $240. The monthly rate is $525, and the annual rate is $3,780, with electricity extra. No dogs are allowed. Free Wi-Fi is available.

City: Mesa, AZ

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (480) 373-8700, (800) 822-4404

Address: 8700 E. University Dr.

Description: This upscale over-55 RV park has dinner theater, live music with national artists, a country store, 2 golf courses, tennis courts, bingo, a computer lab, a softball field, and Wi-Fi Internet access. ViewPoint has been voted the best RV park in the nation several times. The park has around 2,000 spaces, including 453 for RVs and the rest for park models and modulars. Daily rates begin at around $30 in the summer. Weekly rates are $129 to $179. Monthly rates are $450 to $959, depending on the month. You can stay all year for $6,000. Trash, water, and electric are not included.