Pack beach towels?

[vttea]

Q: Should we pack beach towels to take with us to St. Thomas and St. Martin beaches? Or are ship-board towels available and adequate for that purpose?

 

Any info would be appreciated!

[palolake]

Just take the towels that are provided by your room steward.

[Seal]

The steward usually leaves a towel for each person--if you need extra--just ask

 

Nancy:D

[melgray13]

We have a couple of the fast drying mircofiber towels. We always bring them for a couple of reasons -

 

1) they absorb a ton of water

2) they are fairly thin and hardly take up any space in suitcase or tote to carry off the ship (about the size of a men's T shirt rather than a man's sweater or small blanket)

3) they are not the same towels that the rest of free world has so it's easy to find your deck chair, ect

 

You will be fine with the towels on the ship if you choose.

[dsfitz]

No need to bring towels - the ship's are perfectly fine!

[SandyShores]

I pack very light in general but I still prefer to bring my own ligtweight thin towel for carrying in my bag to go on land with.

 

The Princess towels are fine, they are not too bulky yet I find them too thick to carry around off ship. They take up too much space in my day bag to carry around with me.

 

Most climates are so warm, you dont need a thick towel ... all you need is a thin one, thats why I bring my own.

[sept10dsm]

We have just used the ship's towels. Why bring extra things especially something so bulky? You will have no problem getting the towels you need from your room steward.