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Originally Posted by DylanTodd
just my humble opinion, but I would buy a used golf cart the first week you are here.
Here is why:
My wife and I went through this back in early April when we were commuting frequently from Boston. I should more accurately say my wife went through this as she carried the burden of setting up the home.
We tried a variety of strategies, including rental cars which was tedious with the line ups at MCO plus the cost.
About 4 weeks after the move we bought a used golf cart for 5k. Instant relief! The ease to go get groceries and little items for the house was a big weight lifted.
About 8 weeks after the move we bought a used car for 10k. This gave us the flexibility to get around on longer trips to further parts of the Villages.
In sum, you need some sort of wheels to get around and renting either a car or golf cart just delays the inevitable. Both vehicles we bought have held their value and we could turn around and sell them if we want for the same price we paid for them.
Also if you are doing to and from airport runs. Groome transportation has the nicest new vehicles and at $35 door to door you can tip the driver $5 in cash each way and its $40 one way traveler. I meet tons of great people on this caravan too with similar commuting stories. I have tried to them all Villages Airport shuttle, Groome and Workman. Groome is my favorite but rest assured none of them are bad. Writing this I have a 3:45am pickup tomorrow for 6am flight so I can get back to Boston for work tomorrow morning by 9am
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Good luck. Last week Groome failed to pick me up in a 3 am to 3:45 a.m. window. They sent 2 emails confirming the time. The problem is there is absolutely NO way to contact Groome outside of business hours. At 4:13 I jumped in the car and barely made my plane. When i got home, I had a call on my machine from Groome that they were picking me up at 4:53. No way would I have made my plane.