Come to our Fun Naked, Nude Years Eve party

It's time to party and to have some fun this New Year's Eve. Don't go to some boring New Year's eve party where you have to wear clothes. You need something fun and different for a change. How about our NUDE Year's Eve party!

Ever been to a clothing optional New Year's eve party before? Our Nude Year's eve party is the best.

Every year, we always sell out. It's so much fun. It's the most fun you can have without your clothes on. We just have a few spaces left for the party if you are staying somewhere else in Palm Springs and only a couple of rooms left if you want to stay at The Terra Cotta Inn.

The party is fantastic. We start by serving you a 5 course sit down dinner. Steak and lobster. All you can eat. Then on to dancing the night away with our favorite DJ.

Come midnight, we have a decadent dessert buffet and champagne toast to ring in the New Year, or is that Nude Year?

As you can see in the above photos, the dress code is clothing optional. Some women dress elegantly in sheer tops, and dresses. Very sexy and chic. Other guests however, prefer to dress in suits. Birthday suits that is. Clothing is never required at our New Year's eve party.

Our party is held in our big event room, aka our very spacious living room, so you will be nice and toasty warm and don't have to worry about wearing clothes.

You'll love our party and our resort.

You can also come just for the party or stay over night. We only have space for just a few couples just for the party, so if you have a home in Palm Springs or are staying at a time share, you can still go to a fun naked New Years eve party.

If you have always wanted to stay at a clothing optional resort, now is the perfect time. Last Year, AOL.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world and the only nudist resort on the west coast that was honored. Also last year, the Vancouver Sun newspaper in Canada picked us as one of the best places in the world to go nude sunbathing. And this month in the December 2009 Best of the Best issue of Palm Springs Life magazine, we were picked as one of the 3 best boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area and the only nude hotel that was honored.

We are also the most mainstream clothing optional resort in the US. We are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time. You do not have to be a card carrying nudist to stay here.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

If you want to go to the most fun Nude Year's eve party ever, join us here at The Terra Cotta Inn in sunny Palm Springs.

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs this New Years Eve or any time of the year!

Southwest Airlines has a Big Airfare sale Buy by January 4th Fly by March 9th

Southwest Airlines is giving nude sunbathers a major New Year's present. A big airfare sale so you can get out of the cold and snow and come to sunny Palm Springs, California and stay at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa.

Southwest flies into the Ontario California airport which is only 70 miles away and a 1 hour drive.

Here's the details from Southwest's site:

"Sale Fares Starting at $59 One-Way

* Purchase by January 4, 2010, 11:59 pm Pacific Time.
* Travel January 12 through March 9, 2010.
* Travel valid all days of the week."

Click here for Southwest Airlines airfare sale page

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 (toll free US and Canada) for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Happy Nude Year everyone!

United Airlines Big Airfare Sale Buy by 1/7/10 fly by 3/11/10

United Airlines is giving nude sunbathers a major New Year's present. A big airfare sale so you can get out of the cold and snow and come to sunny Palm Springs, California and stay at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa.

Here's the details:

New Year's savings
Buy low fares and away you go.

Kick off the new year in a new place. Book your 2010 travel within the United States or to Canada by January 7, 2010.


* Purchase by January 7, 2010.
* A 14-day advance purchase is required.
* Travel must be complete by March 11, 2010.
* Fares for travel within the contiguous 48 states are valid on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Fares for travel on other days of the week will be higher. Fares for travel to Hawaii and Canada are valid daily.
* Travel within the U.S. requires a 3-night, Friday night or Saturday night minimum stay and a maximum stay of 30 days is permitted...

Click here for United Airlines Airfare sale page

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 (toll free US and Canada) for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Happy Nude Year everyone!

Terra Cotta Inn's fun casino night party is Saturday Jan 9th, 2010

We will be having our 15th annual fun casino night party this Saturday January 3rd. It's the most fun you can have gambling with your clothes off! There are just 3 rooms available then due to last minute cancellations.

We'll have a black jack table, roulette wheel, and craps table with professional dealers. The party is free for guests booked into our hotel, The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa located in sunny Palm Springs, California.

We have the party in our large living room. There will be a roaring fire so you can be nice and toasty warm and nude as you gamble.

Since you can't gamble nude in Las Vegas, we brought Las Vegas to Palm Springs.

We have free drinks and free snacks at the party and we give away $750 in FREE prizes. The grand prize is two free nights at the Terra Cotta Inn which you get to use while you are here. This means you have a 1 in 17 chance of winning the grand prize.

This is one of our best parties of the year. It's a blast! Everyone loves it.

Plus, we are predicted to be in the mid 70's and sunny then. Perfect topless and nude sunbathing weather.

Topless and nude sunbathers are lucky as they get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. Just this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue, we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 (toll free US and Canada) for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Nude Year!

Photo of JFK with nude sunbathing women on a yacht a hoax

This week a big deal was made of a photo where President Kennedy was supposedly on a yacht with naked women. People said if this had come out during his presidency it would have changed the world as he would have been kicked out of office.

Why is America so hung up on nudity. the President of France's wife has modeled nude. No big deal. Here in the US, when President Obama was filmed on the beach shirtless, you would have thought he went running through Times Square naked at midnight on New Year's Eve.

Get over it Americans, nudity is no big deal. It's just skin. Europe has sexually matured, time for America to sexually mature too.

Here's the story:

"Exclusive' photo of JFK with naked women a hoax

The celebrity gossip site TMZ.com got punk'd today when it fell for a photo hoax purportedly showing John F. Kennedy sunning on a yacht full of naked women.

Trumpeting an "exclusive," with the headline "The JFK Photo That Could Have Changed History," TMZ said it obtained the "never-before published photograph" that "could have altered world events." TMZ said it believed the crumpled black-and-white snapshot was taken in the mid-1950s, before Kennedy was president...

The Smoking Gun did a little due diligence and found that the image — featuring a naked lady jumping into the sea — appeared in the November 1967 issue of Playboy. The color photo was part of a spread headlined "Charter Yacht Party: How to Have a Ball on the Briny with an Able-Bodied Complement of Ship's Belles."

The lounging man in the photo? A paid model...

For the full story click here

Tom Mulhall
The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa, Palm Springs, CA
800-786-6938
http://sunnyfun.com
http://twitter.com_nudist_resorts

How about going to a Fun Naked New Year's Eve Party in sunny Palm Springs

What a year 2009 has been. Between Bernie Madoff, Tiger Woods, unemployment, recession, depression, you name it, you need some major FUN!!!

Now it's time to party and to have some fun on New Year's Eve. Who wants to go to some boring New Year's eve party where you have to wear clothes when there are fun parties you can enjoy? Certainly not you guys. You need something fun and different for a change. How about a NUDE Year's Eve party!

Ever been to a clothing optional New Year's eve party before? Our Nude Year's eve party is the best.

Every year, we always sell out. It's so much fun. It's the most fun you can have without your clothes on. We just have a few spaces left for the party if you are staying somewhere else in Palm Springs and only a couple of rooms left if you want to stay at The Terra Cotta Inn.

The party is fantastic. We start by serving you a 5 course sit down dinner. Steak and lobster. All you can eat. Then on to dancing the night away with our favorite DJ.

Come midnight, we have a decadent dessert buffet and champagne toast to ring in the New Year, or is that Nude Year?

As you can see in the above photos, the dress code is clothing optional. Some women dress elegantly in sheer tops, and dresses. Very sexy and chic. Other guests however, prefer to dress in suits. Birthday suits that is. Clothing is never required at our New Year's eve party.

Our party is held in our big event room, aka our very spacious living room, so you will be nice and toasty warm and don't have to worry about wearing clothes.

You'll love our party and our resort.

You can also come just for the party or stay over night. We only have space for just a few couples just for the party, so if you have a home in Palm Springs or are staying at a time share, you can still go to a fun naked New Years eve party.

If you have always wanted to stay at a clothing optional resort, now is the perfect time. Last Year, AOL.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world and the only nudist resort on the west coast that was honored. Also last year, the Vancouver Sun newspaper in Canada picked us as one of the best places in the world to go nude sunbathing. And this month in the December 2009 Best of the Best issue of Palm Springs Life magazine, we were picked as one of the 3 best boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area and the only nude hotel that was honored.

We are also the most mainstream clothing optional resort in the US. We are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time. You do not have to be a card carrying nudist to stay here.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

If you want to go to the most fun Nude Year's eve party ever, join us here at The Terra Cotta Inn in sunny Palm Springs.

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs this New Years Eve or any time of the year!

40% off Airfare sale on Air Canada to Palm Springs - Buy by 12/30 fly by 2/10

Happy Nude Year from Air Canada to Canadians. Special rates flying into Palm Springs, California

This is a major airfare sale into Palm Springs with Air Canada. They are doing a code share with another carrier into Palm Springs for rates as low as $538 round trip Canadian. You can save even more money if you fly into Los Angeles Ontario California, San Diego, or Las Vegas.

From the Air Canada site:

"Check out the savings for Canada, U.S., Sun and International destinations.

What's on your travel wish list?

Book by Wed 30-Dec, 2009

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Sun: Up to 40% off

All fares displayed on this page are in Canadian dollars, per person. Tickets must be purchased by 23:59 EDT/20:59 PDT on the ticketing deadline date. Certain flights may be operated by other carriers on a codeshare basis. Fares are valid at time of transmission and apply to new bookings only."

Click here for Air Canada's site

Topless and nude sunbathers are lucky as they get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. Just this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue, we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 (toll free US and Canada) for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Nude Year!

It's Time to Go to a Fun Naked New Year's Eve Party, Come To Terra Cotta Inn's Nude Year's Eve Party

Party, Party, Party! 2009 has been a very difficult year. Now it's time to party and to have some fun on New Year's Eve. Who wants to go to some boring New Year's eve party where you have to wear clothes when there are fun parties you can enjoy? Certainly not you guys. You need something fun and different for a change. How about a NUDE Year's Eve party!

Ever been to a clothing optional New Year's eve party before? Our Nude Year's eve party is the best.

Every year, we always sell out. It's so much fun. It's the most fun you can have without your clothes on. We just have a few spaces left and only a couple of rooms left.

The party is fantastic. We start by serving you a 5 course sit down dinner. Steak and lobster. All you can eat. Then on to dancing the night away with our favorite DJ.

Come midnight, we have a decadent dessert buffet and champagne toast to ring in the New Year, or is that Nude Year?

As you can see in the above photos, the dress code is clothing optional. Some women dress elegantly in sheer tops, and dresses. Very sexy and chic. Other guests however, prefer to dress in suits. Birthday suits that is. Clothing is never required at our New Year's eve party.

Our party is held in our big event room, aka our very spacious living room, so you will be nice and toasty warm and don't have to worry about wearing clothes.

You'll love our party and our resort.

You can also come just for the party or stay over night. We only have space for just a few couples just for the party, so if you have a home in Palm Springs or are staying at a time share, you can still go to a fun naked New Years eve party.

If you have always wanted to stay at a clothing optional resort, now is the perfect time. Last Year, AOL.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world and the only nudist resort on the west coast that was honored. Also last year, the Vancouver Sun newspaper in Canada picked us as one of the best places in the world to go nude sunbathing. And this month in the December 2009 Best of the Best issue of Palm Springs Life magazine, we were picked as one of the 3 best boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area and the only nude hotel that was honored.

We are also the most mainstream clothing optional resort in the US. We are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time. You do not have to be a card carrying nudist to stay here.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

If you want to go to the most fun Nude Year's eve party ever, join us here at The Terra Cotta Inn in sunny Palm Springs.

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs this New Years Eve or any time of the year!

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Only Two rooms left for Terra Cotta Inn's fun Nude New Years Eve party

Due to last minute cancellations, we just have two rooms left for Terra Cotta Inn's fun Nude New Years Eve party


Just two rooms left for our fun New Year's Eve clothing optional party at The Terra Cotta Inn, here in sunny Palm Springs, California. We hit a high of 82F this weekend.

Ever been to a clothing optional New Year's eve party before? Our Nude Year's eve party is the best.

Every year, we always sell out. It's so much fun. It's the most fun you can have without your clothes on.

The party is fantastic. We start by serving you a 5 course sit down dinner. Steak and lobster. All you can eat. Then on to dancing the night away with our favorite DJ.

Come midnight, we have a decadent dessert buffet and champagne toast to ring in the New Year, or is that Nude Year?

As you can see in the above photos, the dress code is clothing optional. Some women dress elegantly in sheer tops, and dresses. Very sexy and chic. Other guests however, prefer to dress in suits. Birthday suits that is. Clothing is never required at our New Year's eve party.

Our party is held in our big event room, aka our big 20ft by 40ft living room, so you will be nice and toasty warm and don't have to worry about clothes.

And the price is right. The party is only $250 a couple. We price our party to be a break even, fun event for our guests. That's why it's the best value New Year's Eve party you will ever attend, with or without clothes on.

For instance the lobster is Canadian New Brunswick lobster, the best you can buy. If you think Maine lobster is good, wait until you have eaten New Brunswick lobster clothing optional. And there are lots of other goodies for you all night long.

You'll love our party and our resort.

You can also come just for the party. We book up to 5 couples just for the party, so if you have a home in Palm Springs, you can still have a fun New Years eve here.

If you have always wanted to stay at a clothing optional resort, now is the perfect time. Last Year, AOL.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world and the only nudist resort on the west coast that was honored. Also last year, the Vancouver Sun newspaper in Canada picked us as one of the best places in the world to go nude sunbathing. And this month in the December 2009 Best of the Best issue of Palm Springs Life magazine, we were picked as one of the 3 best boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area and the only nude hotel that was honored.

We are also the most mainstream clothing optional resort in the US. We are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time. You do not have to be a card carrying nudist to stay here.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

If you want to go to the most fun Nude Year's eve party ever, join us here at The Terra Cotta Inn in sunny Palm Springs.

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs this New Years or any time of the year!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone

We all say Merry Christmas, Happy Nude Year, Happy Holidays, Happy Christmas (if we're British), etc. to everyone we meet.

I wanted to write something special. And as I am not always that creative in thinking of special sayings, I looked online and found this quote which I thought was perfect to share.

"Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself." ~Norman Wesley Brooks

May this have been your best Christmas ever and may the Christmas's still to come always be better than the last.

Merry Christmas and Happy Nude Year!!!

An additional 15% off Westjet's special rates. Book by 12/26 fly until 5/31/10

Merry Christmas Canadians from Westjet. They have a promo for the next 2 days. Get an extra 15% off their already reduced rates. Buy by Midnight Saturday December 26th, fly until May 31st, 2010.

From their site:

"WestJet Promotion

Book your WestJet flight today and save!

Save an extra 15% off new online bookings when you travel up to May 31, 2010.

Enter promo code PCR05 with coupon code EJUCJWF on the first page of the booking process at westjet.com.

To redeem this offer, bookings must be made on westjet.com. Both the Promo code PCR05 and Coupon code EJUCJWF are required at time of booking on the first page of the booking process. Bookings must be made by December 26, 2009 and travel must occur before May 31, 2010. Offer is available on all WestJet flights. Taxes, fees and surcharges are extra where applicable. Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights. New online bookings only. No cash value.

Click Here for Westjet's airfare sale page

Topless and nude sunbathers are lucky as they get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. Just this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue, we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Nude Year!

Alaska Airlines has an airfare sale from Canada to Palm Springs - Buy by December 29th, Fly until April 15th

Merry Christmas Canadians from Alaska Airlines.

Alaska just announce a big airfare sale from Canadian cities to the US which means sunny Palm Springs, CA.

Now Alaska flies into Palm Springs, our airport symbol is PSP. Also changing planes you can go into the Ontario, California airport ONT just 70 miles away. You can also get some nonstops from like Calgary to LAX which is 120 miles or 2 1/2 hour drive, non rush hour away.

"Canada Sale Great Deals To and From Canada
Our Canada sale offers a great opportunity to dust off the passport and get out of the country.

From Canada, stay closer to home with a trip to Seattle or Portland or venture farther south to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm Springs and more.

Considering a visit to our northern neighbor? Take advantage of great discounts on vacation packages to Vancouver and Whistler as well.

Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights on all days so book now for the best selection of flights. Additional restrictions apply...

Fare Rules: Purchase tickets by December 29, 2009. Travel is valid from January 5, 2010, to April 15, 2010. Tickets must be purchased at least 7 days prior to your departure.

For Alaska's airfare sale web page Click here

Topless and nude sunbathers are lucky as they get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. Just this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Nude Year!

More about how nudists need to support nudist resorts

Over at skinbook.ning.com in their California nudists group section, a few people got upset with Mary Clare because she posted there letting Californians know about our free Thanksgiving dinner back in November and room availability.

That brought out a number of responses. Most people wrote it was good to know what was happening an nudist clubs and resorts as most do not do a good job of communicating with nudists. A few however wrote saying nudist businesses should not write about what's happening at their clubs or resorts as they feel nudist social sites should be for nudists and not businesses.

Nudists who want nudist businesses to stay hidden away crack me up. AANR, TNS and nudist businesses are what has made nudism "cool" again. If it wasn't for all the positive PR that nudist organizations and resorts generate, you would not have enough people willing to try nude sunbathing at legal nude beaches like Haulover beach in Miami or Sandy Hook in New Jersey, or Rooster Rock in Oregon.

Here's an e-mail Mary Clare got from TrueNudists.com today.


"You never know! We were in palm Springs several years ago, but never knew you were there then,otherwise we'd have been there. Never thought there were naturist places outside of Florida. Looks a WHOLE lot better than the hotel we used!

take care and have a successful year"

We work very hard trying to let nudists and naturists around the world know about The Terra Cotta Inn and how popular Palm Springs is as a destination for nude sunbathing. Yet, obviously, lots of nudists and naturists around the world do not know about us.

They say about 1 in 5 Germans vacations at a nudist resort each year. Yet, we only get 2-3 couples from Germany staying at our resort a year. In 2007, 325,000 Germans vacationed in California according to California's tourism department. The biggest segment was couples between ages 35-55 which is out market. If 20% of Germans vacation at nudist resorts, then it means 65,000 visitors to California from Germany would like being nude. And they all don't know about us or other nudist resorts in California.

So as with nudism in general in the US, it is awareness. American nudists need to make the world more aware that we exist, us included. And American nudists need to support nudist resorts, not try to pretend we don't exist as the resorts, clubs and organizations are what gets all the positive PR about nudism and lets the world know how fun it is.

So even though some people feel that nudist businesses should not promote themselves, if they don't start supporting nudist businesses, one day they will find there are no places to go except for in their own houses.

Tom Mulhall
The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa
Sunny Palm Springs, California
800-786-6938
http://sunnyfun.com
Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

Naturists and nudists need to support nudist resorts

Koreans support other Korean businesses. So do the Chinese, Poles, Mexicans, etc. Gays support other gay businesses. Almost all minorities and ethnic groups support their own ethnic businesses.

Sometimes I think the ONLY people who do not support their own businesses are nudists.

This year more than ever, I have had people come here for day use and stay at a textile hotel. Almost all of them are AANR or TNS members or belong to a club. They never even call us for our rates as they just assume we will be overpriced like the naked places in Mexico or the Caribbean and thus they overpay to stay at an inferior textile hotel instead of staying with us.

It happened again this weekend.

We had a couple who are members of Glen Eden which is a big nudist club about 70 miles away. They called Saturday for day use. We told them we had a room available that night and we were told no they got a great "deal" at a textile hotel, so they would only be coming by for day use.

When they got here, we learned they were staying at the Ace Hotel. It is one of the trendy hotels du jour. They have a PR agency, so they are generating a lot of press. They're advertising tiny rooms with double beds (not even queens, we have California king sized beds) for $99/night.

Sounds reasonable good until you get the other expenses and see your small room. When you get there, you have to pay a resort fee of $25/night, breakfast is about $35/couple/day, and day use at our resort is another $30/day. So the textile hotel "deal" cost $405 for 2 nights. Plus they couldn't check in until 4pm and had to leave by noon. Where we allow 10am check in and 5pm check out at no extra charge.

If they had stayed at our resort, in December before Christmas we have a special of stay 1 night, the 2nd is half priced. Our rates with tax would have been $282.65. No resort fee, no charge for breakfast, or wine and snacks in the afternoon or day use. Thus, they would have saved $122 over the weekend by supporting our resort a nudist resort instead of the textile hotel chain who doesn't care about them. And they could have been nude all weekend.

Yet, when I asked them why they didn't book us as we were considerably cheaper for a superior facility, they told us they never called us or any other nudist place in Palm Springs. They just assumed we were more expensive.

This isn't the first time this has happened to us this year where card carrying nudists booked textile hotels, never called for rates as they just assumed we were more expensive and thus overpaid.

Running a nudist resort is a very hard business. It is a labor of love as you will not get rich at it like you would owning textile hotels. You have to believe in nudism and nudists to own and operate a nudist resort. Am I frustrated, you bet.

Probably only 10% of our guests are members of AANR or TNS. The people who should be supporting nudist resorts are the ones that don't. Thus we had to create our customers. As we have been told many times, we have probably created more nudists in the US than any other resort or club. Even people who have never been to our resort have told us they finally went somewhere because of reading our blog, our tweets, talking to us many times on the phone, etc.

I have no answer on how to get nudists to support nudist businesses in the US. Do you?

This year I have worked harder than ever marketing online. Last year I work 60 hours a week. This year I average about 75 hours a week with the additional time being all online marketing. This year I have had 5-6 so called "true nudists" tell me that I promote my business too much online. They said if I didn't stop promoting it on twitter, facebook, here, etc they would not go to my resort because they are tired of seeing the name Terra Cotta Inn all the time online.

Now I wonder, did they e-mail Coke, or Budweiser Beer saying they promote their products too much and if they didn't stop advertising on TV, they would never drink another Coke or Bud again? Of course not. Yet, they tried to intimidate a small nudist business into not marketing online. And those people have never been to my resort! And I'm supposed to take marketing advice in the worst recession since the 1930's from them? Why won't many nudists support their own in the US.

Thus, I promote to first timers as I know once they book here they will become our repeat guests as we are a FANTASTIC VALUE. In November MSNBC picked us as one of the 3 best deal nudist hotels in the whole US.

So nudists, please call and talk with us before booking a textile hotel in town and overpaying for your vacation. And call and talk with other nudist places before you vacation somewhere else. And stop going to all the naked places in the Caribbean and Mexico. Most are NOT owned by nudists. That's why they gouge you. Nice places like Cypress Cove in Florida and us in the US are fantastic values as MSNBC said.

And first timers, you're lucky as you get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. This December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue, we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Virgin America has a big airfare sale Buy by 12/29/09 Fly by June 20, 2010

Nude sunbathers from the Pacific Northwest sure are lucky. Virgin America entered the west coast market this year and has already driven down the price of flying from Seattle and San Francisco to Southern California.

Virgin America flies into LAX (120 miles from Palm Springs), San Diego (140 miles away) and Orange County (100 miles away).

With Virgin Airlines in the market, Alaska Airlines prices have also come down. This is one of the reasons why the #1 home state of our guests is now Washington.

We book more room nights with guests from Washington than we do with guests from any other state. One of the reasons is airfares are so reasonable. Of course the major reason is nude sunbathers love our place. We have a super high repeat guests rate at over 75%, one of the highest in the travel industry.

So if you are looking for the perfect Christmas present, book a vacation at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa.

Here's the details from Virgin America's site:

"Book by December 29 and fly with movies, TV, WiFi, food on-demand, seat-to-seat chat and more. So get on board with fares starting from $39* each way. Travel is valid for flights with 3-day advance purchase through June 20, 2010. Fares for travel on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday may be higher. Grab a seat today.
Book by: December 29

For Virgin America's sale website Click here

Topless and nude sunbathers are lucky as they get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. Just this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

New Zealand policewoman cites naked cyclists for not wearing helmets

So many times people in a position of power do not use common sense when it comes to nudity. A perfect example is the current director of the California Parks department who does not like nudity so she made nude sunbathing illegal at the popular San Onofre nude beach in California after over 30 years of use.

Here a new Zealand policewoman used common sense when dealing with naked bicyclists. She told them they needed to wear helmets.

Here's the story:

"NZ policewoman allows naked cycling - with helmet

Freedom-seekers in New Zealand must still wear protective gear

Two young men caught cycling with no clothes on have escaped charges of offensive behaviour, but received a warning to wear protective head gear.

Local policewoman Cathy Duder was unfazed when she came across the two nude men, both in their early twenties.

"They were more shocked than I was, trying to cover up their bits and pieces with their hands," she said...

When asked for an explanation, the pair replied that "they wanted to experience total freedom"...

"And I said to them 'the way you're heading, you're going to experience total confinement'," the officer said, laughing...

Ms Duder issued them with a stern warning for not wearing helmets and then sent them directly home...

Public nudity can attract a charge of offensive behaviour in New Zealand, but Ms Duder said she let the two men go free.

"It was dark and there was no-one else around. They were jovial young men who had not intended to cause offence," she said.

For the full story Click here

If only more public officials and people in power had Ms. Duder's common sense.

Tom Mulhall
Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa
1-800-786-6938
http://sunnyfun.com
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http://sunnyfun.com

Just Two rooms left for Terra Cotta Inn's fun Nude New Years Eve party

Just two rooms left for our fun New Year's Eve clothing optional party at The Terra Cotta Inn, here in sunny Palm Springs, California. We hit a high of 82F this weekend.

Ever been to a clothing optional New Year's eve party before? Our Nude Year's eve party is the best.

Every year, we always sell out. It's so much fun. It's the most fun you can have without your clothes on.

The party is fantastic. We start by serving you a 5 course sit down dinner. Steak and lobster. All you can eat. Then on to dancing the night away with our favorite DJ.

Come midnight, we have a decadent dessert buffet and champagne toast to ring in the New Year, or is that Nude Year?

As you can see in the above photos, the dress code is clothing optional. Some women dress elegantly in sheer tops, and dresses. Very sexy and chic. Other guests however, prefer to dress in suits. Birthday suits that is. Clothing is never required at our New Year's eve party.

Our party is held in our big event room, aka our big 20ft by 40ft living room, so you will be nice and toasty warm and don't have to worry about clothes.

And the price is right. The party is only $250 a couple. We price our party to be a break even, fun event for our guests. That's why it's the best value New Year's Eve party you will ever attend, with or without clothes on.

For instance the lobster is Canadian New Brunswick lobster, the best you can buy. If you think Maine lobster is good, wait until you have eaten New Brunswick lobster clothing optional. And there are lots of other goodies for you all night long.

You'll love our party and our resort.

You can also come just for the party. We book up to 5 couples just for the party, so if you have a home in Palm Springs, you can still have a fun New Years eve here.

If you have always wanted to stay at a clothing optional resort, now is the perfect time. Last Year, AOL.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world and the only nudist resort on the west coast that was honored. Also last year, the Vancouver Sun newspaper in Canada picked us as one of the best places in the world to go nude sunbathing. And this month in the December 2009 Best of the Best issue of Palm Springs Life magazine, we were picked as one of the 3 best boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area and the only nude hotel that was honored.

We are also the most mainstream clothing optional resort in the US. We are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time. You do not have to be a card carrying nudist to stay here.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

If you want to go to the most fun Nude Year's eve party ever, join us here at The Terra Cotta Inn in sunny Palm Springs.

Hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs this New Years or any time of the year!

Nude Christmas ornaments on Buzzfeed.com

The nudist Christmas ornaments photo here is slowly getting picked up on the web. Buzzfeed also has the photo.


CLICK HERE TO MAKE THIS PHOTO MORE POPULAR ON THE INTERNET

Thank you.

Tom Mulhall
The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa, Palm Springs, CA
800-786-6938
http://sunnyfun.com
Follow us on twitter at http;//twitter.com/nudist_resorts

Sex and Porn are some fo the top search terms for kids

Kids are growing up fast and society is going to have to take their new "values" into consideration in passing future laws.

Here's the results from a recent Symantec study.

"Porn Among Top Search Terms for kids

In a somewhat worrying piece of news, security firm Symantec has released the top search terms by kids in 2009. Topping the lists: “YouTube”, “Google”, “Facebook”, “sex” and “porn”.

While that result set might not be surprising in the teen search rankings, it’s interesting to note that “porn” ranks 4th in the “7 and under” category, receiving more searches than “Club Penguin” and “Webkinz()“. Meanwhile, “sex” is fourth for teens and tweens alike...

...it’s also a timely reminder that kids are growing up fast these days.
For the full story and statistics Click Here

In Europe, where sex and nudity is not as repressed as it is here in the USA, I wonder what keywords the children over there would be looking up.

Tom Mulhall
Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa, Palm Springs, California
800-786-6938
http://sunnyfun.com
Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_Resorts

Fun, Naked, Free Christmas Dinner / Party at Terra Cotta Inn Saturday December 19th - Weather low 80's WooHoo!

Join us on December 19th for our annual Naked Christmas Dinner / Party at the Terra Cotta Inn, sunny Palm Springs, California. We were 82F today and are supposed to be in the low 80's on Saturday. Coincidentally, that is also the 15th anniversary of our starting our resort.

We have special room rates in December. From December 1st until the 24th, Book 1 night and get the 2nd for ONLY half price including THIS WEEKEND!

Our dinner / party is loads of fun. We have a DJ, dancing, lots of drinks, delicious food, and Santa Tom arrives bearing a sack full of Christmas gifts for all the guests. The party is held in our cozy event room, so no need to wear clothes.

The dinner/ party is free for all guests who are staying that evening.

Everyone has said this is the best Christmas party they have ever gone too. And best of all, you don't have to get dressed up for it.

And for those of you who will still need to do some Christmas shopping, just 20 minutes away is the largest and best discount shopping mall in all of California where you can get last minute gifts for all your loved ones. It's the Desert Hills outlet mall.

There is nothing cooler than topless or nude sunbathing all day long at our resort, dancing the night away at our Christmas party, and then wrapping up you last minute shopping at the outlet mall.

Rates start at $169/couple/night and include complimentary breakfast and afternoon snacks.

Above is a couple who just checked in. As you can see they are hanging around relaxing waiting for our fun dinner / party.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations. We answer the phones from 8am-10pm PST.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

For more information about Palm Springs, the sunniest city in America, go to http://palmsprings.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

Hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy Nude Year!!!

Even Christmas Ornaments Love Vacationing at Nudist Resorts

Vacationing at nudist resorts is hot. MSNBC on November 9th had a TV show segment called "5 reasons to bare it all on your next vacation
Nakation, anyone? The skinny on clothing-optional vacations." CLICK HERE

Terra Cotta Inn, Palm Springs was picked as one of the three nudist resorts in the US whose hotel rates are the best deal.

In December, Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best issue selected the top 3 boutique hotels In the whole Palm Springs area. The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa was selected the second best of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. Way Cool!

Now Christmas ornaments want to get in on the fun.

Above is a nice Christmas ornament couple from Santa Fe, New Mexico (that's where the artist lives) vacationing in the tree at The Terra Cotta Inn nudist resort, Palm Springs.

I think that these ornaments are so whimsical and fun. They are what nice nudist resorts are all about, relaxing and having fun.

Webmasters feel free to link to or repost this blog post.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Nudists are happy! Palm Springs will have year round service from Westjet Airlines of Canada

Canadian nudists love our resort, The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa,Palm Springs and they all say they love flying on Westjet.

About 15% of our total rooms are booked by Canadians year round. And with the Canadian dollar and American dollar almost at par, 2010 looks like it will be a record year for Canadians vacationing at our resort.

Canadian airline WestJet announced yesterday it will expand from seasonal to year-round service to Palm Springs International Airport.

Beginning in June the airline will fly two weekly round trips, on Thursday and Sunday, from its hub in Calgary, Alberta.

WestJest currently provides daily service to Palm Springs from Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. It's time to try new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

And this month, we learned that we were selected by Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that we are considered one of the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at

http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Palm Springs Film Festival January 5th to January 18th

If you are looking for something fun to do this January, the Palm Springs Film festival and the Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort Palm Springs are the places to be. Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, nudist Helen Mirren and lots of other movie stars will be in attendance.

What makes the Palm Springs film festival so unique is there is no special seating area for the movie stars. They are sitting with the audience. Every year we have guests tell us that they saw movie stars and some guests get to talk with them.

So it is perfect, you can stay at the Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa all day long and go nude sunbathing and see movies in the evenings. What could be better.

Here is information about the film festival:

"Palm Springs Film Festival gala info available

Details about galas, premieres and special programs for the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival were announced Wednesday.

The films launch Jan. 7 with “The Last Station” and wrap Jan. 17 with the independent comedy “The Lightkeepers,” featuring Richard Dreyfuss. In between, 189 films from 70 countries, including 76 premieres, will screen during the festival...

Opening the festival is a screening of the Golden Globe-nominated film, “The Last Station,” followed by a reception at the Palm Springs Art Museum...

“The Lightkeepers” will close the festival on Jan. 17. Set in 1912 Cape Cod, the romantic comedy tells the story of a lighthouse-keeper who has disavowed any association with females, but must deal with the unexpected appearance of two attractive women who move into a nearby cottage for the summer. The film, directed by Daniel Adams, stars Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Tom Wisdom, Bruce Dern and Mamie Gummer. Dreyfuss, Danner and Adams are expected to attend the screening...

The festival will also feature three gala screenings and four special presentations, as well as a selection of 76 premieres, showcasing the diversity of international cinema. For more details, visit the festival's Web site at http://www.psfilmfest.org "

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. It's time to try new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

And this month, we learned that we were selected by Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that we are considered one of the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Fun Nude Christmas Party Saturday December 19th at Terra Cotta Inn

Come Join us on December 19th for our annual Naked Christmas Party

Here at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa in sunny Palm Springs, California, we have our annual nude Christmas party on Saturday, December 19th,
2009. Coincidentally, that is also the 15th anniversary of our starting our resort.

We have special room rates in December. From December 1st until the 24th, Book 1 night and get the 2nd for ONLY half price including THIS WEEKEND!

Our party is loads of fun. We have a DJ, dancing, lots of eggnog and drinks, delicious food, and Santa Tom arrives bearing a sack full of Christmas gifts for all the guests. The party is held in our cozy event room, so no need to wear clothes.

The party is free for all guests who are staying that evening.

Everyone has said this is the best Christmas party they have ever gone too. And best of all, you don't have to get dressed up for it.

And for those of you who will still need to do some Christmas shopping, just 20 minutes away is the largest and best discount shopping mall in all of California where you can get last minute gifts for all your loved ones. It's the Desert Hills outlet mall.

There is nothing cooler than topless or nude sunbathing all day long at our resort, dancing the night away at our Christmas party, and then wrapping up you last minute shopping at the outlet mall.

Rates start at $169/couple/night and include complimentary breakfast and afternoon snacks.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations. We answer the phones from 8am-10pm PST.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

For more information about Palm Springs, the sunniest city in America, go to http://palmsprings.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

Hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy Nude Year!!!

Hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Vacation in Sunny Palm Springs this December 16th to Jan 4th with United Airlines Airfare Sale

Ho, Ho, Ho and Merry Christmas from United Airlines.

It seems all the airlines want you to to stay at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa this winter.

United just announces a major holiday airfare sale.

Here's the details:

Home for the holidays sale

There's no place like home for the holidays. This season United is keeping spirits bright by offering low fares to destinations across the U.S. and Canada.

Terms
Purchase by December 16, 2009.
No advance purchase is required.
Travel must occur between December 16, 2009 and January 4, 2010.
Fares advertised are valid for travel on December 16-17, 2009; December 25, 2009, January 1, 2010 and January 4, 2010. Travel on other days of the week will be higher.
A 3-night, Friday night or Saturday night minimum stay is required.
Exceptions apply. See the fare facts for full rules and information.
Additional checked baggage fees may apply. See U.S./Canada baggage information for details."

To get to United's Site Click here

And this December, here at the Terra Cotta Inn, we have our best rates of the year. From now until December 25th, stay 1 night, the 2nd is half priced including weekends!

We still have rooms left for our fun Christmas party on December 19th and just 3 rooms left for or fantastic New Year's Eve party.

You have a number of airports you can fly into from Palm Springs, to Ontario, California, to Orange County, to LAX, to San Diego.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. It's time to try new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

And this month, we learned that we were selected by Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that we are considered one of the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

52 Great Weekend Escapes in Southern California, Terra Cotta Inn is recommended

We have lots of write ups about our resort from the press. I have always said for nudism to grow in North America, nudist resorts have to be able to compete head to head with mainstream textile hotels. We do that very well and pretty much are the only place out west that is recommended along with other mainstream hotels by the press. Other naked places my get a writer at them and write about staying at a naked place, but they never are considered one of the best of all hotels to stay at in Southern California.

For instance, this December in the Best of the Best issue of Palm Springs Life Magazine, we were picked as one of the 3 best boutique hotels of ALL small resorts and hotels in the greater Palm Springs area. Nude sunbathers are very fortunate in Palm Springs that one of the best hotels in town cater to them.

Now we are not the fanciest, we just take care of you the best. For instance the #1 selected hotel by Palm Springs Life Magazine has rates from $299 - $520/night. They are part of a hotel chain.

We on the other hand are a great value with rates from $149 to $189/night. Plus, we include complimentary breakfast and wine and snacks. Early check in (10am) and late check out (5pm). And in December from now until December 25th, we do a stay 1 night, the 2nd night is half priced special, INCLUDING WEEKENDS!

The reason I bring up today's post is a few years ago we were selected as one of the 52 Great Weekend Escapes in Southern California in the book by the same name.

The book is published by Insiders' Guide which is the third largest travel guide publisher in the US right after Fodors and Frommers. What sets Insiders' Guide travel books apart is they do in depth reporting on where to go, where to stay, things to do, etc. They are highly respected by travelers. We are honored to be recommended by them.

The book had 4 pages written about us. We were the ONLY place or activity that was recommended in Palm Springs. Now that's pretty cool. Insiders' Guide obviously felt that staying at our nudist resort is the best activity and place to stay in Palm Springs.

Now I was reading the acknowledgements in the book. They acknowledge only 4 people by name. Mary Clare and I were 2 of the 4 people. They write "Southern California overflows with terrific people and companies dedicated to showing residents and visitors alike a great time...

Several folks deserve special mention... Tom and Mary Clare Mulhall at The Terra Cotta Inn were a joy to work with, they single handedly gave us all the "in" we needed in the Palm Springs adventure/tourism community."

We have never been acknowledged in the forward of a book before. I guess being nice to people all the time really does pay off LOL.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Historic Inns of Palm Springs on NBC TV News

Every year in downtown Palm Springs, there is a tour of historic inns. Although we are a historic inn, we are not included in the tour as we are about 3 miles away from downtown.

We were built in the sunny part of Palm Springs. Downtown is right next to a
10,000ft mountain chain. Downtown is right in the shadow of the mountain. The Terra Cotta Inn was built away from downtown, so the sun sets on a lower part of the mountain for us. In the winter we get an extra 30 minutes of sunshine compared to downtown (and other nude places) and in the summer an extra 1 hour of sunshine.

This is one of the many reasons why we are one of the most popular of ALL resorts in Palm Springs.

NBC TV Los Angeles aired the tour this morning on the news.

Click here for the link

Our clothing optional resort is also a historic inn. We were designed by Albert Frey who is Palm Springs' most famous architect. We were originally designed as a celebrity resort where Marilyn Monroe, Spencer Tracy, Hope Hope, Frank Sinatra, President Kennedy and many more famous celebrities stayed (we still have a few from time to time being so close to Hollywood).

Nudist are lucky as they get to stay in one of the best small resorts in all Palm Springs. Just this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, the Best of the Best issue we were selected as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in ALL the Palm Springs area, pretty cool for nude sunbathers.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Air Canada Winter/Spring Airfare Sale ends Friday December 11th

Ho, Ho, Ho Air Canada has a special offer for you to vacation in sunny Palm Springs this Winter and Spring. Travel from now until June 18th. Get out of the cold in Canada and enjoy the warm Palm Springs sun.

Here is the information from their site:

"Fares are valid for travel until June 18, 2010.
A 14-day advance purchase applies.
Day-of-week restrictions and other conditions may also apply.
Book by December 11, 2009.

Search sale fares to your destination

GET MILES: fly with us and earn Aeroplan Miles, United's Mileage Plus or US Airways."

To go to Air Canada's airfare sale page: Click Here

Air Canada flies into the LAX, San Diego, and Las Vegas Airports in Southern California and Nevada. Air Canada also partners with both United and US Airways. If you switch planes in the US using United or US Airways, you can also fly into Palm Springs, the Ontario, California airport and Orange County airports.

With the US and Canadian dollars almost at par, there has never been a better time to get out of the Canadian cold.

And Canadian guests love our resort. Last year, the Vancouver Sun newspaper picked us as one of the best places in the world to go nude sunbathing. We were the ONLY nudist vacation resort for couples in the whole US that they recommended.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

And this month, we learned that we were selected by Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that we are considered one of the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Stay in Sunny Palm Springs this December 16th to Jan 4th with United Airlines Airfare Sale

It seems all the airlines want you to to stay at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa this winter.

United just announces a major holiday airfare sale.

Here's the details:

"Take advantage of low holiday fares.


This season United is keeping spirits bright by offering low fares to destinations across the U.S. and Canada.

Purchase by December 9, 2009.
A 7-day advance purchase is required for travel within the U.S. and a 14-day advance purchase is required for travel to Canada.
Travel must occur between December 16, 2009 and January 4, 2010.
Fares advertised are valid for travel on December 16-17, 2009; December 25, 2009, January 1, 2010 and January 4, 2010. Travel on other days of the week will be higher.
A 3-night, Friday night or Saturday night minimum stay is required for travel within the U.S.
Exceptions apply. See the fare facts for full rules and information.
Additional checked baggage fees may apply. See U.S./Canada baggage information for details.
Fares below are subject to availability and may not be valid on all flights/dates."

For the full sale page click here

And this December, here at the Terra Cotta Inn, we have our best rates of the year. From now until December 25th, stay 1 night, the 2nd is half priced including weekends!

We still have rooms left for our fun Christmas party on December 19th and just 3 rooms left for or fantastic New Year's Eve party.

You have a number of airports you can fly into from Palm Springs, to Ontario, California, to Orange County, to LAX, to San Diego.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, unique vacation experience.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. It's time to try new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

And this month, we learned that we were selected by Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that we are considered one of the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

American Airlines has a big airfare sale - Ends December 10th

Escape from the snow, cold and rain. Come to sunny Palm Springs this winter.

Palm Springs is the sunniest city in the US. Since last February, we've only had 3 days of rain. Palm Springs has the best nude sunbathing weather in the US which is one of the many reasons why our resort, The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa is so popular.

Here's the info from American Airlines site"

"Find great flight deals to your favorite U.S. destinations now at AA.com. Whether you're interested in exploring a new city or visiting friends and family, American Airlines has low fares that are sure to fit your budget. Purchase your flight on AA.com by December 10, 2009, and travel by March 10, 2010, to save!...

Want to get 6 Months No Payments, No Interest? Choose to Fly Now, Pay Later at AA.com.

Restrictions
Purchase
Requirements: Tickets booked on AA.com must be purchased at least 10 days prior to departure, within 1 day of making reservations, or by 11:59 p.m. (CT) December 10, 2009, whichever comes first.
Travel Period: Fares are valid for travel through March 10, 2010.
Valid Travel Days: Sale fares are valid for travel Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; other days are subject to higher fares.
Embargo Dates: December 18-20, 22-30, 2009; January 2-3, February 12-13, 15, 20-21, 2010.
Min/Max Stay: Up to a Saturday-night minimum stay may be required, based on destination. A 30-day maximum stay is allowed.
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You have a number of airports you can fly into from Palm Springs, to Ontario, California, to Orange County, to LAX, to San Diego.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. It's time to try new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

And this month, we learned that we were selected by Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that we are considered one of the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

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We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

December room sale at Terra Cotta Inn nude resort

We're having a room sale at The Terra Cotta Inn during the month of December. This is our traditional room sale every year.

From now until Christmas, December 25th, here at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa, we have our best rates of the year. Stay 1 night, the 2nd is half priced, INCLUDING WEEKENDS!

We include complimentary breakfast and wine and snacks each day. Check in as early as 10am and you are more than welcome to stay until 5pm at no extra charge.

Terra Cotta Inn is the most popular clothing optional resort in the western US. We're the the most mainstream nudist resort and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time.

And this December in Palm Springs Life Magazine, in their Best of the Best issue, Terra Cotta Inn was picked as one of the top 3 boutique hotels in the whole Palm Springs area. Pretty cool that nude sunbathers get to stay at one of the best hotels in town. And we are a great value too.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

And don't forget our fun Christmas party December 19th.

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!
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AANR's Nakation in a Box is featured on CNN site

AANR, the American Association for Nude Recreation has realized for more people to enjoy nudism you have to create positive PR. This year they have hit 2 home runs. First with the Guinness Book of records nude skinny dip. Next with the word nakation, meaning taking a naked vacation.

AANR even came up with the concept of a nakation in a box.

CNBC on Friday covered the nakation in a box story in an article is this Holiday gift Stupid or Cool.

Here it is:

"Are These Holiday Gifts Stupid or Cool?

Special to CNBC.com

Is holiday shopping bringing you down? Are you sifting through countless gift ideas trying to find something unique for the person who has everything?

Well, there's a good chance they don't have the stuff on this list!

But buyers beware — there's a fine line between stupid and cool, and this group of products teeters on that edge.

So after scouring the Web to find the most, umm...unique gifts out there, we want you to weigh in and decide...

Nakation in a Box, $74 from the American Association for Nude Recreation


Source: American Association for Nude Recreation
Nakation in a Box


...take a Nakation — a naked vacation — with the help of the American Association for Nude Recreation's Nakation in a Box.

For $74, naked travelers will receive a kit that includes the AANR's North American Guide to Nude Recreation — complete with tips for all you first timers out there — an "I'm on Nakation" towel, temporary tattoos (classy) and sunscreen (ouch!)

$74? That seems pretty steep for a kit that doesn't come with any clothes! But, according to the AANR Web site, it's a small price to pay for "the passport to your best vacation ever."

Nothing says it better than the group's slogan: "Put a little naked in your next vacation — you're going to love it!"

Now you can vote if you think this gift is stupid or cool. Here are the latest results:

CNBC Poll: Tell Us What You Think
Nakation in a Box * 1386 responses

Stupid
74%

Cool
26%
Not a Scientific Survey. Results may not total 100% due to rounding.

For the full article Click here and if you click you can also vote.

What I thought was pretty cool is 26% of people thought cool. That is a big minority.

Good job with the pr, AANR.

It's time you should try a nakation too.

Never been to a clothing optional resort before? No problem. You really need to try something new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time!

This December, we were selected by readers of Palm Springs Life Magazine in their Best of the Best Reader's Choice issue as one of the top 3 of ALL boutique hotels in Palm Springs. That's really cool that people put us up with the nicest small hotels in town.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

(Photo from AANR)

The Los Angeles Times has a travel article about Palm Springs

The Los Angles Times newspaper just came out with an interesting article about Palm Springs. Here it is:

"A visit to 1959 Palm Springs
The year was a seminal one for the desert resort town; 50 years on, it's still a swingin' time.

Dwight Eisenhower, on holiday from the White House, whips a golf club beneath a blue October sky... Meanwhile, other rich and famous folk are partying at the Chi Chi Club or pulling up their Cadillac coupes (nice tailfins!) in front of the Riviera, that vast new mod hotel. All over the Coachella Valley, architects and builders are seducing tourists with butterfly roof lines, space-age appliances, minimalist graphics and backlit starbursts.

Yes, 1959 was a swinging year in Palm Springs. And it's not over yet.

Thanks to legions of preservationists, entrepreneurs, publishers and design-driven travelers, the cult of Desert Modernism gets bigger and bigger, drawing all sorts of retro pilgrims to Palm Springs, including me....

Picture a whole ultramod 'hood of soaring roofs, clerestory windows, carports instead of garages, peek-a-boo screens made of stacked concrete blocks, pebbles and palms in the yard, and living rooms just begging for somebody to slip a little Dean Martin on the hi-fi. New, these houses sold for $19,000...

"Nineteen-fifty-nine was a good year for architecture here," Jade Nelson, the 33-year-old manager of the Orbit In hotel, told me. His place went up in 1957, but "my father and grandfather went to the opening week of the Riviera in 1959. In a white 1960-model Cadillac Coupe de Ville with red leather interior."

The building, designed by Rudy Baumfeld of Victor Gruen Associates, was actually a nod across the Atlantic -- an homage to a tall, curvy, ultramod chapel that modernist pioneer Le Corbusier designed in Ronchamp, France, just a few years before.

Now it's a Bank of America. But it's also a reminder: Before the first management consultant claimed credit for coining the phrase, the builders here were thinking outside the architectural box.

So was architect Albert Frey. In addition to a number of startling private homes and a compound now known as the Movie Colony Hotel, Frey collaborated on the low-slung City Hall and Fire Station No. 1 in the mid-'50s. By 1959, he was working on the city's aerial tram project, which would be completed in 1963.

Later came Frey's enormous pointy-roofed Tramway gas station, near the northern entrance to town. And even though it's a 1965 structure, you should stop there, because it now houses the Palm Springs Visitor Center. Go in and buy a $5 map to 75 local modernist landmarks, including many designed by Frey, William F. Cody and E. Stewart Williams...

Not everybody wants to stay in a big hotel, and by 1959 Palm Springs was already full of tiny ones. In the Tennis Club district, a short stroll from downtown, you had the Town & Desert (built in 1947, designed by Herb Burns). The Village Manor (1957, Burns again) was its younger sidekick a few doors away....

The reborn Parker, Moruzzi writes, is proof "that Palm Springs truly is the face-lift capital of the desert."

Of course, plenty of '50s Palm Springs landmarks have been lost, including the Desert Air (a fly-in hotel) and the Chi Chi Club (closed in the '60s)....

But in a territory that's supposedly so mutable and history-averse, it's a great comfort to lie low in the shade of the rediscovered buildings that endure..."

For the full article Click here

It's great that so many people are fascinated my the mid-century modern homes and hotels. And nude sunbathers are lucky, they get to stay in an Albert Frey building.

Yes, The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa was once the famous Monkey Tree hotel designed by Albert Frey in 1960. We were originally designed as a celebrity resort, so we have very large rooms (300-500 sq ft).

So far this year, the press loves Palm Springs modern properties. The Los Angeles Times, New York Times, CNN, Washington Post and more have praised all the preservation work.

So it's time you should try something new, something fun, and different. We are the most mainstream nudist resort in the US and are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time! And you get to stay in a historic hotel.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/nudist_resorts

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

79% of Californians support nude beaches and nude sunbathing

Mary Clare and I are back from a vacation this week. We were celebrating her birthday.

There was a lot of nudist news this week. One of the big stories is a Naturist Education Foundation California poll was released.

In November 2009, NEF or the Naturist Education Foundation commissioned a poll by Zogby International. They are a famous international polling company best know for their political polls.

In NEF's poll they asked Californians 5 questions. The first was:

"Do you agree or disagree that people should be able to enjoy nude sunbathing on a beach or other location that is designated for that purpose?"

79% said they agreed, 6% were unsure, and only 16% disagreed.

This is major news as almost 80% of Californians felt their fellow citizens should be able to enjoy nude sunbathing.

Another question was "Do you agree or disagree that you are personally offended by non-sexual nudity of others?" 37% agreed, 60% disagreed and 3% were unsure.

This is also big news. Federal, State and local governments throughout the US have been actively expanding their roles of Big Brother, trying to protect Americans from the site of nude bodies, yet in California 60% of people are not offended by the site of a nude body.

The federal government made a big stink over the showing of a woman's rear end on NYPD Blue show, yet it appears most people didn't have care.

Finally they asked "Have you, personally ever gone 'skinny -dipping' or nude sunbathing with others?" 40% said yes, 56% said no, 3% refused to answer the questions and 1% was not sure.

For the NEF poll Click here

40% of Californians have gone skinny dipping. For perspective, I found online that 7.6% of Americans consider themselves golfers. Way more people have skinny dipped than golfed. There are municipal golf courses all over America benefiting only a tiny minority of Americans. Where are the municipal skinny dipping pools or nude beaches?

Most cities have to subsidise their municipal golf course as they are money losers. Yes, that means that taxpayers pay extra taxes so a small minority can have cheaper tee times. Yet, nude beaches like Haulover in Florida are profit centers for cities. Our resort, The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa brings around $75,000 year in room taxes for Palm Springs, one of the highest amounts per room of ALL hotels in town.

Yet, cities, counties, and states are scared of nude beaches, pools, etc. I don't get it.

California has always led the nation. This is a major positive trend showing the acceptance of nude recreation. I hope governments pay attention to this poll.

Now we need this information to be disseminated everywhere so politicians can see that people want nude recreation.

Tom Mulhall
The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa
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