With mainstream golf magazines costing only $12-$20 per year, I know it can be hard for many of you to understand how Golf Odyssey, the members-only newsletter and website, is worth $147.
Well, today is your opportunity to find out for free and get a $50 discount if you decide to subscribe (more on this below).
Right now, I’m going to make it very easy to understand Golf Odyssey’s ”value proposition.”
Below are what I think are the top-10 secrets, pieces of advice, and members-only opportunities that Golf Odyssey shared with readers in 2009. While readers might have picked other great nuggets, these are my personal favorites.
Stated another way, in my admittedly blunt fashion, here’s what you would have learned, and the invitations you would have received, if you were a Golf Odyssey subscriber last year: Read more →
Golf Odyssey's year-long research of golf vacations (in 20 U.S. states and 10 countries) culminates in this coveted, year-end issue. Get a free copy below.
You are about to read one of the most useful tips I’ll publish all year.
That’s because it explains how you can get a free copy of Golf Odyssey’s annual, year-end issue containing its provocative (and sometimes scathing) “Best and Worst Awards,” and its coveted list of “Platinum Places: The World’s Best Golf Destinations for 2009-2010.”
Both are based on Golf Odyssey’s year-long travels and undercover inspections of top golf courses, resorts, and restaurants in 20 different states in the USA and 10 different countries around the world.
Two categories I thought you might be particularly interested in are:
“The Best New Golf Resort,” and “The Best New Golf Course,” the latter being called “arguably the most important golf course to open anywhere in the world in 2009.”
And the winners are: Read more →
We don't directly book or arrange golf vacations, but we can recommend golf packagers, travel agents, and tour operators that do.
Today, I want to clear up something that many of you may be confused about.
We don’t directly arrange or book golf vacations.
Yes, we know the best places to play and stay worldwide (and tips on traveling to them), thanks to the editors of Golf Odyssey.
Yes, we get requests all the time to make golf vacation arrangements and bookings.
And, yes, it would be an easy source of revenue for us.
But no, we don’t do it.
It sounds crazy, I know. Maybe it is crazy. Read on and you tell me. Read more →
You might take extra pleasure in today’s tip because it’s something the airlines don’t want you to know about.
It concerns their private airport lounges, which are fantastic little utopias in relation to the cattle drives you find at the public waiting areas near the gate.
While the airlines charge between $350-$500 for access, there’s a special card you can buy – for a lot less – that will give you access to nearly all of the private airport lounges, no matter what airline you’re flying, your class of travel, or your membership level in a given frequent flyer program. Read more →
Finding it hard to get in some golf on your golf vacations? Kaanapali Golf Resort has an idea.
So, you think seven hours is a long time to play 18 holes of golf? Try seven days.
As reported in the just-released November 2009 issue of Golf Odyssey, a famous golf resort has introduced a new program called “Golf on Your Time” to address the common problem of relatively long golf rounds conflicting with other activities when on couples or family vacations.
After paying your green fee, you have the option of completing your round at your convenience – you can leave and return as many times as you like within seven days.
I’ve heard some wacky ideas in my 15 years writing about golf, but this one just might take the cake.
Here are more details on how it works, the big-market resort that’s offering it, and if you’re likely to find it on your next golf vacation. Read more →
Given how often I travel, a lot of people want to know my opinion on the best credit or charge card to use.
Let me tell you from first-hand experience, there is no better investment in travel than an Platinum Card from American Express
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I know what you’re thinking: Why would anyone shell out $450 for this card when there are plenty of other options that charge no annual fee? Well, as you’re about to find out, it’s an absolute steal at that price. Read more →
The window of time when you can buy business-class airline seats for less than coach prices has just opened.
This fare phenomenon happens every year, it’s available from most major airlines, and anyone can take advantage of it.
The only thing you have to do is ask for it directly because the airlines don’t like to volunteer the following secret that you’re about to find out. Read more →
When you estimate how much your golf vacations are going to cost, do you factor in the ridiculously high “occupancy” taxes at hotels and the “airport” or “recovery” fees for rental cars?
With estimates that some U.S. cities are collecting as much as $35-$40 per day in these taxes and general sales tax, you almost have to budget for it if you’re traveling to these places.
An article I read over at PeterGreenberg.com really put things in perspective. It cites a National Business Travel Association (NBTA) study that examined the tax practices of, “the top 50 U.S. travel destination cities.”
Want to know which five American cities will tax your golf vacations the most…or the least? Here’s the list of the best and worst places to go: Read more →
