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A destination spa is a short term residential/lodging
Lodging

Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential Dwelling. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage, and access to common household functions....
 facility with the primary purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits. Historically many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs
Hot Springs

Hot Springs may refer to:* Hot Springs, Arkansas* Hot Springs, Montana* Hot Springs, North Carolina* Hot Springs, South Dakota* Hot Springs, Virginia...
 or sources of mineral waters. Typically over a seven-day stay, such facilities provide a comprehensive program that includes spa services, physical fitness activities, wellness education, healthy cuisine and special interest programming.

Some destination spas offer an all-inclusive program that includes facilitated fitness classes, healthy cuisine, educational classes and seminars as well as similar services to a beauty salon
Beauty salon

A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons and spas....
 or a day spa
Day spa

A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for professionally administered Body treatment such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment....
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A destination spa is a short term residential/lodging
Lodging

Lodging or a holiday accommodation is a type of residential Dwelling. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage, and access to common household functions....
 facility with the primary purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits. Historically many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs
Hot Springs

Hot Springs may refer to:* Hot Springs, Arkansas* Hot Springs, Montana* Hot Springs, North Carolina* Hot Springs, South Dakota* Hot Springs, Virginia...
 or sources of mineral waters. Typically over a seven-day stay, such facilities provide a comprehensive program that includes spa services, physical fitness activities, wellness education, healthy cuisine and special interest programming.

Some destination spas offer an all-inclusive program that includes facilitated fitness classes, healthy cuisine, educational classes and seminars as well as similar services to a beauty salon
Beauty salon

A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women. Other variations of this type of business include hair salons and spas....
 or a day spa
Day spa

A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for professionally administered Body treatment such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment....
. Guests reside and participate in the program at a destination spa instead of just visiting for a treatment or pure vacation. Some destination spas are in exotic locations or in spa town
Spa town

A spa town, or simply spa, is a town frequented mainly for health reasons, to "take the waters". The word comes from the Belgium town Spa, Belgium....
s.

Destination spas have been in use for a considerable time, and some are not used actively, but rather are historically preserved as elements of earlier history; for example, Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs
Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs

Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs is a California Historical Landmark property near Gilroy, California, famed for its mineral hot springs and historic development by early settlers and Japanese people immigrants....
 in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
 is such a historically used spa whose peak patronage occurred in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Resort spas are generally located in resort
Resort

A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company....
s and offer similar services via rooms with services, meals, body treatment
Body treatment

A body treatment, spa treatment, or cosmetic treatment is non-medical procedure to help the health of the body. It is often performed at a resort, destination spa, day spa, beauty salon or beauty school....
s and fitness a la carte.

Types of services

Typical services include:

  • nutrition counseling
  • weight loss
  • medical treatment
  • fitness consultation
  • cooking lessons
  • massage
    Massage

    Massage is the practice of soft tissue manipulation with physical, functional, and in some cases psychological purposes and goals. The word comes from the French language massage "friction of kneading," or from Arabic massa meaning "to touch, feel or handle" or from Latin massa meaning "mass, dough"....
  • facial
    Facial

    A facial is a cosmetic treatment of the face, commonly involving a variety of skin treatments, including: steam, exfoliation , extraction, creams, lotions, facial mask, chemical peel, and massage....
    s — facial cleansing with a variety of products
  • nail care
  • waxing
    Waxing

    Waxing is a method of semi-permanent hair removal which removes the hair from the rootcause. New hairs will not grow back in the previously waxed area for two to eight weeks....
     — the removal of body hair with hot wax
  • body treatment
    Body treatment

    A body treatment, spa treatment, or cosmetic treatment is non-medical procedure to help the health of the body. It is often performed at a resort, destination spa, day spa, beauty salon or beauty school....
    s such as body wraps, aromatherapy
    Aromatherapy

    Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils , and other aromatic compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person's mood or health....
  • balneotherapy
    Balneotherapy

    Balneotherapy the treatment of disease by bathing. It may involve hot or cold water, massage through moving water, relaxation or stimulation. Many mineral waters at Hot spring are rich in particular minerals which can be absorbed through the skin....
  • skin exfoliation
    Exfoliation (cosmetology)

    Exfoliation involves the removal of the oldest dead skin cells on the skin's outermost surface, and has been used for many years to help maintain the skin....
     — including chemical peel
    Chemical peel

    A chemical peel is a body treatment technique used to improve and smooth the texture of the facial skin using a chemical solution that causes the skin to blister and eventually peel off....
    s and microdermabrasion
    Microdermabrasion

    Microdermabrasion is a family of Body treatment popular in day spas, doctors' practices, and Day_spa#Medical_spa in which the stratum corneum is partially or completely removed by light abrasion, to remove sun-damaged skin and to remove or lessen scars and dark spots on the skin....


See also

  • Spa town
    Spa town

    A spa town, or simply spa, is a town frequented mainly for health reasons, to "take the waters". The word comes from the Belgium town Spa, Belgium....
  • Day spa
    Day spa

    A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for professionally administered Body treatment such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment....
  • Body treatment
    Body treatment

    A body treatment, spa treatment, or cosmetic treatment is non-medical procedure to help the health of the body. It is often performed at a resort, destination spa, day spa, beauty salon or beauty school....


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