Thank you for your responses! I have always brought rafts with us & left them at the hotel for others to use when we leave. This visit, I want to minimize my luggage, so I thought I would just pick up a raft while in JA. Funny thing is I've been to Mega Mart, but only in the liquor store!Last time there, my husband & daughter went in while I sat in the car w/the driver! I might have to bring an umbrella. Last year a couple staying at our hotel brought 2 w/them that fit in their suitcases - portabrella.com .Some other people had umbrellas that definitely wouldn't fit in a suitcase & looked brand new (the kind you pick up at Sam's or Costco). Yeah, the beach was packed & not much shade.