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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would think about your kids’ ages as you plan your waitlist attempts. Here’s a worst-case scenario:

We have been on one waitlist (club 1) since before our DD was born and will probably get off it next year when she is 11. In the meantime, we spent 4 years driving ~30 minutes to an extremely affordable swim-only club (club 2) that at the time was undersubscribed and so there [b]was no waitlist and they waived the initiation fee[/b], so we were only spending $500/summer. Two years in and pre-pandemic, we realized that club 1’s waitlist was going to last longer than our kid’s interest in summer club activities, and so we got on a short waitlist at club 3, which is just 20 minutes away and has tennis and dive in addition to swim, plus a small gym.

We have been very happy at club 3 and DD has made summer friends and done all the summer teams, but now it will all come to a head when we get off the waitlist at club 1 next summer. Club 1 is just 5 minutes away but DD doesn’t have friends there because all of the families who have gotten in are much older. They also don’t have dive, which is not unusual. Club 1 has equity memberships, so it will be expensive upfront but we can get our initiation fee back or we can sell it with our house.

Do we leave the club where we’re established but have a long drive so we can get to another club more easily? Who knows. Just wanted to share that once you are on waitlists or driving out of the neighborhood it becomes complicated and annoying, so if you have a club close to your house with no waitlist or drama, make that your first choice.[/quote]

Ours does something similar. They waive the dues the first year. It’s been that way for at least the last 17 years. [/quote]

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