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Bobinmobile said:
My approach may sound to simple and low tech for many, but, we take a beach bag that zips or snaps closed. We then tie a simple string (really a very small rope) around the bag and to our beach chair.

Yes it is true that anyone can untie an run away, but, there are lots of people on the beach. You make friends with your beach mates. No one is going to stop, untie, inspect your bag and then run away with it. The simple fact that there is something to slow down a potential thief is usually good enough.

Next I have a CO hat that has a small zipper pocket. It is just big enough for my drivers lience, reduced copy of passport , credit card and a few dollars. If you keep track of your hat, no worry about stuff disappearing. The beach bag now only has keys, stuff and a reader or two.

Simple, inexpensive and effective in most cases + I have never seen anyone running down the beach with a beach bag dragging a chair! ( in SXM or any other beach that we have visited.)

Try the simple approach and " no worries" just be happy!
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Honestly the simple approach works pretty well. Basically, you just need to keep things out of easy sight. My husband and I do have a bag that locks to the chairs but usually we just loop the locking strap without locking it. Most thieves are looking for a quick grab. They aren't going to waste time going through a bag to find something.
we've never really "made friends" with the people next to us on the beach chairs. But I like to think that if someone saw a potential thief digging through a bag clearly not theirs, someone would say something.