Thread: Feedback After Your vacation

Was the barmaid Floy? She is a wonderful person, so friendly, and always remembers us!

Originally Posted by killafee

We just had our first AN experience this past September during our honeymoon and LOVED IT!! We were staying at CSA for the week, but opted for the day trip to CN. Some background info.....my husband would be nekkid 100% of the time, if possible. Especially while out in the sun. I, on the other hand, just became comfortable wearing bikinis two years ago! He had mentioned multiple, multiple, multiple times how badly he wanted to do just do naked sunbathing. We thought we'd be stuck at a resort like Hedo or Desires, which I had NO desire to go to....so imagine our excitement when we discovered that Couples has a dedicated beach / area to do just this! I promised that I'd give this a chance while we took our day trip to CN.
When we first arrived, we stopped by the pool bar and did two Bob Marley shots to loosen up. Well THAT worked for sure. We walked over to the AN beach, noticed a few couples were there naked, and I stripped down in a matter of seconds. My husband jokes that I was naked before we even arrived, lol!! I made him promise earlier that he'd get all of the drinks...etc....because I'd only be laying there, not getting up and walking around. Well that wasn't an issue either. I was super comfortable in a matter of minutes and after a drink or two I was getting up to get the rest. It didn't hurt that it was the hottest day of the week, so being naked was great! Swimming and floating like that was fantastic as well!! I cannot remember her name, but the woman tending the bar that day was the best employee we had encountered all week! So we are planning our 1 year anniversary and while I'd LOVE to go back to CSA, I know we really want to go to a resort with an AN area. Trying to decide between CSS & CTI....decisions, decisions!!!

Laura

Thanks everybody for all the wonderful posts. We are going March 25 - April 1, 2013 and this is our first trip to a Couples Resort and our first AN adventure. Your posts really helped relax our apprehensions.

S & S

I read these boards all the time and I see all the stories of the people that are so nervous and self conscious about shedding their clothing and heading to the AN beach, so, I thought I would tell you a little bit about my first time....

In October 2011 my husband and I went to CN celebrating our 15th anniversary, my 40th birthday and my 5 year cancer free mark. As a breast cancer survivor my body is covered with over 20 inches of scars caused from a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction, but for some crazy reason I felt that I HAD to walk naked on the beach on my 40th birthday.

After a few drinks (Bob Marley's) we headed over to the AN beach, found a chair and off came the suit. After a while of sitting and getting comfortable hubby and I headed out to the water. What an amazing feeling to swim in the warm water naked! I was suprisingly comfortable, so much so that we ended up migrating over to a group of people that were congregating on their floaties.
No one stared at me or asked any questions unless I brought it up.

We went back nearly everyday on our vacation and again to CN in Oct 2012. This April we are heading to CSS for a few days to try out SSB and then back home to CN.

The "naked" experience for me was the most empowering thing I could have ever done. I feel that it was the end of a painful journey and the acceptance of my new body, I feel so much more confident now !

So if you have doubts, just try it...you never know what it may do for you!

I just booked our second trip to CN today - October 9-18, 2013!

Our first trip was in October 2009 and we both had our first AN experience on that trip! Like many, we were both nervous - my husband was probably a little less nervous than me - I'm a fairly shy person, my husband, however, is not! Unfortunately, it took us a few days to get up the courage and we only were there for 5 - but, we finally did it and we both loved it. It was very freeing, no one judged, no one gawked at us, and the ocean truly is wonderful when your naked. I never would have thought of myself to be the "type" of person to go to a AN beach - what I learned was, there is no "type". We are all individuals with different morals, values, bodies, motivations and personalities - yet we all "fit in" on the AN beach at CN.

So, in October 2013, I plan to start at the AN beach at CN on day one. The only time I'll be on the textile beach is when my hubby is scuba diving. Whenever possible, my wonderful husband and myself will be relaxing, reading, drinking and swimming in the AN area. If you are their when we are - say Hi! to us. We'll be the very pale, fairly heavily tattooed couple lounging together in the AN area!! Our names are Tim and Shawna!

For newbies even a tiny bit interested in an AN experience, at least give it a shot. If you don't like it then at least you'll know. If you do - then enjoy it without embarassment!!!

CN is an amazing place and I can't wait to be back!!

- Shawna

Originally Posted by sandsofca

Thanks everybody for all the wonderful posts. We are going March 25 - April 1, 2013 and this is our first trip to a Couples Resort and our first AN adventure. Your posts really helped relax our apprehensions.

S & S

This is great news as that is the exact reason why I started the thread. Please don't forget to post a review of your own experiences when you get back from your trip. I sincerely hope that you have a positive experience. You are going to love Couples, nekkid or not!

My husband and I visited CN and the AN beach recently for the first time. I was definitely apprehensive about trying AN and feeling vulnerable. We went to the AN beach the afternoon of our first full day after lunch and a few drinks. I had gone topless in the water on the clothed side earlier in the day and was working up the courage to move to the AN side. We wanted to try AN at the beginning of our trip so if we did like it we wanted to have time to enjoy it again.

I am a larger woman but recently have lost 20 pounds so I was feeling ok about trying it out. From reading this thread I was prepared to have similar company as there have been many posts about larger women and everyone tells them to come and not to worry, "nobody cares". Now, please don't get me wrong...I didn't ever feel judged by the other people on the AN beach but I guess I was just expecting there to be some others close to my size. This in itself made me feel like a bit of an outsider on our first jaunt. Most people were in conversations already or were packing up to leave when we arrived so it was kind of a quiet day, hubby and I reading and soaking up the late afternoon sun.

Since it was later in the afternoon the bar closed soon after we arrived but not before I had to get up and visit the restroom. Hubby was so nice to get up and get our drinks the first day. I didn't mind laying there in all of the sun's glory but walking anywhere, with all my jiggling, made me a little worried. I just got up, walked in a straight line and kept my gaze down. Same thing on the way back to my chair. Whew! First obstacle down.

I must not have been too traumatized by my first experience because we came back the morning of our second day. This time we chose chairs more in the middle of the beach as to try and catch some of the sea breeze. I situated my chair and float then started to remove my clothing, cover-up first then bathing suit top next. Not sure if I had gotten too much sun the day before, or consumed too many bloody mary's for breakfast, but I swear I heard someone applause when I took off my top. A little encouragement for a big girl? or some other spontaneous outburst? I guess I will never know but I quickly finished undressing and sat down.

I was feeling a bit more comfortable on our second day. As much as everyone comments about people being really nice and you will meet some great friends (again, not that people were rude in any way), no one approached us and started a conversation. Not that I was really hoping so much for this kind of thing (we didn't start conversations with anyone either but would have been open to it) but everyone kept their distance. I started to get a slight complex. There seemed to be many repeaters enjoying the beach and there were conversations between them and the other groups that we saw the afternoon before. Was it that people could tell we were newbies? lol

Being that we we were there during the hottest part of the day, I got really hot and wanted to go into the water. Uh oh! Second obstacle coming right up! haha I asked hubby if he wanted to go in and he said he was ready too. Yep, I grabbed my float and wrapped it around my front and walked into the water. Apparently I was more worried about people seeing my front than backside.
Swimming in the warm clear water AN is AMAZING!!!!!! If you go for AN at all it should be just for the fact of being in the water without clothes! So refreshing! The next time I ventured into the water, and a few drinks later, I didn't take my float. It was hard to drag back and forth and I guess I just didn't care what others thought at this point.

Regardless of lack of conversation, meeting new people, or feeling outnumbered by body type...I am still really glad that I took the leap and tried AN. I came home feeling better about myself (and tan) and I really look forward to it the next time we visit CN. I will be on the AN beach first thing!!

Hi Brian&lyndy, great review. Thanks! It is great to hear positive things but from what you say about the sizes of people that go to the AN beach at CN then this is certainly not what we have experienced at both times we have been to CSS/SSB. Although I have now lost 28lbs and am down to a reasonable weight I certainly would have considered myself large when I was last at CSS (17 stone). I was nowhere near the largest person there and I was so glad to see many ladies who have overcome their weight issues to relax and enjoy themselves at the AN beach. All shapes and sizes are there, petite to very large and no-one gives a tinkers cuss for what people look like. Fret ye not, it's all irie mon!

Apropos being friendly, I guess we experienced the same but if one is on the beach it may intimate that you may not want company. By the pool it is a little more party stylie and a casual 'good morning' usually does the trick. Of course, this is more difficult if one is a little shy when butt naked. It's quite natural and the next time (there wont be a next time for textile holidays right?) you are on an AN beach then you will feel differently about it and a casual approach at the bar or in line for lunch could well lead to great friendships. We love meeting people but don't make it a requirement as it is 'our time' to reconnect. We are friendly always but not to the point of forgetting why we are there.

I am so glad you have been enlightened. Ain't it great?!

We will see you guys there. We arrive the 12th.
We are Steve & Connie

Here's out story! We were booked into COR (now CTI) back in March of 2008. As it happened there was an outbreak of stomach flu the week prior to our arrival so they closed the resort (closing was planned for April for major renovations - that's when it became CTI). Since we were already booked they moved us over to GLB - not as nice but a decent swap considering the circumstances. We were also rewarded with a free return stay (we had to pay for airfare only). So, we went to GLB (now a family resort). We really had no intention of going to the AN side so we basically avoided it for the first few days. My wife is VERY self-conscious about her body (but has absolutely no reason to be) so I don't think we even joked or teased about it before we went.

Two nights before we left we walked over to the AN beach (GLB has two distinct sides to their resort - the AN side was AN 24/7 - and had rooms that were booked specifically for that). We decided to take a walk in the nude - it was dark and we were down by the water - and no one else was around! It was absolutely refreshing and freeing!!!! We decided to go back the next day - our last full day - and spend some time at the pool area. Their pool was very busy - lots of people laying out and a bunch in the water playing volleyball. We went in, grabbed some loungers, got naked and laid down. Both of us were nervous and a little intimidated at first but eventually relaxed. After a while I went and got drinks and calmed down some more. I don't remember how long we stayed there - mostly remember it was very crowded! We decided then that we wanted to try this again when we actually go to a Couples resort (GLB was NOT couples only - there were lots of singles there - male and female - and that was rather distracting. Some of the singles were "model" types and were obviously looking for "dates" - but the experience was so freeing we knew we'd do it again.

So, we took our free trip in August of 2008 (yes, TWO trips the same year!!!!) We decided to go with CSS this time - CTI may not have opened back up yet - and we are glad we did! We got there late our first day (we book as early ass possible now) so on our first full day we headed straight over to SSB. We went straight out past the pool onto the beach, found a couple of loungers under a palm tree, got undressed and laid down. After a few minutes my wife remembered she'd left something in the room so I was sent to get it. When I returned I went straight to the loungers only to discover that she wasn't there. Honestly I was a little annoyed because I thought she'd left and gone over to the main beach. A few minutes later I heard her calling my name and waving me over. It turns out that she'd actually gone to the restroom, was invited to play trivia and was now in the pool, sitting on one of the bar stools and playing trivia with the small group that was gathered there. I was shocked but delighted!

I moved our stuff over to the pool area as well, joined the trivia game (which we won) and never looked back. Except for excursions we spent every day, all day at SSB in the pool area hanging out with the friends we made. We spent evenings with those same friends - and are still in touch with them!!

We went back in November of 2009 and it was the same - every day, all day - at SSB. We're going back this August and the plan is the same - Sunset Beach! Hope to see you there!

Wow!! What a vacation! We just returned from our first visit to CSS last week. I studied the message board for months leading up to this trip so I had high expectations about the facility, the atmosphere, the friendliness of the staff and guests, the food, the activities, the romance and more. I must say that everything exceeded my high expectations.

As far as AN is concerned, this was to be our first such experience and we were very apprehensive as others have also said. My wife is about the shyest person I know as far as her body is concerned and making sure she is always well covered up. (Less than a handful of people had ever seen her completely naked and vice versa.) We booked our trip about 5 months in advance (which I talked her into). During the 5 months we would occasionally bring up the AN issue, with joking comments at first, which were met with her "no way" responses. After a while we started to get a little more used to the idea, enough to have her agree to maybe try it by the time the trip arrived. We read a lot of message board comments about trying it early in the week, so we nervously went to SSB on our first full day. As other suggested, we found a spot off to the side (but still near some other people) and went for it. After 2 hours in the sun, we wanted some shade and all of the shady spots at the beach were taken. My wife noticed that there were two remaining chairs at the pool in the shade and much to my surprise she suggested that we move to them (much nearer to other people). Once we got to the pool it became so much more relaxed.

We laid out for a while and then got into the pool and made our way to the swim up bar where we hung out (no pun intended) for the rest of the day. We met so many friendly guests on that first day and all of them had similar stories about their AN reservations before the trip and how natural and comfortable it turned out to be. On the second day, my wife and I left the property to play golf. To my great surprise, on about the 15th hole, she mentioned to me that she thought we could finish golf in enough time to get back to SSB for a couple of hours at the pool. Needless to say, the rest of the week was fantastic. We did some other things too, but we spent part of every day at the SSB pool and met a lot of friendly people. That was really nice because we were able to meet up with new friends for dinners and the evening entertainment.

There are so many other great things to talk about, like the couples massages, the exploration of the property, the parties, the restaurants, the sunsets, etc. but I don't want to get more wordy than I already have. My final surprise was after we came home and my wife suggested that we plan to go back again next year. I couldn't agree more.

Thank you to all of the wonderful people at CSS and especially to my wife for our most romantic and relaxing vacation ever.

Just knocking this thread back up so that we continue to get newbie's feedback (or AN feedback generally).