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Old 08-05-2023, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by bsloan1960 View Post
We moved into DeLuna 3 weeks ago. Both car GPS programs- Waze and Google Maps refuse to route us through any villages to our destination. In every instance they take us around The Villages- 301 to 466, etc, then into the final village if that is our destination. One day it sent us 15 miles to get to a place we later figured out was only 2 miles away- through The Villages.

Today we were on 466A and wanted to go to the Village of McClure- we had no idea how to get there. It took us to 301, then Warm Springs, then to McClure. We noticed at the round-about that we could have gone down Marsh Bend Trail- through DeLuna instead of around. It has NEVER taken us through The Villages to get to our destination. My wife thinks the Apps are avoiding gates because not everyone has gate cards.

Any way- has anyone heard of this? Is there a setting to fix this?

Thanks!
Welcome to DeLuna! We’ve been here 8 months and have the same issue. It’s actually much faster to go to McClure or Fenney or any of the southern newer villages via 301 to Warm Springs, etc. The route down Marsh Bend Trail to Warm Springs is very slow because of the curvy road, though it’s definitely more scenic, and I personally prefer it.

If you’re wanting to go to a northern location of TV avoiding 301 then the easiest way for now is to take Marsh Bend Trail to Warm Springs, turn left, then left again on Meggison, and then once on Meggison enter the address or destination in your GPS and it should route you through the Villages. It’s a longer route, but keeps you in TV. My husband always prefers the quickest and most direct route to any TV location, which is usually via 301, but sometimes I just want to stay in the bubble and enjoy the scenery. The routes and alternative routes throughout TV will become second nature to you very quickly. Hopefully GPS will give these non-301 routes as an option eventually. Our car is pre-navigation system so my husband uses Google Maps on his iPhone, and I think it’s giving him more than one route when he enters the destination.

If you’re on Facebook we have a Village of DeLuna group that will be very helpful to you as newbies. 😊
Last edited by Nana2Teddy; 08-05-2023 at 08:26 AM.