What do you mean by beach service? If you mean for someone to come to you for services I doubt it unless you are staying at a motel on the beach. Why bring alcohol on the beach? Just enjoy Mother Nature and have your drink when you go home.

The best place is out at Fort Morgan just a short drive from Gulf Shores. There are less people who walk out there thus better finds. Hope this helps

There is not a place to rent towels but there are stores across the street from the public beach in Gulf Shores to buy some towels including a Dollar General.

I would say yes. Unless there is a storm

The beaches are open now, and will remain open unless another hurricane cause them to close it again.

There are many rental places for chairs, umbrellas, etc.. The condos also rent lounger on the beach.

We are usually at Gulf Shores for two separate weeks each year for the last 15 years. I'm sure they never needed to replace all the sand at Gulf Shores. It never was affected that much. But the City of Gulf Shores received payments from Exxon (due to disruption of tourism) and they have several crews that rake the sand almost every morning and every night. After the offshore spill they had teams of people looking for any tar balls or signs of oil and everything was carefully picked-up. The sands are called "sugar sands" because the sand has the texture of granulated sugar. The sand is also white because the sand is almost entirely bits of sea shells broken into tiny fragments - check it yourself with a magnifying glass. The beaches at Gulf Shores are clean and are cared for (with garbage picked up too) as any place in the world. The economy of Gulf Shores depends on the beaches and they have dedicated significant resources toward keeping the beaches clean.

Yes you can, but as others have stated, it cheaper to buy your own. Just more convenient to rent so you dont have to pack it around.