15 Luxurious Pool Floats for Events

With summer in full swing, floats are a necessity at any pool party. But for planners in search of floats that are more trendy than the standard inflatable tube, many companies offer products resembling unicorns, golden swans, monarch butterflies, and yachts. Here’s a look at high-end pool floats that can be used at events this summer—and ways some recent functions have incorporated floats into their design and activations.

Perrier Flavor Studio

Perrier celebrated its many flavors—including the new strawberry and watermelon varieties—with a weeklong pop-up experience that came to an event space in New York’s SoHo neighborhood from July 12 to 16. The event featured a branded bubble ball pit in the Perrier colors, as well as props that included fruit-theme pool floats such as watermelons, strawberries, and oranges. The event was produced in partnership with experiential marketing agency the Michael Alan Group.

Photo: Jane Kratochvil

‘Toronto Life’ Doughnut Festival

At Toronto Life’s inaugural Doughnut Festival, which took place in June at Dufferin Mall, doughnut pool floats were used as ceiling decor.

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‘The Village Voice’ Choice Eats

The Village Voice hosted its 10th annual Choice Eats food festival in May at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York. The event offered a photo booth with props that included pretzel, doughnut, popsicle, pineapple, and pizza floats.

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BuzzFeed Presents: Glitter Bomb

At BuzzFeed’s annual Pride party, which took place in June at Villain in Brooklyn, colorful photo ops incorporated a variety of pool floats, including one that was designed to look like a castle.

Photo: Steven Simone

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Sydney, Australia-based summer lifestyle company Sunnylife offers a variety of giant luxury floats, including a gold swan, $70. The floats can be purchased directly from the company website and are shipped worldwide.

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The lie-on rainbow float, $60, can be used for Pride events or a standard pool party.

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Giving the standard flamingo an extra bit of glamour, the rose gold flamingo float, $70, could pair perfectly with rosé-filled pool parties.

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Funboy’s Red Lips

California-based summer lifestyle company Funboy offers a variety of trendy floats, including a red lips float, $79. Floats ship worldwide.

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Funboy’s Rainbow Cloud Daybed

One of the company’s larger floats is a 50-foot rainbow cloud daybed, $169, designed for at least two people to lounge.

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Funboy’s Yacht

For a float that pulls double duty, a yacht-inspired float, $128, has a daybed for two, two drink holders, and a front cooler.

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GoFloats Unicorn

For a budget option, pool float company GoFloats offers a festive unicorn float on Amazon, with the price starting at $20.

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GoFloats Inflatable Palm Island Drink Holder

The company sells mini inflatable drink holders, $8.55 for a pack of three.

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Hayneedle.com’s Ice Cream Dream

Omaha-based indoor-outdoor furnishing and decor company Hayneedle.com offers a line of Swimline-brand floats, including an ice cream cone float, $37, that could pair with ice cream socials and dessert-theme events.

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