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How does this storybook compare to a resort-branded golf umbrella as a bulk guest gift for a golf destination package?

A storybook and a resort-branded golf umbrella both work as guest gifts for a destination golf package, and each serves a different moment of the trip. A branded umbrella is useful and visible, protecting a guest on the course during a sudden shower and carrying the resort’s name back home in a guest’s car or garage, a practical gift with real staying power for the golfer.

*Once Upon a Golf Swing* serves a different part of the trip, the evenings at the resort with the family. The 62-page book, written for ages three to six, follows Ace, a new golf ball who gets lost on his first swing at Whispering Pines and finds friends Daisy, Sandman, Splash, Speedy and Rangey, giving traveling families something to read together after a day on the course rather than equipment for the round itself.

Umbrellas also tend to be gender and age neutral in a way that misses young children in the traveling party entirely. A book at $29.97 hardcover or $14.97 softcover, or a $9.97 audiobook for the flight home, speaks directly to guests with kids, a growing part of destination golf travel. A resort does not need to pick just one. An umbrella for the golfer and a storybook for the family together give a destination package something for every member of the traveling party.