Meal plan or no meal plan..plus can someone explain garnet bucks compared to flex bucks?

Pasbal
Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:03:23 +0000

Keep in mind too, it isn’t necessarily how much someone eats, but when they eat. During the weekends, Suwannee and Fresh close by 7:30pm, and then don’t open until 10:30am. So unless your kid is eating their 3 meals during that small 9 hour window (and really, who does?), you’re not going to be getting the most of the meal plan.

After 7:30pm on Friday or Saturday (and I believe Sunday, though they may be open till 10pm then), your kid is limited to Chili’s or Denny’s for on-campus food- and those require VIP swipes or FlexBucks.

That’s part of why the meal plans aren’t that great of the deal: sure, you have 7:30am to 10:30pm some nights to get food, but on the weekends and during holidays, the hours of most places absolutely suck. Aramark doesn’t really care though (see: Denny’s All-Nighter not being 24 hours for most of its history) and only care about making a buck. The less your kid uses his mealplan, the more free money they get.

That’s why I recommend going the Garnet Bucks, FSU Cash, or just straight up cash option. Your kid isn’t limited to the paltry on-campus options that are available during their late-night study sessions or on the weekends.