Golf Holidays in Spain - Market research for new B&B alternative to resorts

[Fastboy]

Mods, not sure if this is the appropriate section so please feel free to move if it's not.

 

I wanted to get the opinions of some of my fellow golfers who go on European golf holidays as some research into a business that the wife and I are looking into setting up in the near future so just posting on a few forums to gauge some opinions (obviously not an ad for a business as I don't have one yet...)

 

We're looking at the feasibility of opening a small B&B / hotel on the south coast of Spain aimed squarely at golfers and wanted to gauge some opinions from people who regularly go on golf holidays either as groups or couples so any input would be massively appreciated.

 

The aim of the business would be to offer an alternative to the typical tour package golf holiday for small groups / couples / friends etc and get them away from the busy resort courses (we all know how frustratingly slow holiday golf can be at times) to some of the alternate courses in the area but also give them the flexibility to play multiple courses in the area and not just be tied to one course for the whole holiday (unless they wanted to of course).

 

The sort of things we'd like to know are.

 

Accommodation

 

1) Would you consider staying in non resort accommodation on your golf holidays and more specifically in a B&B type establishment?

2) As part of your package, would you prefer B&B or half board or possibly full board if you had a good prepared lunch to take to golf with you?

3) What would you expect facilities wise in your room?

4) Would other facilities would you want to have onsite? Bar? Pool?

5) How important would it be to be close to a resort and what facilities would you want nearby? Would it need to be walkable or is a short drive if you have a car or taxis acceptable?

 

Golf

 

1) Would you consider playing alternate courses that you may not have heard of before (this is on the assumption that given how many golf courses there are in Spain, we'd find the hidden gems for you but you may not have heard of them)?

2) In terms of golfing, would you prefer to have your holiday inclusive of all extras (i.e. priced to include range tokens, buggies/trolley) or do you prefer to pay for whatever extras you need on the day at the club?

3) When playing in a group, would you like to have your trips accompanied by golfers (i.e. me and the wife) for some local knowledge or would you prefer to just get on with it? (Appreciate this one is quite subjective!)

4) When you holiday, do you always bring your own clubs or do you rent?

5) On your golf holidays, assuming you don't play every day, would you want to have organised excursions on days off and what sort of things would you be interested in?

 

As before, appreciate any input even if you only partially answer as I know there is a lot of questions here but really do value peoples opinions on this so we can work out if what we are looking to do is a viable option.