We are heading to Ft. lauderdale in June with our three kiddos and were wondering about our beach essentials! :) Our littlest one will be 2 and will need some sort of beach umbrella....is that something I can rent there or buy and leave it? What do you suggest? thanks, guys!
Buy there or bring beach umbrella?It might depend on the length of your stay. Many hotels on the beach provide umbrellas, chairs for their guests. I%26#39;m not sure how much an umbrella rental might be but for more than one day it would probably pay to buy one, in Walgreens, Target, etc. Or bring one with you. Since you will be here in the rainy season you may want to bring a rain umbrella as well. If it does rain during your visit, it will probably be quick and in the afternoon.
Buy there or bring beach umbrella?I believe umbrella rentals on the beach are $15 /day ( chairs $10), so if you are planning several days at the beach you might want to purchase- but only if you have a car so you can do so off the beach, as I think the beach front shops will have ';tourist trap'; prices. Depends on where you%26#39;re staying , but there isn%26#39;t a Walgreens , Target or CVS right on the beach for your purchase -you%26#39;d need to go several blocks at least- don%26#39;t recall which hotel you finally chose.
I actually disagree with Pat that ';most'; hotels provide umbrellas- I think most don%26#39;t- many hotel reviews contain complaints about the price of renting umbrellas and /or chairs.
The OP is staying at BW Oceanside. Last weekend they were charging $15 for a beachchair at the shops just south of Sunrise. I only know because I was tempted to buy one during the Air Show.
If you%26#39;re driving to the BWO from the Airport, you will go across 17th St and should find a CVS drugs on your left just past the Cordova Rd traffic light and a Walgreens on the right beyond that at the Eisenhower /Convention Center light. Both should have decent selection of chairs, umbrellas, coolers , shirts, hats , flip flops and sun lotion ( the generic no-ad brand works for us) at fairly good prices- better than you will likely find once you are on the beach. Make sure your little ones keep a hat on- the sun is very direct in June and keep everyone full of water as well.
I don%26#39;t usually need to rent things on the beach, but I think most of the places on the beach are concession stands rented from the City ( which owns the beach). They tend to have high mark up and the little beachwear shops in that area also are usually more expensive than Walgreens or CVS.
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