There are plenty available chairs and a few places you can get some food and drinks.

Taxi is expensive. Bus pass is like five dollars for round trip and drops off right at beach. Get off at the far stop, it is less crowded.

Just returned from Aruba March 14 and first 2 cases were found there that day. No screening at airport, Think they have put a ban on international flights until March31, was a non issue while we were there from March 5 - 14, 2020. Now I would think things will change depending on where you are coming from or going to

Aruba is windy all year. I was there in mid September, it was not windy enough to pick up sand.

Hi - you let Beach Security from your hotel (there are a number of these fellows at the beach) know what hotel you’re staying at and they will grab how many chairs you need and place them where you want. They can tell what hotel you’re staying at by your towel and/or your wrist band from the hotel. As far as umbrellas go, you may have to pay an additional fee. Get there early enough and claim a permanent cabana for the day. Hope this helps

Nosotros no alquilamos. Sin embargo en la playa conversamos con unos holandeses que nos contaron que con particulares se podían conseguir precios super bajos. No tengo ninguna referencia. El sistema de transporte publico es bueno, a nosotros nos quedaba cómodo, aunque siempre es mejor un auto para recorrer.

Yes, there are huts along the beach that have locals with lounge chairs and umbrella rentals. There's a guy on the beach right across the street from Swiss Chalet Restaurant as a point of reference. On days when ships are in Port, they are busy, but other days there may be only a few umbrellas out for tourists. You can find them easily enough. Umbrella is $25 and umbrella with 2 lounge chairs is $45.