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Plan a Golf Vacation
If you enjoy to golf, your best bet is to go to Myrtle Beach to enjoy the breezy ocean atmosphere and all the beach side golf courses. There are hundreds of courses and golf packages that will ensure a good time. It is a great way to get away and enjoy life, thus getting away from the day-to-day routine that you are surly sick of. If you are planning a golf vacation, there are a few things to keep in mind.
Get the word out to the troops. I like to send out a humorous email to introduce the event and then follow up with more emails and phone calls. I recommend you send out an email to everyone you think might be remotely interested about five months in advance. Some will not be able to make it due to family, work, interest, etc. You should hope to wind up with a group size around eight. Anywhere from six to twelve is great. Five people is the worst group size due to tee times. More than twelve is too hard to organize or find lodging in the same house.
Myrtle Beach can offer amazing accommodations such as: A luxurious house with a separate bed for everyone. 18 to 36 holes of golf per day on pristine courses. A gourmet meal every night. All the comforts, food and drink of home. Evening entertainment. Sensational camaraderie.
You will want to ask yourself: What is the percentage chance you can come for these dates? What is the percentage chance you could make other dates? What dates would you prefer?
You will also have to be getting firm commitments from your group members Arriving at a firmer consensus on golf venue. Receiving food and drink orders to allow you to make the shopping list. Reserving the vacation house and rental cars. Getting tee times
Over the years, we have realized two key things about lodging. The first is that it makes a huge difference in camaraderie when the whole group stays under the same roof. The second is the value in everyone having a separate bed (you know how guys are). The only way to achieve this is to pick a location where there are a bunch of rental homes in order for you to pick one that allows this. (Plug for Isle of Palms, SC: you can find what you need there.)
It may not seem to you like time is of the essence, but work schedules, vacation allotments, spousal plans, ticket costs, and your preparation needs demand that you DO get this ball rolling. Once you have sent your introductory email and done your phone calling, several of your planned guests will have trouble pulling the trigger. Work with them as you can, but I have found that you will need your firm group established two months ahead of time (give or take one guy or so.) A fine point for you: Ask for a nominal deposit from each of the troops.
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