According to Private Jets VIP (www.privatejetsvip.com), the premier online service for booking private business jets, utilizing smaller, less congested airports can save leisure travelers precious hours – resulting in more time for golf. Privately chartered business aircraft – which, depending on size, are configured to seat anywhere from 6 to 15 passengers – fly in and out of some 5,400 U.S. airports, compared with only 580 airports serving commercial airlines.

“Chartering a business jet reduces travel time, especially to more remote locations, and it’s a more comfortable and pleasant way to fly,” said Martin M. Hazan, Private Jets VIP Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “A private jet goes when you want to go, and enables you to avoid crowded airports, inconvenient airline schedules and flight delays or cancellations,” Martin added.

Martin also puts to rest golfers’ fears about whether their clubs will make it to their destinations. “One of the great things about chartering a private aircraft is that your clubs go right on the jet when you do,” Martin said. “For golf trips, we do ask clients to let us know how many passengers and sets of clubs will be on the trip, in order to properly gauge weight and space requirements,” Martin advised.

Martin says chartering private business jets for leisure trips is on the upswing, in part, because booking private jets is easier than ever. “It’s now as simple to book a charter jet as it is to make a reservation on a scheduled commercial airline,” said Martin.

The summer edition of the Private Jets VIP Leisure Travel Report newsletter, available on the company’s web site (www.privatejetsvip.com), provides travel and airport information for 100 top golf resorts in the United States.

Golf destinations that are ideally suited to business jet travel include the Pinehurst Resort, and its eight championship courses, located in Sandhills, N.C. The resort is about a 90minute drive from Raleigh or Fayetteville, but business jets can also fly into Southern Pines/Moore County Regional Airport, just 10 minutes away.

In the Midwest, the resort community of Kohler, Wis., is nearly three hours from Chicago and an hour from Milwaukee, but Sheboygan Memorial Airport is only a few miles from the area’s two championship courses.

Home of the course considered to be the crown jewel of American golf, Pebble Beach, Calif., is about 90 minutes from San Jose and a two-hour drive from San Francisco, but Monterey Peninsula Airport is just minutes away.

To check aircraft availability and charter costs, travelers can use Private Jets VIP convenient flight planner, using the airport chart and codes provided in the newsletter. For assistance, travelers are encouraged to call Private Jets VIP client care center at 1-877-778-5387 (JETS)