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Old 01-03-2024, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by agnesd View Post
My mother is visiting for the winter months. In November we were able to get monthly rate of $47.50 for her. Now it will cost her $100 for the month. Found this out after 3 days of talking with rec center personnel - they didn't even know about this change! This is an outrageous price for what they offer at the gym. I was told by the Recreation Dept Directors office that they did this because of inflation and in order to keep members prices down they eliminated the month pass for guests. Bad business plan because now they lost me as a member as well as my mom as a guest. (They were very eager to refund me the rest of my membership for some reason). I find this very puzzling and bad for business.

Looked into Genesis and Planet Fitness - both less expensive and they offer much more.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the plan was to eliminate the fitness centers in the rec centers and repurpose the space.
If you see a few more Genesis opening (especially one in LSL), then that is the long term plan.