Let is rest..............................

It could be a priority for people who live here and no longer drive or own a car and use these bus trips as a way to socialize and visit different places. Also people who formerly used the free Amtrak bus could be effected when they want to visit friends or family.

Chuck, Have you decided to move from Stonecrest to The Villages? We would enjoy having you here with us.

Lower Egypt is a good place to be. Historically though Lower Egypt is to the north of Upper Egypt. So it sounds as though you might be in Lower Egypt. Isn't history fun

Don't you mean geographically, which is fun too.

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I disagree with your analogy. The gate was keeping non villagers off of the golf cart paths. Forcing the excursion buses off Villages property is kicking Villagers out of their own community parking.

if five women are playing Mah Jongg at Rec Center xyz and then we decide to go to lunch outside of TV. PLAYER # 1 says she will drive. Are we allowed to leave our cars there while we leave ? And what if we decide to go shopping after lunch? Is there a time limit?

No.

And if five women decide to have a Tupperware party at the rec center so one of them can make money. it isn't allowed. And if five women decide to buy a bus and take turns driving people to the beach and tell their clients to park at the rec center, should it be allowed? Should there be a time limit?

And if a huge industry that backs gambling wants to advertise that their central Florida pick up is at The Villages and they can park at colony for a day trip to the boat, should it be allowed? Sometimes the powers that be know more than we do. Their decisions seem to have been wise so far. We don't really want outside, for profit entities using our common areas.

Why do you keep bringing gambling into this? Who is doing this?

I don't think anyone says the gambling buses should be allowed to use the rec center parking lots. So far as I know, they never have. We're talking about charter buses picking up residents to go on an outing.

I've been at Laurel Manor when a bus picked up a group to go to a baseball game. This was during the high season. Most of the day trippers parked in the far corner. There was still sufficient parking for rec center activities. The trippers were quiet, lined up and happy. It's a shame to take this away from them.

The practice of buses coming into TV to take people on day trips has been going on since I moved here 6 years ago and I'm sure it was done long before then. The outside bus companies offer a cheaper price then those inside. They offer different venue options then those inside. They have more buses then those inside. They let the clubs plan and price their trips & then charter one of their buses. The one thing they ALL have in common is the amount of parking spaces that the people riding on them take up. So it's not about the parking it's the money. Yea TV wants you to support the local company at a higher price then an outside vendor period. If 38 golf carts are parked in ANY location how does anyone know where those people are ? Before you ask that's about how many are needed for a 56 passenger bus and if needed they can park all 38 in 10 spaces.
This new change is affecting a lot more people then those few have been posting on here. Many haven't realized it yet as it hasn't affected them yet.

who has been unable to charter a bus as of today? all I've heard is BS, who so far has cancelled a trlp as a result? please don't bother to reply if you haven't because you can only answer with conjecture (BS) otherwise.

Uh, I think it's past the conjecture stage when it has officially been acknowledged that all the bus companies have been given trespass notifications. Or did I misread something? The fact that one hasn't cancelled a trip doesn't mean that the residents are not inconvenienced, or that they are not booking trips, or that they are not paying more to the "approved" company for the same service.

You are right.

"We" ..... for whom do you speak??