I agree that an electronic system would be very expensive.
I have been asked for my ID about three or four times since July 2023. I rented in an Airbnb for two months then bought in mid-August and slowly moved in.
At a minimum, I think they should have signs at all the pools stating their policy: "use of the villages amenities requires having a valid villages ID on your person. If you do not have a villages ID with you while using the amenity, you will be asked to leave."
When I first came here and stayed in an Airbnb, I didn't see any signs telling me I had to have a villages ID. It has to be in a place that's clearly visible and easily seen.
I'm not gonna pretend that that would actually be much of a deterrent but it would give the person checking IDs a little more weight when they ask people to leave. They could just point at the sign and say sorry, it's community policy.
If they do have a person who is being paid to check IDs, that person should be vetted to make sure they can handle confrontation, much like a security guard. If a person won't leave then management should be brought in. You also don't need one person at every the anmenity all day, just someone who can make rounds. They would have to be assigned an area.
For people who forget to bring their card with them, it will only take one or two times being asked to leave and they'll begin to remember to bring it the next time.
All that said, nothing will work if there's nobody at the pool checking IDs. I bought my house in August 2023 and I've seen what looked to be an ID checker one time at the sports pool by my house, and I used it almost every day during the fall.
One thing that would be nice is to have an electronic ID that you can carry with you on your phone. It would have to have a barcode that could be scanned. People don't forget their phones that often. There's probably a cost of that though.
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