Beach umbrella, ella

[Old Greg]

My missus is beach high maintenance. She doesn't do sand unless they have waiter 'service', sunbeds, umbrellas and a wooden walkway. I kid you not.

FTFY

[Support Monkey]

My missus is beach high maintenance. She doesn't do sand unless they have waiter service, sunbeds, umbrellas and a wooden walkway. I kid you not.

As lockhouse points out, I contract so i can afford all these items supplied by the hotel forget the missus this is the minimum i want and i want it on a private beach.
Seriously taking or purchasing an umbrella where are you going skegness???

[Pondlife]

My missus is married to a contractor. She shouldn't have to do sand unless they have waiter service, sunbeds, umbrellas and a wooden walkway. I kid you not.

ftfy

[Lockhouse]

My missus is beach high maintenance. She doesn't do sand unless they have waiter service, sunbeds, umbrellas and a wooden walkway. I kid you not.

[TimberWolf]

You tell me where you can buy a single white handkerchief?

Past Christmas gift, stored with with the cuff links, etc? Or failing that a serviette from MacDonalds may serve, if you have a small head. Don't tell me you rent sun loungers too?

[d000hg]

You tell me where you can buy a single white handkerchief?

[TimberWolf]

You raise an interesting point but, sadly, I feel my umbrella bartering skills are not sufficient offer any useful advice.
I would suggest that you purchase some inexpensive white t-shirts and a hat from Primark. It'll save you a fortune on sun cream as you'll have to apply it less frequently. (or just buy a very cheapo, but ordinary, brolly). I certainly wouldn't hand over vastly inflated sums to Johnny Foreigner.

You're not taking this question seriously moneybags, obviously a handkerchief with knots tied in the corners is cheaper than buying a hat from Primark. Duh. Or maybe I'm out of touch with you rich white folk.

[Zippy]

You raise an interesting point but, sadly, I feel my umbrella bartering skills are not sufficient offer any useful advice.
I would suggest that you purchase some inexpensive white t-shirts and a hat from Primark. It'll save you a fortune on sun cream as you'll have to apply it less frequently. (or just buy a very cheapo, but ordinary, brolly). I certainly wouldn't hand over vastly inflated sums to Johnny Foreigner.

[TimberWolf]

My only experience of them is once having hired one whilst abroad and it probably cost more to hire than it would have cost to buy a new, albeit smaller, umbrella. Maybe I'm getting old but this time around I feel I might enjoy the beach more if my skin is not being bombarded by ultra violet rays, not needing to squint, cover myself in insanely expensive suntan lotion, or make my own eye-catching shelter out of a bin liner, string and locally sourced sticks.

Here's the question. Do you buy the umbrella abroad, take it with you, rent one or just bake under the sun au natural and get cancer like white folk? Presumably touristy places are on to the sneaky tourist buying their own umbrella malarky and have taken remedial actions?