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trading spaces BY MADISON FELTMAN WITH TRILOGY® AT LAKE FREDERICK MEMBER COLEEN CECIL AND TRILOGY® AT VISTANCIA® MEMBER DIANE MOLL
When you own a home in Trilogy®, you have access to several unique offerings that connect Trilogy Members across the country. As was highlighted later in this issue (Here, There, and Everywhere, page 30), one of these features is Reciprocal Access, which allows Trilogy Members to experience other Trilogy communities’ amenities while traveling. Hand-in-hand with that idea is Trilogy’s Home Swap program, which allows Members to swap homes, either in real-time (meaning they trade concurrently) or as a “credit” for a future stay. (For example, a Member in Washington may offer a week in their home in August for a week in a Florida home in March.) Trilogy Members Coleen Cecil and Diane Moll are just a couple of Trilogy Members that have taken advantage of this program. In this case, they left the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley for some time in the sun in Peoria, Arizona. After COVID began to dissipate and travel started to become popular again, Coleen and her husband Dave began seeking new opportunities and stumbled across Home Swap on MyTrilogyLife.com. They knew they wanted to see their family in Arizona, and they felt staying in a Trilogy would enhance their visit. Coleen and Dave have always been travelers
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that enjoy the comforts of home while traveling. As hotel rooms don’t always have everything that encapsulates, they felt confident that a home in Trilogy would give them a great ‘base camp’ for their trip. For Diane and her husband Jeff, they ended up with an easy excuse to explore a place they’d always wanted to visit anyhow, Washington, D.C. “We did the whole D.C. thing for a few days, we would also get up in the morning and get in the car and just take off and travel to nearby wineries. We really enjoyed our time there,” Diane said. Not only were Coleen and Diane able to enjoy new experiences while traveling, they were also able to enjoy being a part of a different Trilogy community. Coleen and her husband were excited to take advantage of the beautiful Kiva and Mita Clubs at Trilogy at Vistancia and even invite their nearby family to dine with them at Trilogy. While Diane and her husband joined other Trilogy Lake Frederick Members at a Fourth of July BBQ, where they found everyone welcoming. After their Home Swap experience both ladies spoke very highly of the program. “What a cool way to see the rest of the country without having to rent hotel rooms,” Diane said. “The way I see it, we all have
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