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To think south of France beach clubs have ruined DH

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TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 14:42

Now he’s acting like a spoilt baby
Saying he won’t go to a normal beach and sit on a towel on the sand and he will only go somewhere he has a sunbed, a proper one

so now I’m trying to find places with beach clubs that are reasonable for this summer

any ideas ? don’t want to go to south of France again

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Contrarymary30 · 18/04/2026 16:03

I wouldn't sit on a towel on the beach . It's just too uncomfortable. It was OK when I was a child . Most beaches hire out sun beds .

Whosthetabbynow · 18/04/2026 16:02

LochKatrine · 18/04/2026 15:59

Yes, I think she means a resort, maybe AI, perhaps.

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Ah ok. Yes most resorts have sun beds put out on the beach x

LochKatrine · 18/04/2026 16:01

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 16:00

Don't you think it's nicer to swim in the sea ?

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I do indeed! However, I don't have concerns about chemicals or germs, by and large.

51user51 · 18/04/2026 16:01

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 14:54

He says he like it with a proper sunbed ideally with padding

and he likes getting his drink in a proper glass with ice and also being able to go to nice toilets without queueing

and having food brought over and music

Can’t imagine wanting to go somewhere not like that either tbh. Why is this such a big thing to you? It’s supposed to be a holiday.

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TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 16:00

LochKatrine · 18/04/2026 15:45

Ok. Fair enough, but he needs to understand that chemicals are everywhere and are largely unavoidable.

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Don't you think it's nicer to swim in the sea ?

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RoseBlueuet · 18/04/2026 16:00

Squirrelchops1 · 18/04/2026 15:52

Corfu

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Not for what the OP is talking about.

LochKatrine · 18/04/2026 15:59

Whosthetabbynow · 18/04/2026 15:57

Is that what ‘beach club’ means? Padded sunbeds on the beach? I thought that was a normal holiday 🤷‍♀️

Yes, I think she means a resort, maybe AI, perhaps.

Whosthetabbynow · 18/04/2026 15:57

Is that what ‘beach club’ means? Padded sunbeds on the beach? I thought that was a normal holiday 🤷‍♀️

AndSoFinally · 18/04/2026 15:56

Pretty much any all inclusive hotel with beach access will have a beach club, and you get all the AI perks while using it (food, ice cream, drinks, etc)

Iloveacurry · 18/04/2026 15:54

Kalkan in Turkey, lots of beach clubs.

Iris2020 · 18/04/2026 15:54

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 14:54

He says he like it with a proper sunbed ideally with padding

and he likes getting his drink in a proper glass with ice and also being able to go to nice toilets without queueing

and having food brought over and music

OK that's my idea of hell (music at the beach). It totally defeats the purpose of a beach.

LochKatrine · 18/04/2026 15:53

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 15:36

That does look nice, but he might be a bit picky over the toilets

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Is it the wooden doors or the fact that they're on the beach?

Squirrelchops1 · 18/04/2026 15:52

RoseBlueuet · 18/04/2026 15:30

Where in Greece? Curious to know where a drink gets you a bed for free for 8 euro.

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Corfu

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 18/04/2026 15:51

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 14:58

He only likes the sea

he doesn't like pools
doesn't like the chemicals and germs

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Is he aware that the sea isn’t exactly germ free, ie effluent, detritus from ships, decomposing fish etc.?

newmenewwhatever · 18/04/2026 15:50

@TeddyBearCottage literally anywhere in Europe that has a load of tourists, has what you are asking for.

3luckystars · 18/04/2026 15:47

So just to recap: he is on the garage roof

Villanellesproudmum · 18/04/2026 15:47

Recommend here https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-resort-split-spa/beach-club

Northernlights19 · 18/04/2026 15:45

HeadDeskHeadDesk · 18/04/2026 15:38

I don't blame him. I won't go to a public beach and sit on a towel on the sand either. UK beaches are full of annoying anti-social oiks playing shit music out of their phones and foreign beaches are full of hawkers constantly trying to sell you stuff. And I hate sand.

I'd rather scrape by eyes out with a spoon.

Where on earth have you been going? I haven't come across a beach in the UK "full" of antisocial behaviour". I've been to beaches where there are some people working and selling things but a polite "no thank you" takes mere seconds and, again, I haven't been to a beach "full" of people working either.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 18/04/2026 15:45

Anywhere on the Med or the Adriatic.

LochKatrine · 18/04/2026 15:45

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 15:34

Well you don't have much choice how to get to places, you have to go via the airport but when you're there you can chose beach
or pool and That's actually something I do agree with him on, I prefer a nice sandy beach to pool also

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Ok. Fair enough, but he needs to understand that chemicals are everywhere and are largely unavoidable.

Aluna · 18/04/2026 15:44

TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 14:42

Now he’s acting like a spoilt baby
Saying he won’t go to a normal beach and sit on a towel on the sand and he will only go somewhere he has a sunbed, a proper one

so now I’m trying to find places with beach clubs that are reasonable for this summer

any ideas ? don’t want to go to south of France again

Italy they have fab beaches.

Bagno Angelo – Stabilimento balneare Forte dei Marmi

https://www.bagnoangelo.net/en/home/

LadyLapsang · 18/04/2026 15:42

Just stay at a nice 5 star boutique hotel on the beach, then you aren’t lugging everything to a beach club stuck in traffic, parking etc.

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TeddyBearCottage · 18/04/2026 15:41

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 18/04/2026 15:39

I also enjoy researching and booking holidays OP, so also wouldn’t consider it a hardship.

And I am normally the first to say “let him do his own research”

Yes I'd rather be doing this, than up on the garage roof, as he is as we speak

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GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 18/04/2026 15:40

DeftGoldHedgehog · 18/04/2026 15:38

I thought that was just called "a decent hotel".

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Yes it sounds like a good quality (ie more expensive) AI would suit him

Doggymummar · 18/04/2026 15:39

RoseBlueuet · 18/04/2026 15:30

Where in Greece? Curious to know where a drink gets you a bed for free for 8 euro.

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I was in pefkas and it was about the same

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