7 January 2010
Plan The Perfect Golf Vacation With These Tips
Posted by Mick Euan Tait under: Golf .
For golfers that are passionate about the game and who are thinking about mixing your devotion to golf with a vacation, then you will find out how to plan the perfect golf vacation in this article. This will then give you the potential to organize a family golf trip or a golf trip with your buddies.
Before you jump in the car or plane to start hitting golf balls in the sunshine of a foreign country or even a different state, the potential golf vacationer has to think about what the ideal golf trip will included so that you can plan the perfect golf vacation.
The same with any vacation, you have to include some key elements when planning a golf trip; how long will you be staying, how do you plan to pay for the trip, what is the estimated cost, what other extras will you include, and so forth. The most important consideration is if any of your family or friends don't golf, then what other activities would they enjoy. The next thing to consider is where you want to play golf; near the beach, in the mountains, or on the links of England or Scotland.
Some fundamental planning at the beginning should remove any little problems for a better chance of a perfect golf vacation. When you start to plan the perfect golf vacation it is a good idea to write out some points about an ideal golf trip by dividing the points into separate areas to focus on. Below are a few categories to help you get started:
* Set a season of the year for the trip (a few weeks in the future; a few months in the future)
* Decide how many days or rounds of golf the trip will include (don't overdo it!)
* Decide on a range of prices for the full trip ($1500 to $3500, $4000 to $6000, for example)
* Decide on the number of people who will be in the group
* Decide who will go on the trip - just golfers, non-golfers etc.
* Get some golf trip information together from golf magazines, library, Web sites etc.
* Talk with friends who have been on a golf vacation and ask if they made their own plans, used a travel agent, purchased a golf package vacation etc.
One way to plan a golf trip is by making all the arrangements yourself; travel, accommodation, and golf activities. Below are some tips if you decide to make your own arrangements.
If you are planning to drive to your golf vacation destination, carrying your clubs in the trunk of the car or the back of the SUV solves most of the transportation problems. If this is your method of getting to your favorite golf site, take a few minutes to make sure you have all the clubs in the bag. It may sound strange, but it is certainly no fun to arrive for a few days of golf at a beautiful location only to find that your 8 iron is at home, because your son or daughter took it out of the bag for practice.
When making your own arrangements without using the help of a travel agency, you could contact different organizations in the area that you will be visiting. An example of this is that you can contact the Myrtle Beach group in South Carolina that specializes in golf vacations. You can do this with the golf courses in Arizona as the Phoenix area offers the same assistance, as do the many golf resorts in the state.
In this case, you select your favorite golf courses, then contact your selected accommodation, and ask for the Golf Director. They can book your lodging and tee times right there. This is a combination of making your own decisions while relying on the expertise and local knowledge of golf vacation specialists.
You may find yourself with a few challenges and extra work if you do the planning on your own, but you will take pleasure in the extra freedom and sense of success. You can set your sights high and then retreat to a more realistic level if your budget isn't enough for a golf trip to Scotland, Portugal, or Hawaii.
After you have secured your lodgings you should plan to play golf courses that are within a realistic distance - the less traveling that you do between courses is important. As well, you should have made these arrangements at the earliest possible date to ensure that you get the best opportunities. If you wait until the last minute and then you find that you want to change your original destination, you will probably end up with unsuitable rooms and less convenient tee times. Below are some recommendations for booking your lodgings first:
* Consider a rental house instead of a hotel for larger groups
* Try to have a separate bed for each person
* Take into consideration the driving time to the golf courses if you go with a rental home over a hotel on or near a golf course
* Consider early morning tee times if you want an additional 18 holes in the afternoon. Being close to the house makes 36 holes doable
* If you want to play golf and watch a major tournament that is taking place in the area then plan for lodging even earlier.
One more thing to take into consideration when you plan the perfect golf vacation; will you play one round a day, two rounds, or can you play as many as you wish? Make sure you have this detail arranged before leaving. Finally, make sure you fully understand what exactly is included in your golf vacation and what is not. Taking a few minutes to get all the details right will eradicate the small problems that you may encounter once you are at your golf destination.
At Mick's Golf-Online-Tips website, you will find Beginners Golf Tips and Golf Swing Tips to improve your game.
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