Palm Springs and Terra Cotta inn are winners with the Los Angeles Times 2011 Readers Choice Awards

Palm Springs, California is the nudist mecca of the US. Averaging under 3 inches of rain a year, it is the sunniest city in America. Textiles and nudists all LOVE vacationing in Palm Springs.

From Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, to Vanity Fair Magazine, to Lonely Planet Travel Guide books picking Palm Springs last year as one of the top 10 destinations you must vacation at (and Lonely Planet is the largest Travel guide book company in the world), the media is all saying for a great, fun vacation "go vacation in Palm Springs, California."

And one of the reasons Lonely Planet picked Palm Springs as one of the 10 best travel destinations is because you can go nude sunbathing at Terra Cotta Inn.

Well on July 24th, the Los Angeles Times 2011 Readers Choice Awards were announced. Guess what city was the "Best SoCal Getaway Runner Up?" Palm Springs, California! San Diego was picked as the best getaway and Palm Springs was Runner up. Way to go Palm Springs!!!

And of course guess which resort was picked as the BEST, MOST POPULAR resort in All Southern California, textile or nudist? Terra Cotta Inn nude sunbathing resort.

It is so cool that nice nudist resorts are finally able to compete with textile hotels. Click here to see the results

Now of course we were picked as the best not because we are exclusive and snobby. No, snobs are referred elsewhere. One of the many reasons we are the best is because we are friendly and so much fun. We are also a fantastic value as reported by both trip advisor and MSNBC.

Now is the perfect time for a fun, romantic, sunny, unique vacation experience. One that you will want to repeat over and over.

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!

Last November, MSNBC picked us as the Best value nude sunbathing resort in the western US.

And in December, 2010 Palm Springs Life Magazine picked us as the BEST small resort in the whole Palm Springs area in their Best of the Best issue. It's pretty cool that a nudist resort is considered the best place to stay in town.

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

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Hope to see you this summer in sunny Palm Springs at Terra Cotta Inn!!!

Bloggers, journalists, and the media feel free using this post to write nice nudist stories.

Nudist Resort selected by LA TImes BEST of Southern California

The LA Times newspaper came out today and they selected the best in 120 different categories of where to go, what to eat, what to do, etc. in Southern California.

The Best hotel that was selected was a Ritz Carlton.

However, the complete surprise was the BEST, most popular resort that was selected. It was a nudist resort. Yes, that's right, us, the Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa was picked as the BEST resort in ALL Southern California, textile or nudist.

Now of course we were not selected as the best because of being snobby and trendy, super expensive and overpriced like so many other places. No, LA Times wanted to know what were the most popular, fun places, to shop at, eat at, and vacation at. And there's where Terra Cotta Inn excels.

Our guests have so much fun here. We have one of the highest repeat guest rates in the travel industry at just over 80%. We are one of the best values of ALL hotels and resorts in Southern California.

This is what the LA Times wrote in awarding us this great honor:
"Widely regarded as the most mainstream nude sunbathing resort in the U.S., the historic Terra Cotta Inn is a popular clothing-optional resort and spa located in the world-famous desert playground of Palm Springs. Especially suitable for couples looking to sunbathe topless or even nude for the first time, this is the perfect place to say goodbye to tan lines forever."

Our winning the award just goes to show how mainstream Terra Cotta Inn has become. As one nudist resort owner told us a couple of years ago, we have probably created more first time nudists than any other of the nudist resorts in the US.

So thank you Los Angeles Times Newspaper and thank you to all of our guests for making The Terra Cotta Inn such a fun, enjoyable, popular nudist resort. We love all of our guests. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be such a special place.

Hope to see everyone real soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Tom Mulhall
Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa, Palm Springs, CA
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Please Vote for the Terra Cotta Inn in the LA Times Readers Choice Poll

As the Los Angeles Times writes: "Our lives are influenced by where we eat, drink, learn, shop, and have fun. The Los Angeles Times invites you to share with the world what you think is the best of Southern California in our first annual Readers' Choice awards.

Voting begins on May 22 and runs through June 12 with results announced on July 24. Vote now for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Readers’ Choice: Best of Southern California and show why we love living here."

PLEASE VOTE for YES for nudism by voting for the Terra Cotta Inn in the HOTEL and SO CAL GETAWAY categories.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE

If Terra Cotta Inn is selected, it will send a strong message to people that nude recreation is very popular in Southern California. It will be very positive.

You do not have to be a Southern California resident to vote. Mary Clare and I greatly appreciate you voting.

Thank you.

Tom Mulhall
Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort and Spa, Palm Springs, CA
Call 800-786-6938 for info or reservations
Visit our website by clicking: http://sunnyfun.com
Visit our facebook page by clicking http://bit.ly/TerraCottaInnFBPage

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!

San Onofre nude beach will be closed if naturists don't win court battle

I have had a few people say to me that they bet I am happy that San Onofre nude beach down by San Diego County may be closed by the state. They said "more business for me."

That is so untrue. Only about 15% of our business comes from Southern California as we're the ONLY nudist resort west of the Mississippi that caters to couples on vacation. Southern Californians normally just want to book us only on Saturday nights like typical nudist resorts, where guests from around the world like to book us 7 days a week. That's why we have one of the highest occupancy rates of ALL hotels in Palm Springs.

We have had lots of guests who have booked us Sunday thru Thursday nights and then go to San Onofre for the weekends when it has nude sunbathers.

Lots of people like nude beaches, so I am sad if it is not reopened to nudists.

Here is the story:

"Naturists lose court battle to keep O.C. beach nude
Group says it will likely appeal to California Supreme Court in case involving San Onofre

A group of nudists who want to keep San Onofre State Beach's Trail 6 a clothing-optional beach have lost their latest legal battle, after a panel of justices at the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that a policy that addresses nudity at state beaches is invalid.

The ruling favored state officials who last spring decided to crack down on a more than 20-year tradition of nude sunbathing at the 1,000-foot stretch of beach.

Huntington Beach attorney Allen Baylis, who led the fight against the ban, said the Naturist Action Committee will likely appeal their case to the state's Supreme Court.

"It's time for the (Department of Parks and Recreation) to realize that one of the reasons San Onofre has so many visitors is that there's a very popular clothing-optional beach there," Baylis said. "The people who visit Trail 6 pay their admission fees and buy their annual passes, which contribute a significant amount of money to the department and the local economy."

...Officials said the naturists have to adhere to a code in state law called nudity prohibited, which states that "no person shall appear nude while in any unit except in authorized areas set aside for that purpose by the department."

...Stearns also said the new superintendant's decision to ban nudity at the beach came after an increase in complaints about the influx of people to the area in recent years, stating that the area is no longer remote.

Some in the naturist community disagree, however..."

For the full story click here

I hope the California Supreme Court is more enlightened then the court of appeals.

If you want a nice safe place to go topless or nude sunbathing, give us The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa a call at 800-786-6938.

We have couples from around the world vacation here as AOL.com last year picked us as one of the 10 best nudist resorts in the world.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

We hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs!

Sunny Palm Springs, California has no June Gloom

Many people always lump Palm Springs in with Southern California when they think about weather. People think Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego all have the same weather.

They couldn't be more wrong.

For instance today they are predicting San Diego which is where Black's Beach nude beach is located to be mostly cloudy and a high of only 70F. Palm Springs is 100% sunny and predicted to have a high of 98F and low humidity. Perfect nude sunbathing weather.

The reason I bring this up is a couple who is checking in today called this morning wanting to cancel their reservation this week. They said they had been in San Diego over the weekend and were so disappointed because it had drizzled there and was cool. They couldn't go to the nude beach. Naturally, we were 100% sunny over the weekend.

When we told them we were 100% sunny and a high of 98F today they couldn't believe it as Palm Springs is only 2 1/2 hours away from San Diego. But, yet our weather is completely different than the rest of southern California as Palm Springs is the sunniest city in the US.

We average less then 3 inches of rain a year. The reason we are so sunny is we have a 10,800 foot mountain chain separating us from the Pacific ocean. So we don't have any of the ocean clouds or rain.

Above is a photo of the Palm Springs tram going up the side of the mountain.

There is an expression in Southern California called June gloom. In the month of June it is normally cloudy until late afternoon along the beaches in California.

Some come on out to sunny palm Springs and enjoy the warm sunshine! No June Gloom here!

Now is the perfect time to try topless or nude sunbathing at our resort. Last year both AOL.com and tripadvisor.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world.

We are the most mainstream nudist resort in America and perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time.

We even have a special in June for first timers. Book Sunday through Thursday, stay 1night and get $25 off on the 2nd night's stay.

Give us a all at 800-786-6938.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

We hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

We're from Southern California. We can't come midweek, we work for a living"

We have nudists, naturists, and first timers from around the world vacation with us. For instance we have a couple here from Australia, this is probably their 7th time in 3 years they have stayed with us and they have already booked again this summer and early next winter.

We are the only clothing optional vacation resort in the western US. We are busy 7 days a week. we are not just a weekend getaway like everyone else. On our website http://sunnyfun.com we print our last minute availability so you can see our occupancy rate.

One of the funniest things I hear owning our nudist resort for 14 years is potential guests from Southern California say when we tell them we are booked on weekends and we suggest that they book midweek. We hear at least once or twice a day, "We're from Southern California. We can't come midweek, we work for a living."

This always cracks me up. Of course all of our guests work for a living. They use vacation time off of work to stay here. We always have more people from Canada, Washington, Arizona here than we do from Southern California because they take vacations.

For instance in the photo is a picture of our friend Jos from England.

Nudist guests who book 1 and 2 week long vacations with us always tell us, "you're so lucky being in Southern California as you have such a big customer base to draw on. They think people in Southern California would be just like them and want to use their vacation days to stay at our resort.

And when we tell them that although we have been selected one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world and guests from around the world vacation here, it is the hardest thing to get a Southern Californian to use a vacation day to stay with us. Now once they do, they become our repeat guests.

So even though we are one of the best nudist resorts in the world, so many guests from Southern California never get to have fun at our resort because they don't take vacation time off of work to stay here.

Now is the perfect time for you to take a fun clothes free vacation. Give us The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa a call at 800-786-6938.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

We hope to see you in sunny Palm Springs!