It is a bingo card for a golf cart. Forty different shuffled cards drawn from a pool of 73 things you can actually spot around Welaka, one card per rider, and the first person to fill a line has to prove it. It turns a lap around town into something the kids will not complain about, and it works on adults better than anyone admits.
Cards ride in every rental. You can also download and print them.
How do you play golf cart bingo?
- Everybody gets a card. All forty are different, so nobody is racing you to the same square.
- Drive the town. Every road inside Welaka is open to a street-legal cart.
- Mark what you see. No marking something you saw yesterday.
- Line wins. Across, down or diagonal.
- Prove it. The winner has to point at the thing, or produce a photo.
That is the entire game. It takes an afternoon and it costs nothing.
The rules that actually matter
Eyes up, not down. Whoever is driving does not get to hold the card. This is the only rule we genuinely enforce. A driver looking at a bingo card is a driver not looking at the road, and every road here has somebody walking a dog on it.
Be nice to the locals. Ask before you point a camera at anybody. Some of the squares involve people. Welaka is a town of about seven hundred, most of whom know each other and none of whom signed up to be a bingo square. Ask first, and take the no gracefully if you get one.
No pre-loading. You cannot mark something you saw on the drive in yesterday. Same day, same trip.
Kids ride in seats. Bingo does not change that. Nobody stands up to see better.
What is on the cards?
Seventy-three items, drawn from what is actually out there: the river, the boats, the birds, the signs, the businesses, the things that only make sense once you have been here a day.
Some are easy and some will take you the whole afternoon. That is the point. The hard squares are the ones that make people drive down a street they would not have driven down, which is how you accidentally see a town.
Where do you get a card?
Printed, in the cart. Every rental goes out with cards. Ask at delivery if you want extras for a bigger group.
Downloaded. Grab the full set here and print your own. Forty cards, black and white, prints fine on a home printer.
Printing tips
- Black and white is fine. The cards were designed for it.
- One card per player. Do not print forty copies of the same card, which defeats the whole thing.
- Print more than you think. Somebody always wants to join once they see it.
- A clipboard helps. So does a pen that will not roll under a seat.
How long does it take?
An afternoon at a wandering pace. Faster if your group is competitive, longer if you keep stopping, and stopping is not a failure state. The card is an excuse to drive around, not a schedule.
Is it good for kids?
Yes, and it is the most reliable thing we hand out. A kid who was bored ten minutes ago is now scanning every side of the road looking for a specific bird. Parents have told us it bought them an entire quiet afternoon.
Works on adults too. Nobody admits this until about square nine.
Do you need a cart to play?
No, but it is better in one. You can walk it, bike it or drive it in a car. In a cart you are moving at 25 mph with nothing between you and what you are looking for, which is the difference between spotting things and driving past them.
Getting a cart and a card
$80 a day for a 4-seater, $95 for a 6-seater, two-day minimum. Delivered charged to where you are staying, free inside Welaka city limits, cards in the seat. Every driver 21 or older with a valid license and proof of their own auto insurance.
Book online, or just download the cards and go. Staying outside Welaka? Call (386) 603-0295 first to confirm delivery.
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