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Clothing optional resorts help niche motels hold their own in down hospitality market
Southwest Travel Notes ^ | June 27, 2009 | Sam William Tucker

Posted on 06/27/2009 10:21:36 PM PDT by gogov

Looks like some resorts have found a way to survive in a down hospitality market.

Southwest Travel Notes - casting aside the paperwork
Spa Resort with more...and nothing at all

Clothing optional has become a marketing trend in upscale resorts popping up across America . For a growing number of resort goers, the option of checking their clothes at the door has become an attractive way to relax and retreat.

Nestled in the hills of a California desert community and overlooking the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs is Living Waters Spa that has served the clothing optional market for over six years.

By giving its guests the option to stay nude, it is thriving while other area hotels have been pounded by financially challenging times.

excerpt: Clothing Optional Resorts

(Excerpt) Read more at friendsofdeserthotsprings.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; hospitality; sloweconomy

1 posted on 06/27/2009 10:21:38 PM PDT by gogov
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To: gogov

Nude beaches are such a disappointment when you actually see one for real.


2 posted on 06/27/2009 10:30:54 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: Minn

Maybe in my younger days I might have ventured to one. Now the illusion in the mirror is all I want anyone to see.


3 posted on 06/27/2009 10:32:18 PM PDT by gogov
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To: Minn

>>>Nude beaches are such a disappointment when you actually see one for real

Might depend on why you go there in the first place.


4 posted on 06/27/2009 10:39:39 PM PDT by tlb
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To: gogov
Now the illusion in the mirror is all I want anyone to see.


5 posted on 06/27/2009 11:09:59 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 159 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: null and void

Good one!


6 posted on 06/27/2009 11:22:48 PM PDT by gogov
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To: gogov

Me too. It sounds like a gimmick they are trying to promote. I have never once seen a nude person walking around anywhere outside of their house. I would venture to say there would not be many.


7 posted on 06/28/2009 12:14:38 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: gogov

Near where i live is two compounds, one is a nudist camp the other a 20 acre compound for retired chimps.
When I fly friends around for sightseeing I take them over the chimp compound as no one really wants to see a bunch of cellulite jiggling on old folks.
Then over the ocean and around the nuke plant, best at night.


8 posted on 06/28/2009 2:32:16 AM PDT by Joe Boucher
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To: gogov

I know I look good naked, my dog told me!


9 posted on 06/28/2009 6:12:27 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: Joe Boucher

They flying part sounds good


10 posted on 06/28/2009 8:02:59 AM PDT by gogov
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To: null and void

Great cartoon.


11 posted on 07/23/2009 10:40:54 PM PDT by gogov
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