Rent a floating tiki bar
Last summer, visitors to Long Beach Island might have noticed something out of the ordinary while making their way over the causeway: floating, straw-topped tiki bars crisscrossing Manahawkin Bay.
The boats are from Cruisin Tikis Long Beach Island, a franchise of a Florida-based business that started when its founder, an engineer, combined two things he enjoys: a tiki bar and a boat. I saw the boats originally in Key West in 2018, said franchise owner Mike Bishop, who owns the Long Beach Island boats with his fiancée, Paige Meelheim. I thought it would be cool to bring it to the Jersey Shore.