holidays

Starbucks has its peppermint mochas and gingerbread lattes to celebrate the season, and spas are getting in on the festivities as well, with menus sprinkled with holiday-inspired offerings. Flavored with ingredients like mint, sugar, spice and everything nice, these scrumptious spa services we rounded up will soothe body and soul and get you in the […]

Delicious pumpkin pie. Mouthwatering turkey and stuffing. Savory cranberry sauce. It’s difficult to pinpoint the best part of Thanksgiving (Eating? Quality time with the fam? Football games?), but we have a feeling the following might just be your new favorite part of Turkey Day: Resort spas dishing up holiday deals and packages that you may […]

Losing weight tops the list of most-common New Year’s resolutions, so why not tip the scale in your favor? Kick off the year with a healthful trip to one of these top 10 favorite getaway spas – where you can spa and shed pounds at the same time – that were 2010 SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards winners for ‘”best for weight loss.”

Have you been naughty or nice this year? No matter – everyone deserves a bit of relaxation time during the holiday hustle and bustle, and ’tis the season for a shopping (and spa-ing) spree! We’ve shopped around to find select getaway destinations that combine both shop and spa. Check out the pure indulgence that these […]

The holidays are in full swing, which means a house full of food and delicious treats to delight in. What better way to stimulate your senses, nourish your body, and warm the house than to bake a seasonal bread, fresh in your kitchen oven? Miraval’s Warm Pear Gingerbread recipe fits the bill perfectly – we […]

Massage can do more than just work out the kinks

Trim the tree, spin the dreidel, hit the spa…whatever your seasonal plans pertain, be sure that taking time for yourself is at the top of your holiday wish list. Following the lead of all those stores that have had their Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa decorations up since the beginning of October, SpaFinder is finding one amazing reason to rush the holiday season: holiday-inspired spa treatments!

Year after year, we’ve all developed our favorite Thanksgiving dishes, but why not branch out and give one of these healthy spa-inspired Thanksgiving recipes a try? SpaFinder picked out three spa recipes that sound like great potential additions to mix things up for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner repertoire – Apple Parsnip Soup, Grilled Figs with […]

As Thanksgiving approaches, so do the parties, which continue on through New Year’s. The holiday season brings with it many festive gatherings filled with indulgent food — rich coffee, red wine, decadent candy, the list goes on. Even though a season of festive, irresistible treats can take its toll on your teeth, you shouldn’t feel […]

It’s been a stressful year financially, and many of us will be checking our gift lists (at least twice!) – giving extra thought to what we really want to give, and would most like to receive.

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Add some sizzle to your holiday present by giving a SpFinder Gift Certificate or Gift Card for a couple’s massage class. Just purchase a SpaFinder Gift Certificate (Suggested amount is $100 to $350) and check out these spas for classes led by a licensed professional who will teach you and your lady the secrets and intricacies of successful bodywork.

Since I was in LA for our press breakfast, I decided to take the 30-minute ride to visit the brand-new California WellBeing Institute in Westlake Village that I had been hearing so much about. I knew few specifics except that it is the vision of David Murdock; that it opened in conjunction with a new […]