Vote in CNBC Poll- Would you want to go on a naked vacation

Trip advisor this week came out with survey results saying 48% of people want to try a nude vacation.

Now CNBC has a similiar survey that just came out yesterday saying "Would you go on a naked vacation." It's part of their story titled:

Breaking Nudes: Naked Vacations Are Becoming More Popular

CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY AND TO VOTE

It is important for nudists to vote. This information will be used by AANR and I assume TNS government affairs teams in showing our legislators the popularity of nude recreation in the US.

As an interesting note, tripadvisor also had a story less than 2 years ago about he 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world. They picked 2 places in the US. We were the ONLY clothing optional resort that caters to couples on vacations in the US that they selected. That was pretty cool. We are perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time.

So please take the time and vote.

Thanks you,

Tom Mulhall
Terra Cotta Inn, Palm Springs, CA
resort site: http://sunnyfun.com
For info or reseevations, call 800-786-6938

About.com Poll: What are your thoughts on visiting a Nudist Resort?

About.com is a major internet portal. They have written many articles about nude recreation and nudist resorts. I just came across this nudism poll. Obviously it is unscientific, but points out some trends.

Here's the current results. Feel free answering the poll yourself.

"What are your thoughts on visiting a Nudist Resort?

1) Not at all interested. (230) 5% total votes cast

2) A little bit curious. (533) 11% Total votes cast

3) Would like to try it sometime. (1878) 42% Total Votes cast

4) Have been & didn't care for it. (68) 1% Total Votes cast

5) Have been & thought it was ok. (176) 3% Total Votes cast

6) Have been & loved it. (1581) 35% Total Votes Cast

Total Votes: 4466

42% of people would like vacationing at a nudist resort sometime. With scientific surveys, results have normally been around 11 or 12% of people wanted to try it.

What I thought was most interesting about this survey is only 1% of people said they have tried it and didn't like it. and only 3% were blah saying it was only OK.

Now if we do some math of people who have tried a nudist resort vacation from this survey, we find there's a total of 1825 people.

68 votes didn't care for it or 3.7% of total nudist resort visitors
176 votes thought it was OK or 9.6% of total nudist resort visitors
1581 votes loved it or 86.6% of total nudist resort visitors

This is really impressive. We have always known once most people vacation at our nudist resort, they LOVE it.

However, even we find not all nudists love our resort, but they still like to vacation in the nude. You need to ask questions before you book to make sure the nudist resort you are going to vacation at is the best one for you.

Every year, we will have a few people who stayed at other nudist places in Palm Springs take a tour of our resort. They tell us at the end of the tour, they won't stay because we are too popular. They love staying where they're at because they say almost no one else is around at the other naked place and they enjoy the feeling of having the other place to themselves and not have to talk with other guests.

So where experienced nudists always assume all nudists are social nudists and love to meet other people, there are some who are more like home nudists that seek out nude places that are pretty empty so they can have it to themselves and not talk with others.

Also, snobs do not like our place. Guests tell us staying here is like staying with the nice relatives. It is just so friendly here. They love all our other guests. However, snobs think they're better than everyone else and love to put on airs. Although most nudists are NOT snobs, a few are. We always refer them elsewhere.

So ask questions before booking. If you're like most nudists and are social, ask how busy the place is. Most nudist resorts in America are just weekend getaways and pretty empty on Sunday through Friday nights. You will be disappointed if you book a week or go midweek to other places as you might be the only ones there.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 to make reservations.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Visit our Facebook resort page at http://bit.ly/TerraCottaInnFBPage

Make this the year to finally say good bye to your funny tan lines forever.

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs.

Vacation trends on Vanity Fair Poll

Vanity Fair along with 60 Minutes came out with a poll about the economy, politicians, twitter, the recession, spending cut backs and more. The whole survey and article is 12 pages long on Vanity Fair's website.

One of the question had to do with cutting vacation spending as in how easy or hard it to to cut vacation spending.

Of the 18-29 year old respondents, 82% said it was not difficult to cut back on vacation spending. Contrasted to only 65% of people age 64+ saying it was not difficult cutting back on vacation spending.

This has a few implications on marketing nudist resorts. One implication is people say it is so hard to get younger people to vacation at nudist resorts. That is true. We are one of the few nudist resorts in the US where our guests are between 21-75 in age. But, I know some of the major reason why are younger people don't have as much money to spend as baby boomers and older guests, and they don't have as much vacation time. So I don't think it is all doom and gloom that younger people don't like to get naked, they just can't afford to and don't have the vacation time. Vacations is one of the first things people scale back on during hard economic times.

The other thing is 65% of older people said it still was not difficult cutting back on vacation spending. For nudist resorts, this means tell new customers what great values it is to vacation at nudist resorts.

Our resort, The Terra Cotta Inn is not only the best value nudist resort in the US, we are also one of the best values of ALL hotels in Palm Springs. True Palm Springs is a more expensive city to be located in because we have the BEST weather of the whole US. We will never be inexpensive like a motel located in the middle of Nebraska for instance, but for being located in a world class resort city such as Palm Springs, we are a fantastic value.

Nudist resorts need to continue to empathize our great values here in the US. Nudist resorts need to continue to get the message out to Americans to stop vacationing at overpriced non nudist owned places in the Caribbean and Mexico. Send the message to new customers to go with value in the good old USA.

Here is the question regarding vacation cutbacks from the survey:


"November 2009 The Vanity Fair/60 Minutes Poll


In this recession, which of the following has been the most difficult thing for you to CUT BACK SPENDING ON?


TOTAL 18–29 30–44 45–64 64+ MEN WOMEN
Dining out 33% 39% 34% 36% 20% 34% 33%
Vacations 27 18 32 26 35 29 25
New clothes 14 23 12 12 8 9 18
Alcohol 4 10 1 4 1 6 2
None of the above 13 6 13 15 22 15 12"

For the full article and survey click here

I'm sorry everyone, I have the above numbers in columns. However, each time I hit publish, blogspot scrunches the numbers together.

Tired of boring overpriced chain hotel vacations? Looking for something fun and romantic? How about a clothes free vacation at The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa located in Palm Springs, California the sunniest city in the US.

Terra Cotta Inn is the most mainstream nudist resort in the US. It is perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time. You will love it here as it is so much fun.

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

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We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!