Golf Vacation USA

Karl Boje asked:


If someone is looking to play golf in the extreme midst of nature then, here is the answer, South Africa. Here, nature doesn’t only mean greenery and beautiful sceneries but nature which also includes animals and an amazing wild world. A golfing vacation here can provide you a very exclusive opportunity to play golf and watch these wonders of nature together. Not only this, a golfing vacation in South Africa can offer you beauty, serenity, raw challenges and in overall, thousands of memories to cherish for rest of your life.

South Africa is one of very few destinations in the world which can offer you not only great safari tours and breath-taking beaches but also some of the best locations to play golf and chill- out. Slowly, it has acquired the number one spot as the hottest golfing destination in the minds of most of the professional golfers of the world. The reason is quite simple. Anyone in this world would love to see the nature present here in South Africa and what’s better than this if it is accompanied by a lush green golf course and some excellent facilities in them. The other reason behind the rising popularity of golfing vacations here in South Africa is that in a year, it has 300+ sunny days. Very rarely conditions are seen tough to play golf, beautiful landscapes and golf courses that are designed to bewilder even the best of the industry. With all these good things, especially a safari tour, one will only find the experience of playing golf at a golf vacation in South Africa the most congenial one.

There are around 500 golf courses in entire South Africa which are made on various locations such as coastal plains and mountains and everything in between. While on a golf vacation to South Africa, you can witness some of world’s best golf courses. An extravagant golf course in Sun City is the proud home of the world’s richest golf tournament. Everything is designed so strategically here, that it makes your golfing tour the most challenging one. Most of the golf courses are full of Kikuyu grass which makes time tough for a golfer, slick kidney shaped green area which requires not only 1000% percent concentration but also bodily power and smart presence of mind. Water hazards are placed so cleverly and shrewdly that they become almost impossible to tackle. This is all what a golfer requires in his game. All the hurdles, so that he can improve his game more and more. This golfing vacation, when accompanied by a safari-trip of south Africa comes as a dream come true for all those who are on a south African golf vacation.

The point here is that the South Africa is full of wild life and raw nature and this fact has contributed the most in making tourism, the biggest contributor in South African economy. It also has increased the popularity of golf vacations in South Africa as people come here with the joint intention of watching this wild world and also playing golf in some most modernized and lavish golf courses of the world. Both these things compliment each other as South Africa has lots of things to offer in wild life and nature and also in golfing experience while on a golf vacation to this beautiful country.

So, be sure that you choose South Africa if you are opting to go for a golf vacation. I guarantee you it will give you many other surprises other than just everlasting memories of playing golf.



Anthony

Chris B asked:


I am going back to S.korea for vacation. i may take golf clubs with me. my question is that when i come back to u.s.a, do they charge me tax for bringing back my golf club? do i have to declare before i leave? and,,, how can i pack this clubs.. do i have to buy special pack?
Thx!!! a lot!!

Jacob

Bride in ‘08 asked:


I want to give a sort of “golf trip” to my husband for his birthday. We live in St.Louis, so Florida would be the ideal location, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be there. Where is a good, well known, golf course that he would enjoy?? And something that isn’t going to bust my bank account…..

Constance

dee s asked:


a deep thicket. After much searching, he finally found his ball laying next to a leprechaun. The little guy had been hit on the head by the ball and was out cold. The golfer revived the leprechaun and upon waking, he said “What happened?” The man said, “I must admit that my golf ball hit you on the head. You weren’t breathing, so I gave you mouth to mouth. I am terribly sorry for hurting you.” The leprechaun was touched by the man’s honesty and kindness, so he offered him three wishes. The golfer declined, saying he was just blessed knowing that the leprechaun would be OK. After the man left to continue his game, the leprechaun decided to grant him three wishes any way, and gave him what the leprechaun himself would have wanted: 1) A great golf game 2) Endless wealth and 3) A great sex life.
A few years passed and the same golfer took the same vacation and hit the same wild shot into the same thicket, and after much searching, ran into the same leprechaun……..
The greeted each other. The leprechaun asks, “So how have you been? How’s your golf game?”

The man said, “It is amazing! I hit under par every time I golf.”

“And how is your financial situation?” asked the little man.

“Well, funny you should ask. It is the strangest thing, but every time I put my hand in my pocket, I pull out a hundred dollar bill,” said the golfer.

“That’s wonderful,” said the leprechaun. “And if you don’t mind me getting personal, how has your sex life been?”

The golfer got red in the face and said, “Well, it’s OK.”

The leprechaun was astounded. The other wishes came true–what happened to this one? “What do you mean OK? How many times do you have sex in a week?”

“Oh, maybe three or four times.”

“Only three or four?” cried the leprechaun.

The golfer replied, “Well, I didn’t think that was too bad for a priest with a small parish…”

John

cardinav asked:


NEED 3 ROOMS.(NICE PLACE)3 ROUNDS OF GOLF.Middle of may

Deborah

Randall Ulbricht asked:


“What If You Could… Have the perfect group golf vacation, save money and have a sensational time setting it up??  Instead of buying ?the package?, design your own optimum, personalized vacation.

Remember last year?

You waited all year to get together with your friends for your annual golf vacation.  It was supposed to be perfect, but you bought ?the package? and your outing turned out to be simply adequate. You all had such high hopes, but you had to take what the package provided.

Sound familiar?  Have you been on the receiving side of a less than perfect golf vacation?  In all fairness, most golf packages are good. Some are great. But they truly are packages designed for the mass market with little flexibility and no individual flair.

A standard golf vacation package provides lodging and one round of golf per day, including a cart. The lodging usually means motel or hotel accommodations with two people per bedroom. In most cases, you can choose from several different courses, and select your advance tee times. They will even throw in a continental breakfast. The prices are fair, but varying from the standard package starts adding cost in a hurry.

Again, ?the package? will yield a good to great vacation, but we need to discuss the perfect vacation. Envision this:

    -A beautiful vacation house with a separate bed or bedroom for each person.

    -Gourmet dining each evening.

    -As much or as little golf as you want, where you want and when you want.

    -Evening entertainment.

    -Maximum camaraderie.

I have been setting up this type of annual golf vacation for my old high school and college friends since 1988. Over those 18 years, we have refined Our Event to what we think is the perfect annual outing. Our first few years were terrific even though we had to keep the costs down. Each new year improves on the last.

We have settled on a full seven days, Saturday to Saturday. In general, we schedule 36 holes per day, and modify that day by day to wind up with an average of about 27 holes per day. Our smallest group was five gents one year, and the largest group was sixteen. The perfect group size is eight, but anywhere from six to twelve works great.

We buy most of the food and beverages the day of arrival to support breakfasts, snacks, sandwiches between rounds, and gourmet evening meals for the entire week.

Your perfect group golf vacation is not going to be identical to ours, but the general organization will be. There is going to have to be a ?go to guy? that organizes the event.  My guess is that will be you. You will need to:

    - Get the ball rolling early.

    - Have everyone stay in the same house that has a full kitchen.

    - Get the shopping list together ahead of time.

    - Have a general schedule and loose assignments.

1. Get the ball rolling.  Pick out a window of time and get the word out to everyone you think might be interested AND not interested (next year, they may be). I send a fun, whimsical email about five months ahead of a proposed block of time. It is written such that the wives enjoy the comedy as much as the guys. If you are not a writer, there are examples in my upcoming free Ebook. Additionally, this book will take you through setting up and conducting the whole event from scratch.

Follow up emails get commitments and solicit recommendations and special requests. Armed with all this, you will select the ideal house, set up tee times, and arrange rental vehicles. Further emails from you will ask what food, snacks and beverages they will want for the outing.  Here is a good time line:

    -5 months: Announce.

    -3 months: Receive all commitments and solicited recommendations.

    -3 months: Let everyone know when to fly in to coordinate travel.

    -2 months: Arrange house, tee times and rental cars.

    -1 month: Receive all food, snack, and beverage requests.

    -1 month: Confirm house, tee times and rental cars.

    -1 week: Finalize food and beverage list.

    Zero hour: Have the time of your life.

2. House with a full kitchen. This allows several things:

    - Preparing your own evening meal. Every group has at least one ?chef?.

    - Rehashing the day as a group (yes, this includes an appropriate amount of trash talk and begging for strokes on upcoming rounds.)

    - Having evening entertainment as a group.  We watch a sports event on TV, watch videos, play cards, tell tales and get caught up, or all of the above.

    - Getting sandwiches, snacks and beverages ready for the next day.

3. Shopping List. In my free Ebook I provide a sample shopping list and sample emails to send requesting input. Your various emails to the group should provide a ?fill in the blank? type of requested reply. You will ask what they want for breakfast, what they want for sandwich lunch, what they want to drink for the week, and any snacks they like.

4. General Schedule and Assignments. Your first year will be a terrific learning experience. Your ?chef? will emerge and others will gravitate to where they are needed. Putting together a list of what needs to be done and having volunteers will work just fine. Over the years, you will find what works best.

Think about bringing a laptop and uploading each day?s results on your website so that the unfortunate people that did not make the trip can live vicariously by following the daily action.  If you don?t have a website, a free blog will work about as well and will be much easier to update. An idea that our group has not yet acted on is having a masseuse come in one evening later in the week to help our aging muscles.

You will have almost as much fun setting up this event as you will have during your vacation. I set up a little eight page website with history, photos, schedule, past scores, etc. to hold everyone?s interest and attention throughout the year. An example is in my free Ebook.

Building your own special vacation not only allows you to really tailor your outing to your group?s tastes, but also allows you all to get together as a true group for a great week of camaraderie. As a bonus, it should wind up being less expensive! Once you set your own up, I doubt you will ever buy ?the package? again.



Constance

Holy Cow asked:


Giving up golf? How does anyone take this moron seriously?
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The vacation president:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Bush:_The_War_President_is_Missing_in_Action#August_2007

Joanne

Suzane Gray asked:


Taking a break from the maddening affairs of life is what one always cherishes for. It is a deep yearning for most of the tired souls to search for that exotic vacation, which provides rest to their senses. Most of the times, this becomes impossible due to our responsibilities, which never seem to leave us. Day in and out, we slog hard to reach that aspired position in life and this leaves us completely exhausted in the process. Sports are an ideal way to relax our mind and this is true for any layman as is for a golf freak. But when the land in question is Bahamas, then one can be sure for an ideal vacation on an island surrounded by the vast expanses of blue seas. Bahamas golf vacation is a dream come true for most of the people, who wish to spend some quality time with their family members and friends.

Golf can be played both by professionals as well as beginners. It offers a fun filled vacation offering anybody a scope to play the game in a non-competitive spirit. If you are one amongst those who like to commune with the nature in its pristine form, then Bahamas golf vacation is ideal for you. Some of the best golf courses await you on the island and amongst them are both the nine holed and eighteen holed ones. Bahamas golf vacation brings forth a sportsperson in you and proves to be an immensely pleasing game for most of the visitors. The lush green swathes of landscape dotting innumerable golf courses are a visual treat to the eyes. Plus, the waterfronts which are a regular feature with the golf course worldwide provide an ideal backdrop to unwind.

A number of golf courses like Nassau golf club, Paradise Island golf club, the Grand Bahamas Island and others offer you the golf vacation packages. Imagine Atlantic beckoning one to play the game along some its famous shores. On the one side, you are enclosed by the vast ocean and on the other hand you are playing the game in lush green landscape. Simply superb! You are also provided with a Bahamas Golf vacation package including three nights in luxury hotels and suites. This type of package comes with the food and drinks and also the round about trips in combination with sightseeing and other things. You will cherish the moments of solitude together with fun in Bahamas for the rest of your life.

A lot of information regarding these packages can be had from the net enabled services. Various websites are dedicated to the Bahamas tour package, with golf forming an essential part of it, Bahamas golf vacation is an unforgettable experience, which you will cherish for the rest of your life. The contact details and the numbers of the travel agencies are there in the sites dedicated to Bahamas Golf vacation. All you are required is to visit the internet and do the needful. These days, selection of a travel agent who suits your requirements is much easier wit the introduction of personal laptops. These enable you to access any kind of travel related information from any place of the globe. While traveling as well, you can get all the travel details. Of course, this also includes the information of hotels suiting your requirements.



Karl

Flop Shot asked:


I have looked and researched on the web but I want some real life advice by someone who has done it. We (4 players) are going on a vacation there for golf and I was wondering if the best way was to make your own tee times or go through a package deal? We prefer to play one really nice one and one that is just ok…I figure maybe a $180 and a $120 or 200 and 100 whatever. Please, someone help!

Andrea

Tara Mathews asked:


Are you planning a discount golf vacation? There is nothing like taking a good golf trip to unwind from the daily grind. Customized golf vacations provide comfort, quality locations and pre-confirmed tee times.

Discount golf vacations include exciting destinations such as Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, and England and of course, the United States. Some of the courses include Loch Lomond, St. Andrews, Royal County Down, Tralee, Royal St. George’s, Royal Liverpool, Ganton, Wentworth, Valderrama, San Lorenzo, Cabo del Sol, Royal Melbourne, Pebble Beach and Palm Springs just to name a few.

Imagine playing golf at some of the major golfing destinations in the world with up to fifty percent off tee times with immediate online booking. If you are budget conscious and playing golf off-season appeals to you then you could be in line for great savings on your discount golf vacations. The fall season is the prime season in just about any location.

Do your research on the internet to locate discount golf vacations and discount tee times along with hundreds of hotel and resorts to choose from. Some companies offer the same old boring stay and play packages while others offer more adverse and custom golf holidays just about anywhere in the world.

Some travel companies allow you to mix and match your discount golf vacation to whatever you desire. Others arrange your preferred tee times, your accommodations and car rental as well. Many of their travel brochures contain beautiful color photos of the best golfing destinations in the world, not just North America.

If your discount golf vacation is planned properly, you can feel like a tour pro on some of the most exclusive courses in the world. Some vacations packages arrange your tee times while others let you book your tee times. In some cases, booking a vacation package is the only way you will be able to play on some of the more exclusive courses.

If you plan to take part in other activities while on your discount golf vacation then you will want to book your holiday in a location or resort that offers a variety of things to do. That will just take some research on your part before booking the trip.

There are many choices of destinations for your discount golf vacation. We are going to focus on a golf trip to the Bahamas. The best time to go is off-season when there are fewer tourists. This is a good destination to take your family because there are many things for the family to do while you enjoy your golf game. If your family enjoys golf then they can join you on the links! The Bahamas are a great place to go and relax, unwind, enjoy the sun and sand and play some golf on gorgeous courses.

To truly enjoy your discount golf vacation you must make sure that everything is taken care of right down to the packing your clubs. Do your research and due diligence before booking your trip. Use the internet and call the travel companies that are providing the holidays to ask as many questions as you can. Enjoy your trip!



Robin