Golf packages here bundle accommodation, tee times and sometimes a cart into one price. They can be good value and they can quietly cost more than booking the parts separately. The difference is usually group size.
How the packages are built
Most operators contract blocks of tee times with a set of courses and rooms with a set of resorts, then sell combinations. You get convenience and a single point of contact. What you give up is choice of course, choice of time, and usually the ability to change your mind on the second morning.
When a package wins
- Two or three players who do not much mind which courses they play
- First visit, where somebody else choosing is genuinely useful
- Peak spring weeks when good tee times are hard to get independently
When a house wins
- Six or more players, where per-person room rates stop being competitive
- Groups who want to cook, or who play different courses on different days
- Anyone bringing family who are not playing
- Longer stays, where a week in a house with a kitchen costs less than a week of rooms and restaurants
Questions worth asking either way
- Is the cart included in the green fee or extra per round?
- Are the tee times guaranteed or requested?
- What is the rain policy, and does it refund or reschedule?
- How far apart are the courses on consecutive days?
- Are replays discounted at the same course?
Booking windows
Spring tee times at the better-known courses go early — book in the winter for March through May. Autumn is slightly easier. If your dates are fixed and your courses are not, you will do better than the reverse.
Par for Shore sleeps eight with a golf cart included and the sister house next door sleeps ten, which covers most group sizes without a package. We are happy to say when a package would serve you better.