Advice for new villagers
 

What would you consider to be important or helpful for people considering moving to the Villagers to know? Any do's or don'ts?

Advice
 

Mary and I came for a Lifestyle Visit. Then came back and rented for a month. Looked at all the areas around the Villages i.e. Mount Dora, Ocala, Clermont, Leesburg, Eustis, Tavares etc. All of which have good Restaurants and community theater. Check out all of the Villages amenities such as the Sharon and the Black Box. The rec centers and the squares have entertainment. Every Religion and Food choice are represented. Lets not FORGET GOLF. And last but not least THE PEOPLE. Len & Mary HAPPY VILLAGERS since 2007. I forgot about the Airport van nd the Cruise connection which we use often. Now I think I'm done

:confused: What's a TOTV Specialist? Are you part of the Admin. on this site? Or maybe you just like the catchy name.

:icon_wink: If you are a TOTV Specialist ...... you should know the answer to your question. Am I missing something? :ho:

Says Administrator under name. Maybe getting ready to create a new book?

totv is not owned or operated by the Villages I think they are trying to start to start a new conversation. like Red Witch said Len

Never, ever, ever sign a contract and pay in advance...i.e. Service Smart.

Ignore about half of what you read on TOTV. Take the rest of it with a grain of salt. There is some good info here if you persist.

Ideas
 

Yep, rent for a month or so first and always remember:
LOCATION, LOCATION,LOCATION:ho:

:highfive::agree:

Remember that regarding this forum: most posters are regulars, know each other either from the forum or personally offline. There are inside jokes, and many of them often post to be amusing and clever even when a new forum member is asking what they believe to be a serious question.

Many of these members seem to be dismissive. And perhaps they are, sometimes. But they aren't intending to be. I've met some of the most lovely, genuinely NICE people here in my visit these past few days, and I'm pretty sure that at least a couple of them are semi-regular posters here.

I think some of them might have been in a financial position that they could afford to be glib about their approach to retirement. And maybe they don't have the same perspective of some of us, who are retired primarily because we're in specialized fields that can hire cheaper, younger, for a longer period of time (and therefore we're sort of forced into retirement before we're eligible for social security or medicare). Some of us have pretty serious concerns, because we simply can't afford to be glib, and we can't afford to make a $250,000 mistake with the rest of our lives.

But these folks here on this Talkofthevillages forum are the real deal, for all their teasing and inside jokes and sugarplum fairy sweetness. And StepfordWifisms. They want us all to love their community as much as they do, and will do whatever they can to make us feel welcome. Even the ones that we think "don't really get us." :) :) :)

tl;dr: the residents of The Villages really ARE as lovely as the ads say they are. They need to remember though, that loveliness doesn't always translate on a text-based forum, and when a newcomer who doesn't live in TV yet is asking a serious question, they're looking for a serious answer - not a thread filled with jokes.

I'll provide information re moving to TV, but you go first.
Are you really a TOTV Specialist? How did you get Administrator under your name?

:icon_wink: I asked last Wed. The only one who answered was Red. IMHO It's their ball..... they do what they want. I'm thinking maybe trying to improve the numbers.

Hello -

As we have continued to grow we have added additional resources to help support TOTV. This is a new user that will be assisting the users on TOTV.

Best Regards,

TOTV Team

How?