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Surfrat2 04-29-2023 06:16 PM

Country Club pools
 
Can Villages residents use the country club pools if they arent members?

dewilson58 04-29-2023 06:19 PM

It's not like normal country clubs................no membership in TV.

The Villages Country Club Pools are for the exclusive use of Villages Country Club Priority Members and their guest(s). Priority Pool Membership Enhancements are available to all Villages residents.

OrangeBlossomBaby 04-29-2023 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2212956)
It's not like normal country clubs................no membership in TV.

The Villages Country Club Pools are for the exclusive use of Villages Country Club Priority Members and their guest(s). Priority Pool Membership Enhancements are available to all Villages residents.

...for an extra fee. Country Club pools are not amenities, not included with your amenity fee.

Any villager resident can buy membership.

Papa_lecki 04-29-2023 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Surfrat2 (Post 2212954)
Can Villages residents use the country club pools if they arent members?

No, the country clubs are owned by the developer, who owns the championship golf courses.
You can buy and enhancement to use them.

Surfrat2 04-30-2023 04:45 AM

Thank you all! I will inquire at the Country Club about the membership for the pool

ThirdOfFive 04-30-2023 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2212961)
...for an extra fee. Country Club pools are not amenities, not included with your amenity fee.

Any villager resident can buy membership.

True. I consulted with my wife (who knows about such things) and learned the following.

As far as the country clubs go, you can buy a "priority" membership for either golf, tennis, pool, or all three. We have a priority membership for tennis which gives us access to the tennis courts (Lopez or Glenview, which have the only Har-Tru courts in TV) for $400 a year. Members get first access AND pay a reduced rate for court time. The tennis membership used to include pool access but that stopped about a year ago now: you can still buy monthly pool access that gets added to your tennis membership at $52, or I assume a yearly rate for somewhat less.

Don't know about golf membership.

golfing eagles 04-30-2023 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2213071)
True. I consulted with my wife (who knows about such things) and learned the following.

As far as the country clubs go, you can buy a "priority" membership for either golf, tennis, pool, or all three. We have a priority membership for tennis which gives us access to the tennis courts (Lopez or Glenview, which have the only Har-Tru courts in TV) for $400 a year. Members get first access AND pay a reduced rate for court time. The tennis membership used to include pool access but that stopped about a year ago now: you can still buy monthly pool access that gets added to your tennis membership at $52, or I assume a yearly rate for somewhat less.

Don't know about golf membership.

Go to golfthevillages.com, all the "enhancement" rates and application forms are there. A 12 month couples' country club pool membership is $273/ year. When the "free" trail fee for exec courses was split off from priority golf membership, they made everything "a la carte". I understand the exec trail fee since it wasn't country club administrations fee to give away, but the CC pools are owned by the developer and they could have continued to include it with priority golf membership.

Stu from NYC 05-01-2023 04:26 AM

Other than a few extra pools to go into, what do you actually get by becoming a member of the cc pool?

dewilson58 05-01-2023 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2213304)
Other than a few extra pools to go into, what do you actually get by becoming a member of the cc pool?

Food & Beverages

bowlingal 05-01-2023 05:43 AM

NO they cannot

Villages Kahuna 05-01-2023 06:42 AM

Of course they can, and they have for as long as I can remember. The only difference is the “priority” fee used to be one fee for golf and pool; now everything is ala carte.

The Developer owns the country clubs and has every right to charge for the use of their facilities, including leasing the restaurant space to independent operators.

Other than being somewhat less convenient than the neighborhood or sports pools, the country club pools are always very lightly used. If you don’t like crowds and noise, the country club priority pool membership is a bargain.

golfing eagles 05-01-2023 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Surfrat2 (Post 2212954)
Can Villages residents use the country club pools if they arent members?

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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna (Post 2213333)
Of course they can, and they have for as long as I can remember.......

Perhaps the original question was misread. The answer is no, they can't.

Nucky 05-01-2023 07:01 AM

Not worth it. We did it for one year and Orange Blossom was our spot. Don’t get me wrong but I preferred Hilltop by far and the family pool was just fine too. After the thrill of being in the grotto at OB wore off then the only other attraction is food and drinks and the long trek from the parking lot to the pool which is considerable when you are a hurting potato.

Other C.C. Pool may be much better, I really don’t know about that. Good luck.

collie1228 05-01-2023 08:39 AM

For those of you who believe priority pools are less crowded, take a look at Orange Blossom pool any day during snowbird season, and you'll see it is filled to capacity (or near capacity) by noon every day.

justjim 05-01-2023 09:23 AM

It should be noted - Not every CC has a pool. Not interested so haven’t noticed for sure which do and don’t have a pool. Just saying.


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