Trail Fees increase 2024
 

I just heard from a local real estate agent that trail fees have increased to $195 per year. Is this correct?

According to Golf The Villages, it is still $135.92/year

Has a post that starts "I just heard..." EVER been correct?

I just heard 12% of them are correct.

Yes---when it's me and I heard it from my cousin's landscaper's babysitter's uncle's barber. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

:pepper2: I just heard that if you check the Villages web site that you will get actual facts. ;)
https://www.golfthevillages.com/tee-...0Rates2024.pdf (Link)

What’s wrong with that - there are hundreds of posts about bad course conditions, theoretically, I hard, trail fees should go 100% to executive maintenance.

I trust “I just heard” more than “ I believe”.:D

I believe that's correct. I just heard it somewhere.

Doubt it but if it occurs, would like to see an increase, if 100% of that money goes into the districts buying a sod farm and not re-juvenating the old varieties of grasses that were planted 20+ years ago and hiring the greenskeeper from Glenview.

The key words here are heard it from a local realtor, not a Villages Sales Agent, someone maybe wanting to steer you to another locale??

it's a plot to improve our cardio-vascular fitness.

I'm not sure why folks are giving you a hard time.

Who could possibly more credible in TV, than a local real estate agent?

I heard it was something like that only different ;-)

It is odd that no one has mentioned that it is the Amenity Fee that has increased to $195.00 and not the Trail Fee. Help the original poster out by giving them correct information rather than belittle them for asking a question.

We need a "I just heard" thread on here. :1rotfl:

I just paid mine, they haven't changed.

Thread is titled “TRAIL FEE” amenity not in OP, which that fee comes in print every month. Not like a yearly trail fee

I just paid $145 for a year yesterday

Correct
 

But, 100% of that 12% could be about 19% give or take.

Are you sure they weren’t talking about the amenity fee ??

Very possible. I "heard" the amenity fee on new homes is now $195

The $195 is the amenities fee.

But did you "hear" it had been lowered to "$195 per year" rather than the monthly payment we all make?


For those struggling to make sense of this:
- The phrase "I heard" is typically followed by an incorrect statement
- The yearly trail fee, according to the official website and a recent purchase, is $135.92 + tax
- The monthly amenity fee on homes sold after 1 January 2024 is $195 per month (this can be found in a letter presented at the 10 January meeting of the VCCDD)

Not trail fee, the amenity fee for all homes sold starting January 1 was set at $195

:read: And I heard very few read all of any thread before replying to it. ;) Think it could be "the amenity fee" they are talking about? Lol

No one knows what goes on behind closed doors!!! :22yikes:Til they open.:BigApplause:

Why waste time with all the babbling :p

You know everything is going up! Next yr. something else will go until our country bankrupt’s everybody.

Increased to $145.43/year per the web page.

https://www.golfthevillages.com/exec...railfeeapp.pdf

Our country? Discussion is about a local amenity fee and/or trail fee. If any increase and it is used properly, we can read a lot less posts about golf conditions. At the rate(s) golf courses are going downhill, only places left to play will be the ultra high end public and/or private courses. In Palm Beach County munis now charge $125 and up and very few privates left which members pay at least 20K a year to use.

Trail fees
 

I just renewed mine this morning. It came to $145 after taxes.

Just paid mine last week. No increase.

At least the OP had the decency to say, "I just heard". Most posters just state what they heard as if it were fact.

trail fees
 

Just paid mine in January and they are $135.92 plus tax for a total of $145.43.

"Trail" Fee? - For the privilege to drive a golf cart on paved cart paths that are rarely in need of repair. Sounds like a great deal! :)

I paid $145.43 in February.

I sometimes wonder who came up with the idea of a trail fee. Seems like a pain for the starter shack. No idea how much total revenue it pulls in though.

So you pay to drive your cart on a paved path. If someone jumps in the cart with you, they pay too. One cart, two trail fees. What a deal!:shrug:

No reaction to the first post so you made another. Here it is. You're welcome.