点评:Bald Head Island and the BHI Club, in prior 2005-2017 visits, exuded casual hospitality and geniality. When you rented a house with a club membership, the amenities of the club, golf course, fitness center, restaurant, pool, tennis courts etc, were available to everyone in the house. Being a fairly serious golfer, the only one in the family, it was great to be treated just as I am at my home club. I would play early, with members or other vacationers, hit balls and make good use of an excellent practice facility. The family often went to the pool, in the afternoon, after a morning on the beach. At least once per visit, we would all get “dressed up” and go to the club for a sit down dinner. All available with the rental of an appropriate house. In 2024, even though we had rented a house with a club membership , the club was only available to those of us who purchased a $120 guest membership. That adds up pretty quickly when you’re in a house with 8 family members. I’ll focus on golf, as that was the saddest revelation. Instead of buying 3 rounds for $200 or so and hitting $5 buckets, whenever I liked, the reality in 2024 was $160 per round (even though only 9 holes were open, due to aeration), $45 per day for range usage and “guests” could not play before 1:00pm Monday-Friday, at all on Saturday and only after 4:00pm on Sunday. The beaches remain amazing and the turtles charming but the heavy handed elitism of the current generation of Bald Head Island’s stewards left me disgusted and never to return.
翻译:在 2005-2017 年的访问中,秃头岛和 BHI 俱乐部散发着随意的热情好客和亲切感。当您租了一间带有俱乐部会员资格的房子时,俱乐部的设施、高尔夫球场、健身中心、餐厅、游泳池、网球场等都可供房子里的每个人使用。作为一个相当认真的高尔夫球手,我是家里唯一的高尔夫球手,能像在家乡俱乐部一样受到对待真是太好了。我会早早地和会员或其他度假者一起打球,打球,充分利用优秀的练习设施。早上在海滩玩完后,全家人经常在下午去游泳池。每次访问至少一次,我们都会“盛装打扮”,去俱乐部坐下来吃晚饭。租一间合适的房子就可以享受这一切。2024 年,尽管我们租了一间带有俱乐部会员资格的房子,但俱乐部只对那些购买了 120 美元宾客会员资格的人开放。当你住在一个有 8 名家庭成员的房子里时,这笔费用很快就会累积起来。我将重点讨论高尔夫,因为这是最令人悲伤的启示。我不再花 200 美元左右买 3 轮球,随时随地花 5 美元打一球,而是 2024 年的现实是每轮 160 美元(尽管由于通风,只有 9 个洞开放),每天 45 美元的练习场使用费,而且“客人”周一至周五下午 1:00 之前不能打球,周六完全不能打,周日只能在下午 4:00 之后打球。海滩仍然很美,海龟也很迷人,但秃头岛当代管家的专横精英主义让我感到厌恶,我再也不会回来了。