How do I get a LifeStyle ID for an AirBnB stay?
 

I know the office is at 1120 Main Street in the Spanish Springs Square. Do I need to call ahead and reserve an ID or pick up the day we arrive? Is the Cost $50 each?

Thanks in advance.
Al

If you are not an owner you do not (yourself) get an ID. It has to be got for you.

If the AbnB didn’t offer it to you in the contract. You will not be acquiring a Guest Pass or temporary ID

If the Temporary Resident ID was part of your offer, the owner needs to complete a form, their resident id will be disabled for the time it is transferred to you. You would go to the sales center (which one is dependent on the location of the home) and pay the $50 to get them, but it has to have been initiated by the owner first. You just showing up won't do anything for you.

If it is just a guest pass, in this case, still the owner must initiate the guest pass and they will select a pickup location and that is free.

You need to speak to the landlord.

If you are renting an AirBnB you are not on a Lifestyle stay. Lifestyle is only available through the Villages. Much more is provided with a Lifestyle via the Villages that you won’t be getting with an AirBnB like free golf if you want. Absolutely everything is provided and set up for you ahead of time if you wish.

Plus, if the OP is entertaining thoughts of living here one day, they should realize that Airbnb's are not an asset to our community, they are a detriment.

Sooooooo true. It is a shame to allow a 'hotel' in residential neighborhoods.

You don't. You can't get a Lifestyle pass at an airB&B. You've been snookered. Lesson learned: don't rent via airB&B.

EDIT: Apparently at one time there was a Temporary Lifestyle ID that a resident could request for someone staying at their home. The resident initiated the request and turned in his/her Resident ID. The temporary resident (renter) would go to the appropriate sales office and be issued a paper version of a Resident ID (not a Guest ID).
- The holder of the plastic resident ID (typically the homeowner) needs to initiate the request and turn in their ID
- There may be rules on the frequency that these Temporary IDs may be given out that might not be compatible with Airbnb rentals
- Perhaps contact one of the Villages Sales Offices to get official, up to date information
- Contact your Airbnb host to see if they provide this with their home
- If the host is not willing to turn in their Resident ID they could still submit an application for a Guest ID in your name


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Is there is no such thing as a Lifestyle pass? I've never heard of one so the above statement may be correct.

If the OP is inquiring about an owner suspending an ID to transfer it to a renter then that *MAY* be available for an Airbnb (or any other rental). I thought I saw the information about the process one time but I can't find it now.

Plus, as others have pointed out, the OP may be able to have the homeowner apply for a Guest Pass for him/her.

i remember my first lifestyle visit they put us up in a designer home right off the bridge in lake sumter. It was fantastic. Came with the golf cart. Roman shower. It was beautiful. The next time we came they put us in a court yard villa. Which we considered a downgrade for no reason at all. So i understand why people will go to places like airbnb to view the villages for a future purchase.

We had friends stay in a courtyard villa for their lifestyle visit---3 bedrooms, 1900 sq. ft.--larger than the smaller designers and on a pond. I would suggest utilizing the lifestyle visit, the assigned agent can show you all the designers, premiums and patio villas you want. At the same time, you wouldn't be supporting what many of us consider a blight on our community.

Plus, a true Lifestyle Visit is much cheaper than renting an Airbnb.

I live in Hillsborough, just a bit north of Brownwood and east of Eisenhower Rec Center. I have experienced bad neighbors but not bad renters. I have been able to get into every activity that I attempted (though many are outside Hillsborough). While we don't tape or tattoo our IDs to our foreheads, I have seen no one that is clearly not a resident or guest at our pools.

Hillsborough is a big place and I just occupy a small corner. There could very well be a bad renter somewhere or one of the several pools may have had some non-residents, non-guests in it at one time. Incidents happen for sure, but they seem to be the exception and not the rule.

And hey, if there is a pool that is constantly overrun then I would be all for putting a dedicated person there to check IDs. If there is a house that constantly has a problem with excessive noise or trash then I would be all for reporting them to the appropriate authorities (noise->Sheriff, trash->Community Standards).

It’s really easy to tell when they are teens and early 20’s in the neighborhood pool, when they throw peanut shells under their chairs and tables and leave a great mess behind them when the garbage can is just a couple of feet away, when they sneak away whenever they see the checker show up… and that is just at the pool. People have been reporting, and reporting and reporting.

Part of the problem seems to be is that the landlord may vet the actual renters, but then they let in their kids and their kids friends etc and if you report you are constantly at war. This is not why one retires to a basically retirement community.

I think, like with other things, when people break the law, there should be fines. People should not be allowed to sneak out of the pools, for example, they should be caught and fined.

So are you describing a nightmare from an actual resident, or renters next door? I honestly can't tell and I *think* it's a full time resident. If it is, you are making my point. Neighbors can be difficult sometimes and it isn't exclusively or even mostly those that are renters.

Maybe they were residents or those with bonafide guest passes from your neighbors. I'm paying amenity fees to use the amenities and I'm able to do that.

I don't have a particular number, but I think your examples pushed me more toward my current way of thinking than away from it.