Is Winter Nearly Over?

Here it is still December and I'm so sick of shoveling the driveway that I could... well, you get the idea!

To make matters worse, as a "seller of golf travel", I have to watch our golf clients pack up and leave for places like Cabo San Lucas, Maui, Phoenix, San Diego, Palm Desert and more! Whatta dastardly trick that is being played on me. As I'm writing this, another client has just emailed an acceptance of our proposal for a Pebble Beach golf trip in late February. I have offered to "escort" these two couples, but...... (well, nice try!)

The good news for those of you not as hand-cuffed to your desks as I seem to be, the prices for golf trips (as with all travel) are very good! Because of the shaky economy, hotels, golf resorts and golf courses in the south have reduced prices and deposit requirements to stimulate bookings. Our #1 trip over the years, the Gold Canyon Golf Resort, (pictured here) is offering our clients 2008 prices for the 2009 season.

A lot of our golf clients who normally "lock in" during the fall have been holding off but are now going ahead. It's a combination of the winter blahs and the realization that they are not as worried about their job status or portfolio status as they were a month or two ago.

As one of them put it (so elegantly), "The hell with it. Life is too short to worry about it. We're going!" If you feel the same, check out my site for some good ideas!

OK, so I gave you the sob story at the top of this... I will be going to Grand Cayman in late January. Not my favorite golf venue... but, I won't be shoveling snow off the greens before putting!!!!

Cheers,

Dick