To think south of France beach clubs have ruined DH

[TeddyBearCottage]

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

Yes I believe the youngsters in the hip resorts (Marbella, Ibiza) hire giant beds for the day x

I’m not sure everyone posting on this thread knows what the OP means. They really do spoil a normal beach visit for you - you never want to go back to a towel on the sand, walking miles to get your own drinks or go to the loo, etc. My in-laws introduced us to the beach clubs near their holiday home and they really are the only way to do the beach for me now.

Outside of France you probably want a resort offering a private beach. That will probably offer something similar.

Goa?
Beach beds were super comfy, service to your bed, fantastic food. And of course very cheap. Beds free. Will that spoil him enough?

santorini, menorca all have beaches with daily hire of sun loungers for like £20 euros, maybe £30 now as it was a while ago i was last there.

Yes I think you are right

Agree with PP. Look for an AI resort with its own beach.

I am pretty beach clubs in Sicily/Puglia are more like 20EUR!!

Kalkan as a few others have said- there are several lovely ones & some you get to in a small boat and they’re beautiful.
Mainland Spain & Majorca you’ll find lots of resorts with beach clubs (not just loungers - I mean proper beach clubs/lounger service, nice restaurant and loos) although the costa del Sol does have lots of beaches with thick padded comfortable loungers available for about £8 a day and they’ll bring you drinks n food but not a beach clubs so you’re in with the riff raff I’m afraid!
can’t remember any names of the beach clubs though!

@TeddyBearCottage confirming that beach clubs in Sicily and Puglia are more like 20EUR a day. I don’t know if your husband is after something wildly fancy but I have always found the food to be decent and your drink does come in a real glass! Croatia has similar costs too (try Hvar).

Otherwise… Maui. Hotels will set up umbrellas for you etc and you can order drinks and food from your lounge chair but it was more like $600-$800/night.

He buys his own lounger and carries it around with him.

I have a little foldable short beach chair I've carried on the subway and rail. It's really comfy and lightweight.

Don’t most beaches across the entire world have some variation of hireable sunbeds? That don’t cost €800 per day?? That would be an insane price that most people just wouldn’t pay.

The most expensive sunbed I ever hired was about £60 per day in Dubai. But we are ginger so we needed the umbrella for shade more than anything. But even that’s a world away from €800 per day! I am baffled by this post.

I genuinely don't understand this and many other posts. The husband has given an opinion of what sort of holiday he wants and the o.p is researching it because thats how they have split the labour today.

Perhaps the OP thinks her DH will do a better job of fixing the garage roof than she would? (Or better than you would?).

Or perhaps she'd simply prefer to sort out the holiday rather than fixing the garage roof?

Seems perfectly reasonable to me...

I think your DH sounds very wise, it's a lovely way to spend the day.
Most Italian beaches have the set up he likes. Forte dei Marmi for example. They're expensive but gorgeous.
(Fly to Pisa)

Ikos or Sani both nice resorts with comfortable sunbeds, Cocktails in proper glasses, using premium ingredients.
Usually a private beach - and the sun loungers on the beach are as nice as those around pool. And mainly Greece or Spain, not whiff of Côte d’Azur.

Incidentally, Instagram keeps show me beaches in Albania that look beyond stunning. Ksamil. Reckon if I could ever convince my husband to look at Albania, it might be my next holiday.

Go to Ikos. All their hotels have private beaches with cabanas and lounger service

All the Spanish beaches, inc Balearic & Canaries, I’ve ever been to have sun beds & parasols for rent. Not sure what you mean by beach club? Like they have in Ibiza with djs, bar, pool etc?

Try IKOS resorts

Torquay

I am considering Albania as I have an Albanian colleague. She showed me pics of some beautiful beaches her family go
to when they visit. Reasonable prices too.

Most beaches in Greece and the islands have this set up. Prices vary tho. We were in Halkidiki last year, sunbeds free as long as you bought a drink - padded beds, with a bar and clean toulets

Get your husband down off the roof and tell him to ask Chat GPT.

Me too. Then you see it’s a three word username…. They keep popping up constantly

Malta a lot of the hotels have them

Can you please divorce him and send him over to me. We’re a perfect fit.