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luxury-link-websiteGet ready to add another bookmark to your list of websites you can’t live without (hopefully we’re already on there).

I can best describe it as eBay or Priceline for upscale vacation packages (including golf vacations) at four- and five-star properties. And because bids are regularly accepted at savings of 50-65 percent off regular prices, many of the world’s savviest travelers swear by it.  Read more →

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Wisconsin's Bull at Pinehurst Farms is an example of a great public course that offers reciprocal rates.

Wisconsin's Bull at Pinehurst Farms is an example of a great public course that offers discounted, reciprocal rates by playing affiliated courses in the area.

If you’re familiar with the term “reciprocal agreement,” you probably know it as the professional courtesy among private golf courses that allows members of Private Course A to play at Private Course B, and vice versa.

What you might not know is that many public golf courses have reciprocal agreements, too, and as illustrated in the September 2009 issue of Golf Odyssey, the savings they offer can help you craft high-quality, discount golf vacations at savings of up to 50 percent or more.  Read more →

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After my post about The Golden Passport to New England Golf, many of you asked if there were similar passbooks offering discount golf vacations and reduced green fees in other areas of the country.

The answer is yes, but I haven’t been impressed by many.

Here’s an exception that you might want to look into: Player’s Pass, which, for a nominal fee, provides deep discounts at hundreds of good-to-excellent golf courses nationwide. Read more →

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Two days ago, the Boston Globe published an article containing several golf vacation packages that I thought you might be interested in.

Here are the ones I found most compelling because of where they are, the courses you can play, and the prices at which you can play them: Read more →

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goldenpassportToday’s tip explains how you can play free golf (and I mean totally free) at some of the top daily-fee golf courses in New England.

You know those discount golf passes and coupon books that seem to be everywhere? I have inspected dozens of them, but most suffer from three major problems: a lack of quality courses, ridiculous restrictions on when you can play, and “savings” that don’t really amount to much.

But not this one.  Read more →

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<center>Old Greenwood is one of courses you can play at a discount on a Lake Tahoe golf vacation.</center>

Old Greenwood is one of courses you can play at a discount on a Lake Tahoe golf vacation.

If you have ever considered a Lake Tahoe golf vacation, now might be the time to take it.

Over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article online entitled, “Prices Discounted at Lake Tahoe Golf Courses,” and it included a few good money-saving tidbits.

You can find the full article here, but below are the items that I found most interesting.  Read more →

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Today’s tip falls under the category of, “Things Golf Courses Don’t Want You to Know.” It’s a little secret for how to turn your upcoming trips into discount golf vacations.

If you are a Golf Odyssey subscriber, you are already privy to many of our tricks of the trade and have access to a number of otherwise unadvertised golf vacation specials. Today’s tip about discount golf vacations is so valuable, I just couldn’t wait for the next issue of Golf Odyssey to be published to share it.  Read more →

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<center>Bayonet and Blackhorse (above) are top value courses to play on a Pebble Beach golf vacation.</center>

Bayonet and Blackhorse (above) are top value courses to play on a Pebble Beach golf vacation.

Yesterday, we spread a little holiday cheer by sharing the secret of how you can play “the big three” Pebble Beach golf courses at up to 50 percent off their published green fees and, more importantly, without enduring the expensive hotels stays normally required to make advance tee times.

Today, we’re following up on that theme to let you know about two more golf courses — reopening tomorrow — that happen to offer some of the better values for Pebble Beach golf vacations.  Read more →

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