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Originally Posted by collie1228

This is our second winter in TV, and there is no doubt in my mind that the traffic has increased since last winter, and everything is much busier, especially restaurants. That being said, I am still able to play championship golf twice a week at a reasonable time, and we are able to play executive courses 1-2 times a week as well. I arrange a neighborhood couples scramble on executive courses north of 466 every week for 24-32 golfers, and we haven't had to miss a week yet due to lack of tee times (the villages.net tee time system is excellent). We tend to go to lunch instead of dinner over this three month period, which works for us. We went to dinner early on Friday (5:00PM) and were immediately seated at Bamboo Bistro - By 5:30 the place was full. My point is that you need to be flexible, and just get through this "difficult time". We are very happy to be full-timers, so we get 8-9 months of peace and quiet, good tee times, lots of activities, and great weather. We sometimes complain a little bit about the crowds, but we realize that without the snowbirds, the cost for us to live in TV would be a lot higher. Thanks to the snowbirds for paying for all twelve months but only using 3-4. It's a great deal for us.

Excellent post.