AI Towel question

As far as towels go we used them for all our advetures while we were there. We took them to Cozumel, Coba and into a Cenote' and never lost one!

As far as the "borrowing one" from an unoccupied beach chair, I had a lady from Florida go off on me for sitting down to chat with my friends "on her chair" for about 30 seconds! I kid you not! this woman went Ape shit about how it was her chair and the fact that her towel (resort towel) signified the fact that this chair was taken, now mind you that it was not occupied at the time but i just sat on it to talk for 30 freakin seconds... Anyway after she read me the riot act about how these things work I pointed out the fact that the sign above "chair stated that you are not supposed to "reserve" chairs with towels (at this point I just wanted to piss her off) and that I was not going to steal her chair, I was mearly sitting here to chat with my friends and I would gladly give her back "her" chair in a moments notice Long story shorter,,, later that day her freakin chair of chairs had been empty all day with a towel on it (again resort towel) well lets just say that I liberated a towel from cruel and unusual punishment of haveing to be left out in the sun all day and put up with a truly obnoxious person for the rest of the week! I took it and deposited it into the bin at the shack. Moral? None whatsoever it just felt good to chap her ass a bit! E

[Beachnutt719]

Always bring my own towels. For all of the reasons already mentioned and I just like having my own.

[Nerak936]

Originally Posted by Beachnutt719

Always bring my own towels. For all of the reasons already mentioned and I just like having my own.

Watch out, Beachnutt! I just might steal it from ya at Xel-Ha!!

[Beachnutt719]

They are cheapo Christmas Tree Shop, nothing exciting. I'll remember to leave my Xcaret towels at home. I am starting to get so excited I can hardly stand it!

Originally Posted by u/d

All you (us) Colorado folks need to have a get together and plan our next vacations so we can at least be there at the same time.

I'll be at Grand Palladium 5/30-6/6/05 with my family.

Sorry we'll miss you...

u/d

Sorry we're going to miss you! I'll look forward to a trip report - and maybe we can get together at a local hang-out here in Colorado sometime and "PlayaClub" - that would be fun! Whenever we get the beach sand out of our shoes, we should try to coordinate that!

Travel safe

Originally Posted by Erichg

Long story shorter,,, later that day her freakin chair of chairs had been empty all day with a towel on it (again resort towel) well lets just say that I liberated a towel from cruel and unusual punishment of haveing to be left out in the sun all day and put up with a truly obnoxious person for the rest of the week! I took it and deposited it into the bin at the shack. Moral? None whatsoever it just felt good to chap her ass a bit! E

LMAO...

Good - that served her right. No need to be rude - especially if your not even going to use the chair. Especially being rude to a fellow Coloradoan...

dave

Originally Posted by Playa Junkie

Sorry we're going to miss you! I'll look forward to a trip report - and maybe we can get together at a local hang-out here in Colorado sometime and "PlayaClub" - that would be fun! Whenever we get the beach sand out of our shoes, we should try to coordinate that!

We should try that...what timing though - u/d is there until 6/6 - we arrive on 6/7 and leave on 6/14 - Playa Junkie arrives on 6/14 just as we leave. Streckman - also from Colorado arrives 7 days after that...geez - talk about
weird!

dave

[Rissask]

I bring too many clothes and shoes to waste valuable suitcase space with towels!

We don't stay at AIs, but they still provide towels- as long as they get them back in good condition at the end of the day, I doubt they care where you take them really. We took them all over the coast.

I also bring along a pareo, very useful in a pinch as a towel, chair cover, beach blacket, wrap, etc. Also takes up very little space in my suitcase and dries quickly.

Originally Posted by DenverDave

We should try that...what timing though - u/d is there until 6/6 - we arrive on 6/7 and leave on 6/14 - Playa Junkie arrives on 6/14 just as we leave. Streckman - also from Colorado arrives 7 days after that...geez - talk about
weird!

dave

I'd say we Coloradoans are doing our part to strenghten the peso and improve the tourist trade in Playa....... doing a fine job. Let's keep it up and plan our next trip before we leave for this one!

Ouch, Shammy tell me it isn't so ........ $50.00 for a lost towel at the Bahia. We will be there very soon. We have two laxidazicle 16 yr old boys going. I better keep an eye on those towels.

Thanks

Originally Posted by LtsgotoMX

Ouch, Shammy tell me it isn't so ........ $50.00 for a lost towel at the Bahia. We will be there very soon. We have two laxidazicle 16 yr old boys going. I better keep an eye on those towels.

Thanks

Sorry to jump in here, Shammy, but I have to tell ya, it's worth it to lose my own personal cheap-*ss towels than worry about babysitting a cheap-*ss towel belonging to a hotel conglomerate (sp?).... especially when people who have lost the hotel's cheap-*ss towels are looking to replace those cheap-*ss towels with the one I'm trying to watch so hard. I spent the better part of one whole vacation worrying about stupid towels and being charged $40. Decided then and there to pack a whole suitcase full of my own cheap-*ss towels next trip - and did (well, 6 towels anyway).

[TAPPY]

Originally Posted by Coral Reef

We've never lost a resort towel, but if you do, there is a simple solution. You know those people who get up at 6:00 AM to put their towels on lounges by the pool, despite all the signs asking guests not to reserve chairs? And then they go away for hours, keeping the chair tied up when they're not even using it? In my view, those people are just begging to donate their towels to more deserving guests.

Just use the Coral Reef guide for towel donation

Ltsgo we are headed to the Bahia the same time you are...dont steal my towel and I wont steal yours !!!!!

PJ, Cr, Shammy, et al, Great suggestions one and all. Thanks for the towel tips. I've decided to bring some "cheap --s" towels from Wally World for off resort excursions (if they get funky, just dump 'em) and use the resort's towels when hangin' out there. If I lose it at the resort, they can hold thier hand you know where for the $!

[Coral Reef]

Yeah, Eduardo, I read a recent trip report from the Lindo or Maya where the traveler who lost a towel on the resort just went up to the front desk and pitched a fit. Guess who didn't have to pay?

CR, Yea, I mean the d--n towel is on the property! It'll turn up. I suppose they're afraid a few guests might say they "lost" it with the intention of packing it back home with them, but by the sounds, would it really be worth it? Who wants a cheapo towel as a souvenier? Like that happens a lot! The big resorts can certainly afford to lose a towel or two each day and not make something of it, which alienates thier guests.