The Villages, Florida 2024 Lifestyle Visit Final Wrap-Up Part I Positives & Negatives
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2024
- In this video, we are wrapping up our trip from The Villages, Florida 2024.
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I watched every single video from The Villages, and I did not notice the smudge on the lens! 😂
Same here, I didn’t notice and wouldn’t have minded even if I did.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Same. Didn’t even notice it either.
A car would have made a big difference in your shopping experience. There are major roads in Leesburg and Wildwood within 10-20 minutes of our centrally located Villages house with any store or restaurant you would want. 3,000 plus clubs in the Villages for literally ANY activity you can think of. We are ACTIVE and love it! Pools are heated to 83 degrees. You can go to the pool all year!
@peggyp5996 I agree! We go "outside the bubble" all the time for shopping. I can't think of a single store except Trader Joe's we are missing. Costco coming soon !
I didn’t notice any smudge at all. If there was a smudge I was too busy enjoying you both and seeing the Villages.
There’s a lot to think about if you’re deciding to relocate or not…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts n opinions. I’m sure it will help those who might want to live there. Looking forward to part two.
Have a sunny and bright day. 😊😊😊
Thank you! I had a few people point out the smudge. I'm glad it didn't ruin the videos for you :)
We have lived in The Villages for eight months now and have not found shopping to be a problem. We live in a very new section of The Villages and the commercial stores haven’t quite caught up with us yet. We are getting a Costco along with BJ’s and Sam’s club. As you said, this is a retirement community and most of us are not in a hurry to get anywhere.
We have a clock on the wall that only has the days of the week on it. The only time that is important in The Villages is if you have to Tee time at one of the plethora of golf courses.
Being retired, buying stuff that we don’t already have is not a priority. 😁
I came here to write about the Costco! I'd been watching Tami's videos from her trip and then my dad sent me a picture of the future Costco building schedule (his company helps to build Costcos) and there it was: The Villages, Florida!
We are always on the hunt for new foods to review on the channel, so the more stores we can visit, the better :)
I want to know where you got that clock!!! My mom would just love it
I know it would not be something THEY would want in The Villages, but I wish they had local buses. I do not drive. If they did, I would be happy as a lark. I don't care much about the amenities they have though I would have to think about that.
@@jbjacobs9514 such a great idea.
This would be a huge decision to make if you were seriously considering moving there. I could see the beauty of being a snowbird 😊
It’s amazing how many people own homes in The Villages who don’t actually live there full time. We could never afford two house payments.
Just wanna say I love how genuine and honest you both are. Working at the grocery store my entire life your content is right up my alley, I love both of your channels
Thank you so much! We really appreciate that!
I have been watching everyone of your videos and I didn’t notice anything. Everything was perfect quality and enjoyed watching all of them. Thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome! Thank you!
You did a nice job of describing the Villages. I bought a lot and will be building a home in Eastport. This retirement community is for people who want to be busy. They have over 3000 groups to get involved in plus all the activities.
Exactly! Most people say their schedules are fuller once they retire to The Villages 😃
Great video.
Thanks!
Your channel popped up in my feed since I watch a lot of the different Villages youtubers. I really enjoyed watching the both of you during your Lifestyle visit videos. Just love how down to earth the both of you are. I feel you both would be great neighbors! My home is on the market now and as soon as it sells I'm heading to The Villages. Look forward to your final wrap up video and if you all think you may make The Villages your home one day. Thanks again for the great videos.
Thank you so much!
Enjoyed your videos. Going in August for our lifestyle visit. Hope to move there in October.
I hope you have a great time 😃
I could see myself living there when l’m 80+ years old. But until then, i much prefer living in a big city with far more things to do, and more things to see and experience.
Did you not watch the video? Over 4,000 clubs. Diving deap sea fishing,sailing ect.
@@williamrizzo1285 Uh, there is a difference between city living and marine sports. Some people don't think that or golf is something to do. I don't have anything against that or what you do. Just everyone has different ideas about that. Don't presume that your thoughts on activities are the same as another. I, for one, would want more museums, theaters, concert venues (symphony), not necessarily some rec club that I have to schedule my life around to get into.
I live in TV..I am 67 years old and I stay very busy! water aerobics clay classes playing cards driveway parties ballet classes and we hit the squares for bands several times a week. We drive our golf cart everywhere. I have never met such happy friendly people in my life. We feel extremely blessed to live here
@@bubblesplayhouse3146 exactly. I just finished playing golf, then line dancing lessons at the American Legion, and later the concealed straight shooters club.
@jbjacobs9514 we have a theatre here that has ballet concerts and operas.
I’m surprised every time I hear how many people live there and how massive the area is. Love these wrap videos 😊
We visited at a good time 😄
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Thank you so much!
It's fun to see both of your impressions of The Villages. I really like the variety of activities that you can get involved in. As far as the rec centers that have gyms with work out equipment goes - yes, you would need to pay a membership in addition to your monthly activity fee to be able to use those.
Thank you very much!
Its seemed like a lovely place.
It really is :)
I think I am most excited about the 22 thrift stores surrounding The Villages. Ha ha ha! Yes, that’s me!
Awesome video! I'd love to hear both of your top 5 likes and dislikes of the villages, could be a fun video :)
So will you guys move there? Did you pass the trial run?
I did think it was a little strange that you mentioned the trails but didn’t show them 😅 but I feel so oblivious for not seeing the smudge despite watching every video 😂 Thank you again for sharing your experience and doing it so candidly! ❤ I’m curious if you all did live there, do you think you’d join any of the clubs or groups or anything?
I think the only reason to move there is to get involved; otherwise, you could stay where you are now :)
Hi Tami and Kevin l love l am the same about seat belts. Thay need to get them fitted. I would not feel safe in them at all .great video some great and interesting questions. Look forward to the next one when we find out if you would live there. Thanks for sharing x❤
Thank you, Susan :)
They like a few younger adults to work at the stores and restaurants. A few, responsible young adults.
I enjoyed watching all of your videos. I know you mentioned there are many rec centers and swimming pools. Did you get a chance to swim in any of the swimming pools?
We took our suits, but didn’t have the chance to go. Hopefully next visit!
Kevin: "I'm really good with computers." Also Kevin: "I formatted the wrong SD card!" :) (Just teasing. Your videos and recaps were fun and interesting from someone who's also investigating TV.)
😂😂 He about died when he did that!
I bet the HOA/amenity fees are outrageous. I don’t like the fact that’s it’s not a true retirement community with everyone being able to come in and also older kids being allowed to live with parents but that’s my preference. It’s a very nice place though and I’m sure people love living there. I couldn’t handle the heat. Great wrap up on your stay. 🌴🌴🌴
I’m thinking the fees are about $189 per month.
I have lived in TV since 6/2001. The amenity fee goes up each year based on the cost of living increases. After 22 years my amenity fee is $184 per year. In 2001 the fee was about $135 per month. Is that outrageous?
@@janisclow617 not at all I am shocked by that. I appreciate you answering that.
Best 189 bucks a month ever spent. Gives you access to EVERYTHING.
Totally agree about seatbelts in the visitors' provided golf carts. You'd think they'd be worried about liability and be strapping helmets on visitors! ;-) Looks like you guys had a nice time. It's always fun to imagine living somewhere else.
We enjoyed it!
Living in TV I would never want a huge mall where I could go to find everything. The traffic would be abysmal especially if the mall was in the center of TV. Folks from outside TV would be using the streets which would make golf cart driving more hazardous. Driving in a golf cart is fabulous especially the morning and evening. I didn't find it difficult to find places in TV when I first moved here I just memorized that there are two main roads (Morse, Buena Vista) running North to South. East to West there are now 4 roads ( 27/441, 466, 466A, and 44). These roads are pretty much parallel and everything is in relation to those roads. Also, everything in TV can be accessed by golf cart. The question is whether a new business on the fringe of TV is golf cart accessible. TV does not like to have golf carts from outlying areas to access TV roads. Excellent video!!!
The area we have isn't a shopping mall (we do have one of those as well). The area we have is like the town squares in The Villages, only with well-known stores where people want to shop all the time. :)
Tami,
I haven’t been able to watch all the vids yet, but were there any dinner theaters or buffets any where near there?
I like all the cameras, it sounds VERY secure and safe.
Do they have any MINI golf courses?
I don’t know of a dinner theater, but I would think there would be a buffet somewhere. They do have a putting course in Fenney 😃
unless you live in NYC, (or Lexington) you can't get to a shopping district. I can't drive ANYWHERE, we have a center of town, but the Center is 20 minutes away (on a good day) all we have is a barns and a local libary. (We have 2 but i can't stand the one next to me)
I definitely understand the concern about proximity from the Villages to shopping. We did a lifestyle visit and I was saying everyday….this is great - love the beautiful landscaping, activities and tidiness, but where is Target? Where’s the grocery? Can I live without Trader Joe’s? Wondering if you found the people super friendly. We definitely did! Someone eager to talk everywhere we went!
Yes, people were very friendly :)
A) Thank you - the fact that you took the time to film and edit and do reviews and do all of that for NOTHING (meaning no one PAID you or sponsored you with a free trip) - so also even if the videos weren't perfect, we are getting this inside look for FREE. I cannot imagine how anyone would squawk at this or anything else you did. B) "Vacation" - I feel like you only said vacay when you were reviewing or wrapping up and why things were different than at home and technically you sort of were on a sort of vacay - people should not be so literal - you said lifestyle visit 5000 times. If they didn't get it, too bad too sad. LOL C) I wanted to ask a couple questions when I watched part 2, and now I forgot them. Oh jeez. I will say despite the dirt cheap trip (you cannot beat the price of the stay), I wouldn't spend that much on a flight unless it was to somewhere I had to spend an entire day or night on a plane - like going to Japan or something so far away! You do you, of course. $2K just is too much for ME, not that it matters. I am sure I could get a really cheapo flight to Villages from where I live in IL but that is just ME. Considering how cheap the trip was outside of that is still amazing. Lastly, I am still trying to remember or see where the smudge was! I know sometimes you were on the go pro and sometimes on the phone. Either way, looked great - sharp! Thanks again. On part 2, I would definitely go for North side. I would love a new home but you're right about 100% of what you said, including the younguns moving into the South. No way for me. I would want to be done with that. Where I am now I want to be done with that! I go for quiet and I want space; I don't care about yard space personally, just fewer young people, fewer pets, no smoking (I love animals dearly but you were right about what you said). I would take a renovated older home if done well (and pray I don't move next door to someone renting - oh lawd!).
That’s the risk unfortunately. You just never know who your neighbors will be. We have good neighbors where we are now. I say that because no one ever bothers us. 😃
Enjoying this very comprehensive wrap up and looking forward to the next one. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What smudge? 🤣 I was to enamored in the videos to even notice LOL. I am still amazed at how big that place is... Wonder if it expands every year 🤣
I greatly appreciate that!
I guess I missed it, but I thought you were going to cover the cost of the trip. Did you have to pay for everything to fly down there and did you pay for the house for a week?
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I’ve loved watching your lifestyle videos. Did you meet any of the utubers there?
I did see one person and said hello. 😃
Finished watching this tonight so I apologize for another comment with questions 🙈 When you mentioned weight equipment and Planet Fitness etc., I was surprised. Do the rec centers not have weight rooms/cardio equipment?
Also, using my phone as a GPS with those apps, I can only imagine how fast it would die trying to navigate the 57 square mile maze 😂 Was there a way to charge your phones in the golf cart?
Unfortunately, the rec centers do not have weight rooms. Many people wish they did, but I personally think it's an insurance thing. If you want to go to a gym, it will be a regular membership just like you get at home now.
There is a place to plug your cord into the golf cart so it will charge as you drive :)
Great wrap up video! I am VERY interested in the apartments! I hadn't even considered that option. If they are affordable I may not have to wait much longer except for the waiting list of course. But at least it wouldn't be dependent on affording the purchase of a house. I definitely want to look into this and see what floor plans they have and what the monthly cost would be.
It looks like it might be good to have both the car and a golf cart as the golf cart could get into some places that it would be more difficult to get a car into and the car could get you places where golf carts could not cross on major highways. They each definitely have their pros and cons but I think if I were living there I would want the car option for bad weather climate control air conditioning etc.
How much did Kevin's whopper cost at the airport? Just curious because I know airports can be very expensive! 😂
I don't know how much the Whopper was. I was saving us a seat while Kevin when through the line so I didn't actually see it. The total of everything from there was $12.01.
@@TamiDunn Thank you. That is not as bad as I thought 😊
Haha, that's my parents.. They drive hours up New York state, set up the camper, and just NAP! 🤣My dad goes to Walmart, they go out to eat a few times, that's pretty much it.
You can guess why I no longer tag along... I hate all of those things.
I agree! I can do those things at home 😄
I watched all of your Villages videos. I live in Ocala and have been going there before it was called The Villages and on the left side of 441 they had mobile homes and on the right side it was 2 bedroom 2 bathroom concrete block homes. There was a shopping center and a really popular Mexican restaurant. It is amazing what it has become. You have to be 19 to buy a home there but why would a young person want to live there? If they end up having children, they have to move. They have schools there but they are for employees children. Very good schools. If a parent loses their job, they have to find another job in The Villages or their kids have to change schools. I could never afford to live there. Maybe a mobile home but they have mandatory evacuations for hurricanes. No thanks! A lot of people pay cash for their homes there. They sold a home up north for more than homes in The Villages cost. But they do have multi-million $ homes there too. About seatbelts on golf carts, most people who use them to travel around have seatbelts installed. I think it goes back to the original use for a golf cart-you wouldn’t use a seatbelt driving from one golf hole to another. Just my 2 cents!
Another comment. I think the kind of shopping area you were talking about with everything in one area is very unusual. But the 2 of you do more shopping than the average person because you buy items to review. I’m happy with going to just one grocery store. We have wanted a Trader Joe’s in The Villages or in Ocala for years. They always say we don’t meet the demographic, whatever that means.
That’s what Kevin said to me too- seat belts aren’t necessary on all golf carts because you wouldn’t use them on a golf course.
I totally understand and agree - we definitely shop more than most people.
Learning your way around in the golf car is pretty easy but you also have to learn how to get places by automobile which will be almost totally different than the golf car directions to the same place.
(I see your loofahs in the mirror!😉🤐😂)
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Whats the price of the lifestyle visit ? im at 45 min in and no mention yet.
It's at the end of Part II: czcams.com/video/U4-mbuF-lRk/video.html&pp=ygUedGFtaSBkdW5uIHRoZSB2aWxsYWdlcyBwYXJ0IElJ
@@TamiDunn haha yes watching now. You guys are the best. Thanks so much
Great information
Glad it was helpful!
Life is full of smudges. Carry on!
I LOVE this! Thank you!!!!
Can you give us some of your favorite Villages CZcams channels you watch?
great wrap up with a lot of details. One thing that would concern me would be the fact that the general public can come in and out with no ID's checked, etc. So, it's not really a secure gated community. The cameras are a good deterrent to crime and I totally support cameras. But still.....anyone can walk in there. And with an area that big, there's really not a way to securely monitor who goes in and out. If I'm paying an HOA for services around there, I want full security. True, it's not foolproof. Here in Vegas, people jump gates, they go under gates, they break thru gates and go over walls, etc. Sometimes it can be a false sense of security to have gated areas, but I still wouldn't feel super comfortable knowing that anyone can go in and out of that entire area and not be stopped. Criminals don't always look like criminals, either. Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. I'm sure the crime rate is very low there just due to the fact that it's a retirement area with older people, but if I lived there I'd be as careful around there with locking up my house as anywhere else. I just feel like if you pay a premium for certain types of services, I want to know that I'm as protected as possible. I'd rather live in a much smaller more self contained 55 and over community where there's a lot more control of who goes in and out. One thing I would also do is check on the actual crime statistics in the Villages, just to find out what actually does happen around there, or if certain areas are higher crime than other locations in the area. Again, I'm sure it's MUCH lower than a typical neighborhood in the US. Just would be curious to see what the actual occurrences might be there. Sometimes it can be surprising to see the actual data. It's an area with rich people who have $$$$. If I were a criminal it might be an appealing target! With a percentage of the snowbirds gone half the year, that might make it even more vulnerable to burglary.
It is a very safe area with very low crime. Perhaps in part because the neighbors are vigilant. Though the area is open to the public, outsiders most frequently visit the squares and restaurants. They aren’t allowed in the rec centers or pools and have no way to access the golf cart paths. There would be no reason for them to visit the neighborhoods (Villages).
Meant to add…home prices range from $200K to $2M. It is a place with an affordable home price for many😊
Really, I never saw a smudge on the videos
Thank you!
I love that they have all those cameras. Security is important.
Does the percentage under 55 include a spouse that may be under 55?
I agree, there needs to be seatbelts on the golf carts.
I would have to take a car to a show. My hair and humidity don’t mix. 😂 I would be that person to get a Uber 😬
I love how big and lively they are. I can see the draw for retirees.
Can’t wait for Part Two
I’m not sure how that percentage is broken down.