May 17, 2008
Nakation info
The American Association for Nude Recreation defines a nakation as:
1. A clothes-free interlude from one's customary duties, as for recreation or rest; a holiday.
2. The part of your vacation you'll brag to friends about.
I almost went to a nude beach when I was in college, but I cancelled at the last minute because I was too nervous. Topless beaches never really bothered me but the idea of going to a nude beach really freaked me out and I haven't considered it since.
This slightly old New York Times article discusses a fellow who started taking clothing option vacations when he was around 67, a bartender who thinks minimalism is good for the environment (wonder if she bought carbon credits), and a woman who lost her inhibitions about being nude while on a nudist vacation.
The article mentions the Hidden Beach Resort - Mancunian wrote about that on this blog a while back. Then there's the Sea Mountain Inn (California), Mira Vista condos (Arizona), Occidental Grand Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). Then some popular hotels in Vegas have nude or topless pools: Caesar’s Palace and the Mirage in Las Vegas.
Of course, if all you need is a topless resort, I suppose most that welcome Europeans will be used to going topless at the pool / beach. Sirenis Punta Cana was certainly topless-friendly.
Responses to that article include information on gay nudist resorts and a complaint about Grand Lido Braco (Jamaica) where one woman was told to leave the beach if she didn't strip completely naked.
The article also said that naturalists have more nude vacation options than before:
The types of nude vacations have expanded too. Vacationers can now roll out a mat at all-nude yoga retreats, share banana bread with other guests at all-nude bed-and-breakfasts, gear up for nude mountain biking in California’s High Desert and saunter around the decks of cruise ships chartered specifically for clothing-free travel. In Germany, a travel operator has arranged for an all-nude charter flight this summer to take customers to a clothing-optional retreat in the Baltics. The naturists will take off and land fully clothed, but shed their clothes once airborne. (Flight attendants and crew will, however, keep their uniforms on.)I understand nude yoga but not nude mountain biking...
This article talks about how nude recreation might help Arizona's economy. It's clear that travel companies see money to be made with the new nude flights, cruises, mountain bike excursions, etc.
For those of you who like to travel solo, many nude resorts don't allow single men. I guess single women are less likely to be voyeurs because there was no mention about turning women away.
Posted by James Trotta at May 17, 2008 9:58 PM | TrackBack