Questions about Nudist Resorts (Any experienced nude vacationers?)

[pball2295]

Hey everyone!

I'm sure some percentage of you have spent time in nudist resorts (as opposed to public nude beaches). Would some of you mind answering a few questions about your experiences? My wife and I are considering attending one or two in Europe this summer, and insight might be helpful! Here are my questions:

1. Age of participants

What's the age population like at most nudist resorts? Does it tend to vary, according to the resort? As background, we are in our early 30s. Zero problem with mingling with folks out of our age bracket, but I don't think we'd want to be the only young-ish naked people!

2. Privacy / Cameras

While I'm not necessarily opposed to censored naked pics of my wife being online (wink wink ) .... We are definitely opposed to discreet videos/photos being taken of her without her permission...mostly because of her career and the growing power of facial recognition technology. She feels the same. (Side note, I love watching sweaty, naked babes stroll beaches....so I get the temptation. No judgment!).

Do you still see or hear examples of people (men, usually) being caught filming or photographing others (women, usually)? I'm sure this is more of a problem at public nude beaches than it is at resorts, but how safe is be naked all day in a resort?

3. Sexuality

Many people say that attending nude events/resorts is "not a sexual thing...it's about being free and open." What say you? For me, a BIG part of thinking about it has to do with chatting with and casually enjoying naked women. And letting men ogle at my beautiful wife and her perky tits.

Are you all secret voyeurs like me? Or are you just innocent hippies, lol.

Thanks!

[treblekane]

Originally Posted by pball2295

Hey everyone!

I'm sure some percentage of you have spent time in nudist resorts (as opposed to public nude beaches). Would some of you mind answering a few questions about your experiences? My wife and I are considering attending one or two in Europe this summer, and insight might be helpful! Here are my questions:

1. Age of participants

What's the age population like at most nudist resorts? Does it tend to vary, according to the resort? As background, we are in our early 30s. Zero problem with mingling with folks out of our age bracket, but I don't think we'd want to be the only young-ish naked people!

2. Privacy / Cameras

While I'm not necessarily opposed to censored naked pics of my wife being online (wink wink ) .... We are definitely opposed to discreet videos/photos being taken of her without her permission...mostly because of her career and the growing power of facial recognition technology. She feels the same. (Side note, I love watching sweaty, naked babes stroll beaches....so I get the temptation. No judgment!).

Do you still see or hear examples of people (men, usually) being caught filming or photographing others (women, usually)? I'm sure this is more of a problem at public nude beaches than it is at resorts, but how safe is be naked all day in a resort?

3. Sexuality

Many people say that attending nude events/resorts is "not a sexual thing...it's about being free and open." What say you? For me, a BIG part of thinking about it has to do with chatting with and casually enjoying naked women. And letting men ogle at my beautiful wife and her perky tits.

Are you all secret voyeurs like me? Or are you just innocent hippies, lol.

Thanks!

You seem to have very reasonable expectations. Yes, ages vary a according to different types of resorts, yes, photography is very restricted. But if you have an attractive wife, she will get photographed. Expect it. Sexuality (the swinger underground) is usually present, you should be able to sniff them out pretty easy, even though at most places it is very discouraged and well policed.

[NoShoCo]

Not much to add to what Treblekane has said other than ages can vary depending on the event as well (at least here in the US... haven't been to a resort in Europe yet to comment). For example, Treblekane's photos are from Laguna del Sol near Sacramento, CA (an excellent resort, btw). They have a couple of events that bring out a younger crowd: Nudestock music festival and Naked Man. We've been to Nudestock and there are a lot of younger people during the event... but it is also very crowded in general.

As far as picture taking, I've seen a few get caught and they are immediately confronted. I've seen one guy have to delete the pictures off his phone and then get thrown out. Again, this is in the US.

[Halkan]

Hello

My experience is mostly from Germany and Holland. Though there are nude beaches as well as naturist resorts in both countries, I would say that the most common 'nude venue' is the mixed nude spa. A small nude spa has an indoor area with e.g. saunas, jacuzzis and lounges and is typically attached to a Hotel or a gym. Medium sized nude spas often add an outdoor area for suntanning and are either niched stand-alone spas (e.g. Sauna Deco in Amsterdam with its glorious Art Deco interior design) or attached to large hotels or gyms. They usually include at least a cafe' for sandwiches, smoothies and coffee and sometimes offer 'wellness'. i.e. (non-erotic) massage and/or beauty treatments. Large nude spas have loads of different types of saunas and pools, acres of lounge areas, large outdoor areas for nude suntanning, one or more restaurants, and usually also offer extensive wellness.

In my view, medium and large sized nude spas are more or less to be viewed as luxurious and quiet naturist resorts, with the exception that most of them 'only' offer day visits (though some actually have attached hotels and/or caravan sites). So you don't get the 'membership in a club' feeling from them. On the other hand, regulars tend to visit at the same day and time in the week and sort of form their own clubs (I belonged to the Tuesday evening club in one of them).

Niched spas have a niched clientele (e.g. those who like Sitar music and incence, I personally don't). Large spas might have a theme (e.g. Vabali Spa with 'Balinese type architecture and food') but nevertheless attract a wide variety of ages and usually an even mix of men and women. Children are few and far between since they are either not allowed or supposed to 'stay quiet and don't run around' which they seldom like. The reason is that these nude spas are for relaxation, and the saunas tend to be almost meditative places. So, the nude spas are not like family type naturist resorts.

Open sexuality is not allowed. Some spas allow people to bend the rules a bit, but that's usually just because they are too lazy to keep order, and they pay for it with decreasing numbers of customers. Can a woman show off ? Sure, if she is not too blatant about it, and it certainly does happen. But mostly their nudity is of the I-could-not-care-less type. Can a man run around with an erection ? Nope, but if a couple has been sitting together in a Jacuzzi and the mans boner from it is briefly visible when he leaves it until he has quickly donned his robe which is on a nearby peg then noone will bother.

Regards

/KG

[raysallx]

The other replies have mostly covered it, but I will add a couple notes:

1. Age varies a lot between resorts and days of the week. Midweek you sometimes see more older/retired people while the younger, working class, show up on the weekends. Some of the resorts that have been around a long time will have an older clientele.

2. Cameras are strictly forbidden in most places, however, that doesn't mean you can't sneak some photos of your wife, especially at your campsite (as illustrated above). Just be discrete and make sure no other people are in the frame.

3. Open sexuality is not allowed in nudist/CO resorts, but you will see it in places that cater to lifestyle folks. It should be clear from their web sites about what is allowed. You might see/hear some activity at nudist places, but it's kept on the down low.

[KarlJetz]

Just spent a long weekend at Mira Vista in Tucson. Very nice resort, great turnout (packed, no rooms or condos available), AANR but very sexy environment, wonderful dance club with a lot of sexy dancing/grinding/groping.

Obviously age skewed towards retirees (they have the time and money), but a strong showing of middle-aged couples and quite a few 20-30 somethings.

Cameras? Uh, no. We did take some photos around the grounds in the early hours...but nothing involving nudity.

Blatant, open sexuality? I saw hand holding and kissing (which can get you kicked out at some of the real puritanical AANR places), but no touching except for in the dance club. They seem to really let people cut loose there. Also: Saw a few black silicon rings and pineapple hats around the pool...wifey asked what the pineapple thing was and why some were right side up and others upside down.

Will be skipping other resorts in California from now on and head to Tucson for our Memorial and Labor Day weekends.

[nectcouple]

Originally Posted by KarlJetz

wifey asked what the pineapple thing was and why some were right side up and others upside down.

I don't know what that's all about either.

[captainbk]

Also: Saw a few black silicon rings and pineapple hats around the pool...wifey asked what the pineapple thing was and why some were right side up and others upside down.

The google tells me this


A pineapple that is placed on your porch or mailbox by swingers lets everyone know that there is a swinger party going on. A pineapple that is turned upside down is when there is someone looking for a swinger party. Swingers also use the symbol to look for each other in public.

[mamanrc]

My wife and I both have black wedding style bands we wear on our right hands when we go out looking for others.

[Shihoin]

The answers so far covered the questions pretty well. My 4 cents:

1. Age of participants
It varies from resort to resort; but on average I would say: 10% under 30, 25% between 30 and 40, 65% over 40.

2. Privacy / Cameras
Expressly forbidden at most resorts

Originally Posted by pball2295

3. Sexuality

Many people say that attending nude events/resorts is "not a sexual thing...it's about being free and open." What say you? For me, a BIG part of thinking about it has to do with chatting with and casually enjoying naked women. And letting men ogle at my beautiful wife and her perky tits.
Are you all secret voyeurs like me? Or are you just innocent hippies, lol.

Although open sex and gawking are strictly forbidden, "people watching" is a bit of a grey area. It's very low-key.
My wife and I are very social, and it is fun interacting with people completely naked. But "nudist etiquette" compels us not to linger "too long" on their body parts (which can be a bit challenging if the person in front of you is "esthetically pleasing" to the eye). But if you put out "friendly vibes" you will probably get to interact with nudists and experience "seeing and being seen naked."