Tan or Sun and Tan?

Summer is drawing closer, the days are getting longer and the sun is beginning to blaze hotter day by day. As the days get warmer, you find yourself wearing less and less and you become increasingly aware of how pasty and white your skin is after having been deprived of the sunshine over winter. Grab your bag, grab the suntan lotion and sunglasses, and get on this tanning business.

While doing tanning beds, using spray tan or applying tan developer are easy quick fixes, where is the fun in using them? They can be expensive, they can give terrible results, they are proven to be bad for you skin, they rub off on your clothes and bed sheets, they are rarely realistic looking, and none of them involve any social atmosphere or actually enjoying the sunshine. Where is the fun factor??

Tanning bed prices range anywhere from 6 euros for just one session to up to 400 euros for membership.While a sunbed starts at a slightly more expensive price from 20 euros and up this is for a day of relaxation as opposed to 6 minutes in a box. As well you can get packages which include drinks and food too.

The main question in regards to tanning that everyone asks is in regards to safety. So which is safer: sunbeds or tan beds? The answer is sunbeds. Tanning salons’ employees are trained to tell you that tan beds are “smarter” because they cannot tell you it is safer when it is not. Getting UV light directed into your pores while they are wide open is of course not safe but the                                                                                                                                                                                                  selling point is the “control” you have over how much exposure to UV light you are getting. However this is slightly ridiculous as you are getting a much higher concentration of the wavelength of UVA which causes deeper damage to the skin than being in the sun wearing sunscreen. According to the skin cancer foundation frequent tanners using high pressure sunlamps may receive as much as 12 times the annual UVA dose compared to the dose from sun exposure, and are 74% more likely to develop melanoma than those who avoid tanning indoors. However still nearly 30 million Americans still buy into this business, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation; per year, knowing that it is not safe.  

However if you get yourself a sun bed you get to actually enjoy the atmosphere of being on the beach under the sun, you can go with friends, your skin gets a chance to absorb some vitamin D, you get to throw on that swimsuit that has been hibernating for the past few months, and for a bit extra you can get a drink and some nice food thrown in. What’s more is when you book a place you are 100% guaranteed a sunbed! Ditch the tan beds and book yourself a relaxing day at a private beach. Take time out with some friends, chill out and get a natural glow. Just don’t forget the sunscreen!

Can the Dog Come Too?

Summer is coming and so the holiday planning begins. It is a stressful thing to plan how you will relax, especially if you are planning on relaxing with your canine friend. For many, the beach bag contains sunglasses, a towel, swim gear, sun-cream and a bottle of water. For others their beloved dog is first on the list to be brought to the beach.

At Easy Beach Booking we like to make life as easy as possible (as subtly hinted in our name), so we have decided to create a list of the beaches along the Cote d’Azur  which will welcome your furry friends this summer. So yourself and herself, or himself, can take a walk along the long beautiful stretches of sand to exfoliate your paws and feet, respectively. That’s barking mad. 

Along each of these beautiful beaches, unleash your inhibitions, but please keep your dog on a leash.

Premièrement, if you plan on coming to the Côte d’Azur to spend some time amongst les Maralpins, which you really should, you and your dog will be welcomed, as long as there is a leash between the two of you, to none other than the lovely location of the Easy Booking Group  office, in Ville-Franche sur Mer. Here the two of you can stroll along the end of the beautiful beach here. Should yourself and the hound get a bit peckish after your walk most of the restaurants are dog friendly here.

Deuxiemement, if you are planning on staying in Nice and fancy taking a break along Promenade des Anglais, Port de Carras is ideal. Another lovely beach along the French Riveria to take the dog for a walk is Cagnes-sur-Mer from the horse track right up to the Villeneuve-Louebet. 

Other ideal locations include Cap d’Ail just on the beach at Pointe des Dounaiers; at Menton just at the Casino beach; Roquebrune-Cap-Martin just on the Golf-Bleu oust beach and Gorbin; and finally on the beach only of Villeneuve-Loubet at Vaugrenier.

And so there you have it. During your time along the Côte d’Azur, wherever you decide to visit, if you fancy some time alone on the beach, bark free, why not book a sunbed on a private beach.  We are here to help when it comes to leisure and relaxation. We strongly believe the easy life.