Lifetime in Reston
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Anonymous
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I'm a member of Lifetime in Ashburn and was excited to hear they were opening a new branch in Reston right near our house. Stopped by the marketing center last week and was quoted over $200 a month for a couple.....
Insane..... NFW at that rate! |
Anonymous
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I know! I'm a LTF member in Ashburn, but work right next to the new LTF in Reston and carry a Sport and Health for my lunch work outs. It is still cheaper for me to carry 2 memberships than swich to Reston LTF.
That parking is going to be a huge mess. |
Anonymous
| I'm at sport & health in Worldgate and pay 90 for the family. I looked at the one in ash burn but it was no better, just bigger and I couldn't see the extra bang for the buck. I stopped by Reston and it looks exactly like Ashburn. Exactly. I see where they think they could charge a little bit more but 200 is nuts..... |
Anonymous
How do you manage that parking situation at Worldgate? All of Reston is becoming a parking disaster. |
Anonymous
I generally agree Reston is a mess but I've never really had a problem at Worldgate. I left S&H when worldgate fell into disrepair. I stopped by a couple weeks ago to look again since I'm about ready to dump Lifetime and it was cleaned up quite a bit. Still a lot smaller than Lifetime. Not sure what to do (except that I won't be paying $200 in Reston) if the OP is right. |
Anonymous
| I went by today, it's nice but it looks identical to Ashburn, except almost twice the price. They wouldn't give me an exact quote unless I filled out some paperwork but alluded to around $200 for a family. I guess they are hoping some fools and their money will soon be parted. |
Anonymous
| With 2 kids they quoted me $280 ($220 for a couple plus $30 each for each kid). Can anyone rationalize this for me? It seems pretty outrageous. |
Anonymous
No fucking way. |
Anonymous
| Can you use the Reston Lifetime if you belong to another location? I technically joined at the Fairfax location but always use Centreville and have no problem. Always assumed other locations would be the same. |
Anonymous
Fairfax is probably not a Diamond club. Probably Platinum, like Ashburn and Centreville. They have determined that the demographic in Reston can support the Diamond fees. You can go to any club Platinum and below. |
Anonymous
| What gives it the "diamond" status? |
Anonymous
demographics that can support higher dues. It has nothing to do with amenities offered. Centreville went from Gold (or whatever) to Platinum. Probably because they figured they could. |
Anonymous
| 20:30 is right. They think they can so they will try. Fairfax is gold, Centerville and Sterling are Platinum Reston will be diamond. If people will pay $200+, they'll suck it out of them. I live right around the corner and our neighborhood folks were excited until we heard the price. People in our area *can* afford it but I don't know anybody who will pay that much. Fools and their money will be parted I'm sure but no one I know.... |
Anonymous
Yup, I use lifetime in Ashburn and I'm a gym rat, I've made a lot of gym friends and they told me the prices of Reston about 6 months ago and how the determine the levels. As much as I LOVE Lifetime and have made some good friends, I already give so much money to personal training. If they upped the dues to an Diamond level, I would quit and go to Golds. At some point in time it becomes preposterous, no matter how much disposable income one might have. Golds is $75/mo and I could still get a good work out in over there. I just happen to like Lifetime, but not like it enough to spend the kind of money is being asked out of the Reston folks. I know a few people who live in Herndon and even through Reston is closer, they are sticking to Ashburn to save over $100/mo. |
Anonymous
I live in Great Falls and Reston would be a lot more convenient. I suppose I could afford $200 but NFW I'd spend it there. I'd just feel stupid......... |