All I can say is this - I read about Hedo for years before our first trip. I never wanted to be one of those folks who camped out a lounger. However, once there and with my wife is pressuring me to "find a spot in the shade", I finally gave in and started staking out chairs in the morning. You can hate me, but I don't think I'm being too extreme. I go out around 8 am, get her coffee from the grill and put our towels on a couple of chairs under the tree (the one nearest the nude grill). Around 10 am, we are both out there on our loungers. We might come and go all day, but most of the time one of us is in a chair. Around 2 or 3 pm, we pick up our stuff and go to the pool. Repeat the next day. When I go out in the morning I see that almost every chair has some type of marker "claiming" the chair. I have decided that I will respect everyone's property and wishes to claim a chair, so I leave their stuff alone. I have found that there is no shortage of loungers - they are very plentiful. The shortage is in regards to the space available at the location where you want your lounger. For example, if you want your chair by the pool, space is very limited. We like the shade near the nude bar, so again, space is somewhat limited. While I won't move your stuff from your chair, I might move your chair over a few inches as I crowd my two chairs into the shade.
In sum, I find that Hedo visitors are usually the nicest people you will meet anywhere. I don't see chair campers as greedy or selfish. I just see them as folks who are trying to have a good time. I've never seen a chair camper get angry when their chair was moved over to make room for mine, and I've never been angry when mine is moved over to make room for theirs. In fact, most folks are very inviting if you ask if you can crowd in. I've never had my stuff moved or taken, and it probably would upset me a bit if it was missing. So, I'll never move or take someone's stuff, but that's just me. I summary, I guess I have just found that this is the culture of doing things at Hedo, and it was easier to join the culture than to try and fight it or change it. But again, that's just me.
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