The article doesn't just go over anecdotal tales of woe, however. They actually run the numbers to see what the ratio is between pool and beach chairs and the number of rooms at the resort. The Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki tied with Mandalay Bay for the worst score in their sample, with a ratio of only half a chair per hotel room. The hotel says it is adding 400+ chairs and 50 cabanas though in 2007.
The Parker in Palm Springs wasn't much better, at 0.6 chairs per room. Atlantis in the Bahamas has 4,200 chairs for its 2,317 rooms, a ration of 1.8. They're about to add another wing that will improve the ratio: 600 more rooms and 4,000 more chairs. For you not keeping score at home, yes, Atlantis will then host over 6,000 people at full occupancy.
The best of the lot was the relatively small resort of Guanahani in St. Barths. They have 160 chairs for only 70 rooms, with a ratio of 2.3 lounging spots per room. This doesn't come cheap though: rates are close to $700 per night.
As usual, there are ways to get around this issue if you open up your wallet. At the Sheraton Kauai you can rent double bed cabanas for $35 and at the InterContinental in Cannes, $35 to $45 gets you a rented "beach mattress" that can be reserved when booking the room. Then there's the good ole reliable tip placed in the right hands. Putting $20 to $40 in the hands of the right pool or beach attendant at some resorts can remove all the uncertainty from the beach chair bingo.
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