Country Club Questions

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Anonymous wrote:Don't want to read all of the last 22 pages, can anyone tell me what you get for your $100k initiation fee and $400 a month? Are food and drinks paid for? Tennis lessons? Free babysitting? Unlimited golf? I don't understand.

Unlimited golf, swimming pool, and to be surrounded by "good" families.

[Anonymous]

We joined Chevy Chase about 15 yrs ago and it was 10,000 for legacies and you could pay over a ten yr period with no interest.

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How difficult and expensive is it to join Bethesda or Kenwood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry - clarifying earlier statement about Congressional - lots of companies give memberships there as perks. We know lots of people who belong there through their firms and do a lot of business functions there. I'm sure they could use it for family stuff, too, it's just not how I'm familiar with it.

No this is not true companies can't just give membership to congressional

[Anonymous]

Ugh, I would hate to see the Same people all the time and be "on" on my free time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry - clarifying earlier statement about Congressional - lots of companies give memberships there as perks. We know lots of people who belong there through their firms and do a lot of business functions there. I'm sure they could use it for family stuff, too, it's just not how I'm familiar with it.

No this is not true companies can't just give membership to congressional

Congressional is well know for having business memberships. Many of those, particularly newer members in the financial services industries, are there b/c of a corporate membership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry - clarifying earlier statement about Congressional - lots of companies give memberships there as perks. We know lots of people who belong there through their firms and do a lot of business functions there. I'm sure they could use it for family stuff, too, it's just not how I'm familiar with it.

No this is not true companies can't just give membership to congressional

Congressional is well know for having business memberships. Many of those, particularly newer members in the financial services industries, are there b/c of a corporate membership.

I am a Congressional member and this is not true.

[Anonymous]

Tennis whites, huh? Matching piggy-tails?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know of any good deals that country clubs in Maryland are offering to attract new members?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been reading this blog a bit and notice that there is a lot of info given on Congressional and Chevy Chase-- I was curious as to whether anyone has had experiences with WGCC? That is the closest club to where we live (we are in District by Key Bridge) and we have been asked to join by friends. Just curious!

We have very good friends who are members at WGCC and we have been their guests there several times. I've been pretty pleased there as a guest, but personally I think they nickel and dime you for everything as a member. Swimming lessons, cart fees, belonging to the swim or dive teams, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have been reading this blog a bit and notice that there is a lot of info given on Congressional and Chevy Chase-- I was curious as to whether anyone has had experiences with WGCC? That is the closest club to where we live (we are in District by Key Bridge) and we have been asked to join by friends. Just curious!

We have very good friends who are members at WGCC and we have been their guests there several times. I've been pretty pleased there as a guest, but personally I think they nickel and dime you for everything as a member. Swimming lessons, cart fees, belonging to the swim or dive teams, etc.

Does WGCC have a social membership (golf excluded) or just the full membership for $70k?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know of any good deals that country clubs in Maryland are offering to attract new members?

You could try Argyle in Silver Spring. I think anyone can join and it's not all that expensive. So, not really an exclusive club, if that's what you are looking for.

[Anonymous]

Many clubs are still hurting - and offering g great deals for membership. Lakewood and Bethesda definitely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up a member of a country club, and I would never impose such an restricted experience on my children. We've been asked to join by friends, and we've always said NO! Now DH has a new job where all the top people belong to a certain club, and he may have to cave and join. I hope he can find a way to avoid this. There is so, so, so much to do outside of a country club, I can't imagine why they continue to exist at all, except for people who can't bear to spend time around the, gasp, hoi polloi. Anachronism doesn't begin to describe the country club life. We joined a public pool, we play tennis on public courts and at a public tennis club, we eat with our friends in restaurants or in their or our homes, we don't golf (but if we did, we'd play on public courses), and we get along just fine without a country club. I don't want to go back to the 50s. Have you read The Help? That's what country clubs mean to me.

I do not believe you were a member of a country club. Sounds so fake.

[Anonymous]

Here goes: why I like my club: it is so quiet and peaceful. When it is full of people, I know them and they are very friendly. The dress rules are sensible-- I would dress that way anyway. It is easier to get together and play a sport with others. The kids have plenty of time to work on sports with friends and a pro. It costs about the same as paying lesson by lesson at a private place. I like it. It grows on you. It is much more enjoyable when it does not feel expensive to you. The food is just as good as comparable. The people are amazingly interesting.