Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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There is no arbitrary raising of the rec (aka amenities) fee. The increases are tied to the CPI. The Villages can do whatever they want with the greens fees on the Championship courses since they own them.
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A fairer way would be to raise the trail fees. Yearly trail fees of less than 150 per household is insanely low. They should double that and charge by the person to become cost competitive with other courses in the area. Also, why is it that when you play the championship courses there is no trail fee? You won't find any other courses like that. In most courses, it is free to walk the course but you have to pay between 10 and 15 dollars for a trail fee in addition to the greens fees.
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Worst part of this is that very few items in the CPI are golf related. Fertilizer is now 2X more today than 3 years ago and CPI over past 3 years probably went up +/- 20%
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They can run courses cheaper than most clubs can run their own and they're making money on the arbitrage. Similar to the business model I suggest for The Villages, instead of sub-contracting the work, individually. |
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Nice tidy profit for the course. No need to maintain a fleet and provide you with a cart.
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As long as your proposed increases are for golfers only. You think golf course are bad you should see how some (some not all) of pickleball courts, tennis courts, and pool tables are taken care of. |
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Ding, DING, DING. Winner winner, chicken dinner.
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I think this plan would pay for itself with the increased volume on Championship courses.
How many rounds are played by villagers off campus? How many villagers do not have a golf weekend with old friends on campus because they are unsure of the conditions? If the Champ courses were all nice and consistent, more villagers would play them. |
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How about T V monitoring how often certain homeowners are lining up new or changing visitor passes?
Short term rentals have new passes created on a constant weekly basis most of the time. A lot of these homes ADVERTISE that they can get visitor passes for their "guests". Thus every 1, 3, 5, 7, up to 30 days hotel-like benefit passes are created by T V computer system (totally trackable) equaling amenity and golf course excessive use per household on an annual basis. Realistically the average resident does not use the amenities as much as rotating temporary frequently changing short term guests. Might get somewhere with charging short term rental homes an EXTRA, in my opinion extremely high, short term rental amenity FEE for turning T V into a vacation hotel spot and destination VS a residential retirement community. They of course will in turn spread that fee to vacationers who should be paying the deteriating golf course costs. Last edited by GizmoWhiskers; 03-07-2024 at 07:20 AM. |
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