Why Cheap Golf Vacations are Growing in Popularity
Category: Cheap Family Vacation | Dec 24, 2009 |
Though it’s often looked upon as a sport geared to and enjoyed by older men with tons of expendable income, the demographics of golf are far wider than that. It is enjoyed by men and women of all races and ages, with varying levels of income. For this reason, the subject of cheap golf vacations has become one of interest, for both companies and individuals. If you want to golf on a budget, but think these kinds of opportunities don’t exist, there is good news for you. Here are some reasons why these low cost, affordable golf getaways are growing in popularity.
For one thing, America has embraced the sport of low cost golf in a way few other nations have. A simple bit of price comparison can show anyone this. There are cheap golf vacations that cost less for a week’s stay than some courses cost for a single round of golf. Are they as good as the luxury courses? Well, by and large, no. People pay the premium prices for a reason, after all. But if you look around, you’ll find plenty of cheaper courses with plenty to offer even the pickiest of golf enthusiasts. Besides that, many of them are located in vacation hot spots that offer the entire family plenty of things to do if you’re not keen on taking a solo holiday.
Florida, Arizona, Las Vegas, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina are just a few of the great places that offer low cost golf vacations. And each of these areas, in addition to the courses, have plenty of things to do in the meantime. In Florida, you have the theme parks and the beaches. In Vegas you have the casinos and the world class entertainment. Arizona offers a chance to gaze upon some of the most beautiful mountain scenes in the United States and Myrtle Beach is so geared toward the vacationer you won’t be able to turn around without finding something for the whole family to do together.
The best place to begin your search? The Internet of course. You can find every great deal and bargain when it comes to cheap golf vacations, right online on the many different sites that offer golf vacations. Just by taking a little time and doing some basic research, you’ll soon be on your way to teeing it up and keeping more of your money in your pocket.
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Honestly, the 10 and 5 year olds would love anything you can think of to do in Florida. The 1 year old is too young to enjoy a lot of Disney and the associated whirlwind of activity.
You can rent a condo or a private house with a pool in Orlando or close for a reasonable amount. That will save you some bucks, you can plan to eat breakfast and dinner at home. The trade-off is getting back and forth to the parks. Disney often runs a special, usually in September, to get free meals with your park tickets and hotel stay on property. That plan was going to cost our family of 6 (4 adults, 2 kids) about $2800 for this September. That was for 2 rooms at the Pop Century resort. As it happens, our grand children decided they wanted to go to Washington DC instead. So we aren't doing Disney this year after all.
Other parts of Florida have things to offer if you aren't planning to do theme parks every day.
If you've never been to Florida, I will warn you that it is hot, sticky, buggy, and miserable from June through mid-September.
There are alot of Festivals in the summer at the Beach for free.
You can make trips to D.C. (about 4 hours) Charlottsville, Jamestown or Williamsburg, even to the Outer Banks. Virginia Beach has a large Beach, Aquarium,Zoo or you can take a boat trip to watch dolphins.
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Little Rock has a great kids museum by River Market (and if you go on Tues or Sat the Farmer's Market is there and fun to walk around). Down in Hot Springs there's a ton of stuff to do for kids from playing in the streams around there to the Mid America Science Museum to walking around downtown to mini golf.
If you are thinking AR around the LR and HS area I would suggest staying in Benton, it is 1/2 way between both cities and not crowded at all. Have fun!
Branson Missouri? Me and my family love going there:)
I was surprised myself to find that LA could actually be done on a budget. I've been hoping to go a while and now I'm quite tempted to actually do it. I did a quick search and found an article… Apparently you don't need a boatload of money to visit Los Angeles. I'm more interested in the city itself, but my guess is that other than the stuff in the city it might be even cheaper to stay outside the city. Maybe try going to some of the parks in the area, like Universal and such. I'm not sure how much admission is, considering you're looking for a cheap vacation…
I would have to say that it really does depend on where you live. If you are near or live in driving distance to Orlando you can easily stay at the Tropical Palms Resort each studio comfortable holds up to 8 people, it's 59-79 a night depending on when you want to vacation. And the Tickets to Universal Studios are only 99 dollars for 5 days and a free kids ticket for each adult one purchased (3-9 years old).
If you live in or around New Jersey you can do the same thing for Six Flags Great Adventure.
When we were young my mom really couldn't afford a traditional vacations so we would go to local hotels and live it up tourist style for a few days.
Find the nicest hotel within 50 miles of your home, call for rates and visit the websites (sometimes they have internet specials). You can get 2 or 3 rooms for a few days, enjoy the pools, go to the malls and movie theatres and restuarants.
Another option would be to rent a cabin near any body of water in driving distance. You can stay at a hotel near the Turning Stone Casino.
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Below is a link to help coordinating family vacations on the cheap. Best of luck and I hope, no metter were you end up, that you have a great time.
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Once you decide what you want to do, then call the hotels/motels and ask for a deal.
Let me know if you have other NC questions.
Mike Honeycutt
honeycutt@unca.edu