General Golf Travel
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:05am
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Not only is Prince Edward Islands landscape a feast for the eyes but there is something for all golf enthusiasts, regardless of skill level. Canadas smallest province has gained the reputation of being the countrys number one golf vacation spot, not just once, but twice! PEI boasts over 26 course…
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September 30th, 2007 at 12:05pm
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If you have been working too hard for too long and just need to get away and play some golf, you will want to check out golf holidays package vacations from your travel agent. These travel arrangements are often referred to as “stay and play” plans because you stay at a certain hotel and receive rights to play at a certain golf course while you are there. When making these arrangements, make sure there are not special requirements that will make playing inconvenient or impossible for you. Some of these plans require you to limit your arrival dates and departure dates or have other unacceptable limits so read the fine print.
You can take golf holidays to all sorts of locations depending on your personality and desires. For instance, you can choose to golf in a course located near or in a major city, taking in museums or theatres when not golfing. Or you might choose to visit a golf course in an area of rugged natural beauty such as the mountains. While there, you might take a day to fish instead of golf. Whatever your needs, you can find golf holidays packages to meet your needs.
Are you going to take your own golf clubs with you when you travel on golf holidays? You probably would prefer to use them rather than the clubs that can be rented at the course to which you are travelling. If you choose to take them with you, you will need to think about the arrangements a bit. For instance, do you have a really high quality golf club bag which will protect those expensive golf clubs. If not, you’d better get one. You won’t be able to carry your clubs on if you are flying, so you’ll need a bag that can take airport luggage handling and still protect your clubs. So get a good one.
When picking a destination for golf holidays, pick the course you wish to play on first, and then find out about lodging at hotels, resorts, or stay and play package plans. Make sure the tee times that are set for you when choosing a stay and play package are going to work for you. People who are staying at a golf course’s own resort generally get first serve when choosing tee times. If it’s really important to you to get the tee time you desire, it may be worth it to you to stay at the resort instead of a less expensive hotel. Either way, you are sure to find refreshment and restoration when taking golf holidays.
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September 30th, 2007 at 09:00am
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Travel to Puerto Vallarta–Want to Golf All Winter?: “Are you tired of shoveling snow, scraping windshields, and wading through slush throughout the winter? Would you prefer having the ability to play golf everyday this winter? If so, you should consider Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, otherwise known as Vallarta or PV by the locals. Being the same latitude as Hawaii and located on the Mexican Riviera, Vallarta has an average daily temperature of 73°F for seven months from November through May. The average high during those months is 82°F while the average low is 64°F. ” (Click on title link above to read entire Golfing In Mexico article.)
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September 20th, 2007 at 02:17pm
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If you read this blog, you may have noticed I am partial to golf in the American West, with epic vistas of snowcapped peaks, groves of stunning Aspen trees, dramatic elevation changes, plus tons of wildlife sightings on the courses,…
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September 20th, 2007 at 02:16pm
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The twin islands of Nevis and St. Kitts are among the least visited and best preserved tropical destinations in the Caribbean, and larger St. Kitts is home to a Marriott golf resort with an eye-candy ocean course designed by the…
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September 20th, 2007 at 02:07pm
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Rarely do my columns and opinions elicit nothing but agreement, but my recent post on the PGA of America moving the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from Poipu Bay on Hawaii’s Kauai to Bermuda’s Mid-Ocean Club fell on sympathetic ears….
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September 20th, 2007 at 02:06pm
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Toto and Dorothy were happy to get back to Kansas after frightful encounters with witches and wizards, but unless they were pals of the loaded multi-millionaires who routinely fly into the Plains States in private jets to golf, they had…
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September 9th, 2007 at 04:52pm
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I am a regular reader of Golf Odyssey, a very useful publication. It is a newsletter devoted solely to golf travel, with no advertising, and impartial critical reviews based on fully-paid incognito visits by staff writers. The information in Golf…
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July 22nd, 2007 at 08:46pm
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Forget all the hype surrounding July 7th, which brought out a record number of weddings due to its “lucky” 7/7/07 numeric date. For golfers, the number of note is 7/10/12/07 because it was at exactly 10 a.m. on July 12th…
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June 21st, 2007 at 04:26pm
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If you just watched one of the most exciting US Opens in history, you had to wonder at some point why the world’s best players, guys like Tiger who have shot 15 or 18 under in other Majors, struggled to…
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