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

Not read the full thread but residence Serenissima in Bibione north Italy and many other places near there have beach clubs included. Bibione great for a cheap family holiday. In Puglia there are also many 30 euro a day lidos which include beach service but need to book ahead.

Sounds lovely where abouts in south of France had these beach clubs op ?
When I went to Kos u can go into beach bars and rent the sunbeds and they serve drinks ect ect they had padding and umbrellas and some have the big beds as well !

Would one of the Mark Warner resorts appeal to him?

https://www.markwarner.co.uk/sun-holidays/greece/

I’m confused. He’s causing a problem and you’re the one trying to sort it out?

Forte dei Marmi, italy

Belgian Coast - De Haan, Ostend, Knokke-Heist all have beach clubs. Of
course the weather is another matter…

I think you (and others) might not have been anywhere posh enough to know what OP is talking about!

We went to Icmeler in Turkiye last year, and there were lots of bars/restaurants on the beach that offered proper sun loungers on the beach. You could order food/drinks to your sun loungers! We also have been to several Greek Islands, where the same is offered. Alternatively, you book a hotel, that has it's own private part of the beach, and has sun loungers etc.

Ive spent ALOT of time in Puglia in the last couple of years, specifically around Fasano in Bari. Shit ton of beach clubs, absolutely loads.

And I too now want to lie on a deckchair and have someone bring me a drink tbh

I dont have anything particularly valuable to add except, I literally could have written this post myself! Solidarity to you OP, I get the spoilt man baby husband who will only deign to holiday somewhere that you spend €200 a day on a beach club and I'm also bored to tears of Antibes, and the excessive cost!!

To be fair I agree with your DH, I hate lying flat on a towel covered in sand, even at home if we’re going to the beach I favour the one with rental loungers. It doesn’t need to be a ££££ private beach club though, plenty of hotels have beach access and loungers, and plenty of beaches have loungers for rent for a few pounds a day.

That’s not the same as a beach club.

Italy’s east coast is almost universally covered in beach beds.

This still isn’t the same as a beach club.

Guys, they aren’t talking about the thatched parasols and the wisened old beach dude with a bumbag who comes round to take your euros 😆

Theyre talking about beach clubs like in Cannes, Italy etc - although to be honest the best ones are in far east Asia in my opinion. In Cannes, Nice etc you can get drinks and snacks brought to you and a reasonable DJ but that’s about it - you get full service in places like Bali, Thailand, Vietnam.

A beach club is somewhere like the Blue Marlin in Ibiza. Posh sunbeds, nice pool, food and drinks service, private bit of beach and DJ.

Why should OP have to work out how to parent her husband?

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I find that beach clubs are full of tossers. Prefer a beach in the middle of nowhere. Packed lunch. Piss in the sea.

I’d have a nice holiday with your husband - I detest lying on a towel on the sand. Give me a nice comfy lounger, cold rosé and a lovely lunch venue and it’s a proper day at the beach. Most touristy beach areas now have decent beach clubs

They have them most coastal areas now, even in the U.K. thankfully the people that set the one up in my town put extra large waterproof parasols up as weather is a lot less reliable and there’s a large indoor area for obvious reasons. Went to a great one in Portugal last year

Nothing wrong with that. After certain age I felt the same way. When I’m on holiday i want to be waited on and being comfortable 🤷🏻‍♀️

You can still piss in the sea somewhere really posh. Ask me how I know 😆😆😆

Sounds like the kind of holiday he should go on by himself rather than a family holiday.

I mean on the surface of it he sounds a bit spoilt but it’s a holiday. The whole idea is to kind of indulge yourself. I refuse to rough it in any way on holiday. I’d rather stay home. Lots of places do have beach clubs. There’s a few in Corfu. Heard good things about this one https://www.aragostacorfu.com/gallery/ and this one malibucorfu.com/the-beach/

Cyprus - Lasmari Beach