[Bonny]

The Sunday paper lists all kinds of trips open to Villagers.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Bonny

The Sunday paper lists all kinds of trips open to Villagers.

thank-you Bonnie
Do you think it's also on their web-site? I stopped getting the paper. It's a great deal and they do a good job. Are these club trips or outsiders?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Is there a way of finding out how many club bus or day trips there are a year?
Maybe there are less than 100? or 50?
I wonder if all the busses fill up? or there are empty seats that would be filled if all the trips were centrally advertised.
There might be some fun trips that we are missing just because we don't know where to look,

I have heard of three or four that a travel agent was trying to fill and folks were intensely asking for us to join them so they could fill the bus.

We just prefer to drive where we are going while we still can. Over the years we have seen most of the tourist attractions, or opted not to see them. If everyone liked the same thing, they would only sell vanilla ice cream.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by tomwed

thank-you Bonnie
Do you think it's also on their web-site? I stopped getting the paper. It's a great deal and they do a good job. Are these club trips or outsiders?

Not sure. It's in the travel section. They are open to anyone. They mostly put up the big news.

[blueash]

As the roads in TV are public highways, except for the villa roads, and on street parking is legal... Is this new rule going to result in bus companies selecting a side road and telling their customers to drive and park on the road where they will be picked up? Then the cars line the street for the day or the week?

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

And please show me where I said the parking lots are always filled to capacity???? Never said that. So please do not try to tell me what I am saying. In fact I did say it could work on selective months.

And it is very close to the seat roping issue. It is a select group of people wanting what they want for themselves and disregard the use of common parking lots for others for what they were designed to be used. The more I think about it, it is the exact same issue. And I went back and read all my posts and only saw rational discussion.

If you blow off the concept of a permit system with a response to the effect that the parking lots are filled with rec center users, it would seem to infer that you are claiming that all lots are always filled. Otherwise, why wouldn't a permit system work? If activities planned for a rec center would indicate that every parking slot is going to be filled on a a particular day, no permit would be issued for that particular lot.

The only times I have seen any rec center parking lot filled to capacity is when there is a major activity like a craft fair or art show. All other times there are always sufficient parking spots to handle the 15-25 or so that would be needed for a club going on a bus trip. If the conditions of the permit required car pooling you could even cut that down to 10-12 parking slots. Likewise, except for special events, you can shoot a canon in some of the remote sections of the large lots by the squares with no worry of hitting a car. Certainly the recreation department could find sufficient parking spots to help support the Villages clubs that may want to go on a bus trip if they really wanted to be an advocate for our best interest.

The reason that the seating at the squares is an irrelevant topic is that, unlike seat hogs who just take over a group of seats against stated policy, those who go on bus trips would be parking in spaces that have been determined by the Recreation department to be spare (otherwise, no permit would have been issued for that particular rec center.) They would not just be bullying their way into a parking lot as you inferred.

[JoMar]

4 more to 100.....we can do it

[blueash]

Well, I may have to retract my concern. Legal expert needed. Sumter County regulation seems to prohibit any parking on county roads in the unincorporated areas. Now, I don't know if our side streets are "county roads" but the county does the road work to maintain them. Or are county roads only those with CR in the name such as CR466? If all non villa residential streets are regulated county roads then it would seem no one can park in the street. Is that possibly what it means?

https://www.municode.com/library/fl/...OR_S0-29STSTPA

Sec. 0-29. - Stopping, standing or parking.
(a) Within the unincorporated areas of Sumter County, Florida, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or other directions of the sheriff or his deputy or official traffic-control device, no person shall:

(1) Stop, stand or park a vehicle

h. In or on any county road or street right-of-way in the unincorporated area of Sumter County.

[redwitch]

Originally Posted by JoMar

4 more to 100.....we can do it

But do we want to?

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by redwitch

But do we want to?

Yes we do ! Woo Hoo 100 !!

[tomwed]

The wheels on the bus go round and round............................

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by tomwed

The wheels on the bus go round and round............................

Aparently not anymore!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Aparently not anymore!

Are you a bus tripper, C?????

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Are you a bus tripper, C?????

I like our once-a-year bus trip to the Pirates spring training game with the Three Rivers Club. It's more than just the game, and part of the fun is the bus trip itself.

I've contemplated going on some of the Juliets trips, esp. the one over to Cocoa Beach, but so far the timing hasn't been right.

And three of us went to a dog show last December in Orlando with a dog group.

[l2ridehd]

Originally Posted by NJblue

If you blow off the concept of a permit system with a response to the effect that the parking lots are filled with rec center users, it would seem to infer that you are claiming that all lots are always filled. Otherwise, why wouldn't a permit system work? If activities planned for a rec center would indicate that every parking slot is going to be filled on a a particular day, no permit would be issued for that particular lot.

The only times I have seen any rec center parking lot filled to capacity is when there is a major activity like a craft fair or art show. All other times there are always sufficient parking spots to handle the 15-25 or so that would be needed for a club going on a bus trip. If the conditions of the permit required car pooling you could even cut that down to 10-12 parking slots. Likewise, except for special events, you can shoot a canon in some of the remote sections of the large lots by the squares with no worry of hitting a car. Certainly the recreation department could find sufficient parking spots to help support the Villages clubs that may want to go on a bus trip if they really wanted to be an advocate for our best interest.

The reason that the seating at the squares is an irrelevant topic is that, unlike seat hogs who just take over a group of seats against stated policy, those who go on bus trips would be parking in spaces that have been determined by the Recreation department to be spare (otherwise, no permit would have been issued for that particular rec center.) They would not just be bullying their way into a parking lot as you inferred.

There is no way we can discuss this issue. You will not stick to what I say, but what you think I say. "blow off the concept of a permit system" "bullying their way into a parking lot as you inferred" In no post did I ever state either thing. Good luck Done.