What happens at nudist resorts

What can I say? I needed some pre-holiday distraction, what can I say? What's normal, anyway? You'll certainly find people you wouldn't necessarily expect.

Photo Courtesy of Hidden Beach Resort. JustLuxe has covered a wide variety of luxury travel over the years -- million dollar tours of India, women's solo travel destinations, and extravagant private jet tours around the world; but we have yet to explore another popular way to stay: in the nude. Photo Courtesy of Desert Sun Resort. Although he is not an expert in motivation for participating in nudism specifically, he does know a thing or two about the way people behave and learn.

They say sex sells, and when it comes to travel, that's especially true. Sex travel or "libertine tourism," as it's sometimes called , is a growing industry targeted at people who love to take their clothes off and get buckwild. To be clear, it's not the same thing as sex tourism, a term most people use to describe traveling to have sex with prostitutes ; sex travel is totally consensual and totally legal. These people love going to resorts, chalets, and beaches all over the world, taking their clothes off, and having sex with each other — so I decided to join them at Hedonism II to see what it was like. It's important to note that generally speaking, most people who self-identify as nudists are not swingers , and most swingers are not nudists.

Each and every pore on my body is flexed shut. I had thought November would be a mild month for Big Sur, California, and I was only half right: It was a beautiful and warm day to be naked outdoors among strangers, but by nightfall, freezing winds are blowing over the Pacific and into my bloodstream. Then I plunge my body into a hot mineral bath, and every cell in my body sighs. There is basically one place on earth that asks you politely to share your innermost thoughts and feelings and fears and insecurities with a group of people you have never met before, and, yeah, if you use the pool or baths, would you mind also not wearing clothes? Thank you so much.