Andi, exactly my thoughts. But since I live at the beach, and have done almost NO shopping for this trip, luggage or otherwise, I liked the idea when I heard of the Tilley hat! Last hat I bought was a La Scala Collection straw hat. Love that hat, but it is getting squished from my cruises. Since Ngaire said this one washes "like a rag", I bought it as much for the beach as this trip! A baseball hat will be fine, I'm sure! Even though Doug got sucked into the Tilley thing like me!