Top Tips for Beachgoers

Summer vacations at the beach are all the rage, and Tommy Middaugh shares ways to make it

even better.

• When summertime rolls around, people the world over head for the beach.

• Tommy Middaugh, Travel To Go Vice President, offers these tips to make the experience that much more

enjoyable.

• Before heading to the beach, travelers should lock up their wallet and/or purse in the safe in their hotel room if they have one. When it comes to items like IDs, credit cards or money, vacationers should only bring to the beach what they need.

• Vacationers should look for obvious signs of how far up the beach high tide reaches such as lines of sea debris parallel to the water as well as wet or smooth sand. This can save travelers from having to relocate before the waves wash their belongings away later in the day.

•  Nearly every beachgoer brings towels or blankets to mark their territory on a beach. Tommy Middaugh of Travel To Go recommends not only bringing your own bright and colorful towels or blanket, but also beach umbrella or small flag on a pole.

• It is better to have it and not need it than the other way around. Travelers headed to the beach should pack a re-sealable baggy with a few first-aid essentials such as a spray bottle full of vinegar to dissipate the sting of a jellyfish; adhesive bandages; tweezers to pull out splinters or any other small items that might pierce the skin; hydrocortisone cream for bug bites; antibacterial wipes or gel; and eye drops for irritated eyes.