If you are a spa lover like me you might like to purchase a day for a friend or your mum as a treat or maybe for an alternative to a hen night or baby shower. The problem is if you’ve never been to the particular spa yourself or you don’t live locally to the person you are giving the gift to, how do you go about booking the spa AND how do you know what it’s like? You want to make sure you or you friend has a great time as spa days are a real treat because they are pretty pricey!
I always think it’s a good start to take a look at the Good Spa Guide to see whether the spa has good reviews and (slap wrist) I realised that I didn’t look at any reviews of The Sanctuary at all before booking, which was rather silly as I found this which shows lots of people had the same problems > http://www.urbanpath.com/london/spas/sanctuary.htm#main so I would also recommend looking on their website before booking too.
Once you have some ideas of good places to go look make sure you book the right treatment by thinking about what the person likes, if they have any medical issues (for example if they are pregnant they might not be able to have certain massages and might find a lovely pedicure really handy if they can’t reach their feet)!
If you want to pick up some vouchers so they can treat themselves which is a bit safer then you can look for Spa Finder vouchers which can be used in hundreds and hundreds of spas and you can get them from their website or from other websites that sell experiences or spa day vouchers like www.experiencedays.co.uk
If you are a man booking this for a woman then make sure to look at the price list of the treatments before buying the vouchers, as sometimes you will need to pay a ‘day spa’ rate as well as the treatment costs.
My personal favourite spa is the Elemis one just off Bond Street in London, but then I haven’t been to very many spas so perhaps I don’t have a good comparison.
Do you have any spa recommendations?