Where to keep valuables when going in pool or sea

[sidsgranny]

My DH and I have always left mobiles etc in bag on/under lounger when we go in the pool or sea but I'm travelling for a week with my mum and she thinks this sounds dodgy and that we won't both be able to go in the water together. It's made me wonder if we've been to trusting in the past but I can't see what else you would do? One of those clear pouches round your neck for your phone? I've never seen anyone using one so can I ask what you all do?

To be honest we just usually keep stuff in our beach bag at the bottom or kind of wrapped up in a towel in there. I never worry too much. I haven’t done it myself, but I’ve seen people use a nappy and then wrap it up like it’s a used one, definitely a good idea if you have kids and nappies readily available.

This is what I do. Doubles as a dry bag and float. Only ever take a bit of cash and my phone to the beach as contactless limits on cards means that someone could rack up quite a bit of spending before you know it.

This.

Always the clear pouch. I sometimes stuff it down my swimsuit if I am proper swimming. They’re brilliant things.

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waterproof belt from amazon

I wear a rash vest so it is also covered. At the pool I just leave stuff in my beach bag.

I wonder about this too. At the pool I just try to hide it under a towel or something. But you hope that a hotel pool would be fairly safe?

At the beach I avoid taking it, because my DH would always bring his and it doesn’t make sense for both of us to lose our phones. I leave my phone in our room safe and take a payment card plus a bit of cash.

I recently bought a cheap waterproof watch for beach or outdoor occasions, to avoid losing track of time.

Everyone knows that if you cover your valuables with a bit of your towel it renders them invisible. That’s what we do and it’s worked so far 😝

Oh totally, I also have a zipped case which renders things invisible! 😂

On many beaches where you can hire sunbeds the parasols often have a little safe attached to them that you can use - we recently used one of these in Majorca so we could swim in the sea