Hey, come on up! 
We always get several horses from the Phoenix area who spend the summer. Even though I still consider July and August too hot to ride after 10:00 am, it’ll always be a good 20 degrees cooler than Phoenix. (But alas, there is a wait list now).
$650 for a private barn in Northern VA. Nothing is included though. I buy my own feed, hay, shavings, etc.
Southwestern Ohio. I keep my current show/riding horse at the best barn in the area. Full care, 1/2 day turnout, barn staff does blanket changes in the winter and fly spray/fly mask put on in the summer. Fans, nice indoor, round pen, large outdoor. 70 acres to hack out on. Always enough hay, careful management of horses’ diets. Owner lives on property and is involved. $760/month.
My other choice is the family farm - I kept my retired horse there with my sister’s horse. Beautiful pastures, nice stalls, the best of care 
Very cheap, had to clean my own stalls and procure my own grain, but sis did the feeding. Was a great setup but…unfortunately, my sis had to put her horse down recently so Mr Retiree got to move to the fancy schmancy boarding barn. Why don’t I move them both to the family farm you ask? Well, farm may get sold in the next 6-12 months, no good place to ride, and my sister deserves to live a normal life after a lot of health issues with the horse she just lost. I couldn’t move them out there without imposing on her somewhat.
So, I just grit my teeth and write the check. I miss doing some of the care but it is nice to take off with my husband for a weekend and not have to worry about who will take care of the horses.
Board prices at other places around here are all over the place but you have to really wonder about the care when folks are charging $400 a month for full care. I’d rather pay a little more and have them be somewhere I can trust.
Colorado. What is impacting us the most is the land value. Anything near a metropolitan area is being gobbled up by developers. And because land values are astronomical, boarding barns have high tax and property insurance bills. I keep my horses at home and the last time I boarded was in 2018, and I paid $1,000 a month for a large stall, well bedded, unlimited hay, a small (I mean SMALL) indoor and an outdoor and trailer parking. My horse was entitled to a pre turnout and post turnout blanket change (if needed). I bought my own feed and bagged supplements. I also was not required to pay for any training. Today, friends are paying $1,150 to $1,450 per month for board which may or may not include grain and may or may not charge extra for trailer parking. The board typically provides one stall cleaning, limited turnout, hay 2-4 times per day, a blanket change. In addition, almost every place requires training, ranging from $800 to $1,200 a month. Some places offer part training, but there is such a demand for stalls that the trainers can insist on full training packages. Unlike other places, the trainers here do not own their own barns and some barns will take a percentage of the trainer’s income (some barns will negotiate free training for their own horses). Years ago, I remember boarding barns providing free board to the trainers and other perks. They do not need to do this today. Any money that the farm owner takes from the trainer is, of course, passed on to the trainer’s students. I feel really bad when people post on the local horse forum that they are moving to the area and are looking for stall board with unlimited turnout and hay and an indoor for $500/month. I could not even find retirement board for $500/month here!
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