DAY SPA MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Aesthetics, Cosmetic
For example:   Make up services, permanent cosmetics, lash and brow tints

Aesthetics, Medical
For example:  Laser, IPL, Endermologie, Collagen, Botox, dental whitening

Body Treatments
For example: Wraps, scrubs

Manicures and Pedicures
For example: Hand and foot soaks, rubs and scrubs (with nail care)

Massage
For example: Shiatsu, hot stone, reflexology, Swedish

Hair Removal
For example:  Waxing, electrolysis, threading

Hand and Foot Care
For example: Hand and foot soaks, rubs and scrubs (no nail care)

Holistic Health
For example:  Ear candling, colonic hydrotherapy, acupuncture, TCM

Hydrotherapy and Sauna
For example:  Mud baths, Vichy shower, soaking tubs, mineral bath, sauna, steam

Physical Wellness
For example: Yoga, exercise, nutrition, personal training, pain relief

Skincare
For example: Facials, peels, dermabrasion

MLM spa party plans, including BeautiControl, Avon, MaryKay, or Arbonne, are not the type of "spa experiences"  we seek to promote on our directory. We appreciate that these parties may contribute to a pleasant afternoon or evening at home, which we fully appreciate -- but not with a membership relationship.  Further, we recognize  that some independent representatives of these MLM sales companies may indeed be licensed aestheticians and massage therapists, or choose to use these products in a day spa environment.  Regardless, if we are asked to list an MLM independent sales representative which has, chiefly, an MLM business plan promoting these brands in a spa party environment, we will respectfully decline to list.
 

HOTEL SPA MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

We require our "hotel spa members" to offer a minimum of three (3) of the spa services listed above, ON SITE, in either a dedicated spa facility or spa treatment room, or, in the guest room, performed by licensed aestheticians and technicians.

On-Site Spa Services should ideally be performed in the hotel's dedicated spa facility by personnel of the hotel or the on-site leased spa facility, but may also be provided by on-call mobile or contract aestheticians and therapists from outside of the hotel.

However, the guest must be able to receive those services in (a) the guest room or (b) a dedicated on-site spa treatment room or facility.   Guests must not be required to travel off-site to an unrelated address or a "partner hotel."

In that regard, hotels which offer Spa Packages which require guests to travel to off-site day spa partners, operating at a different address,  does not qualify as "Spa Hotel" and will not be listed on SpaIndex.com.  

Exceptions to this policy are made for so-called "resort compounds" which operate multiple styles and types of accommodations, under one banner owner, on one resort property. For example, the grounds may include an Inn, Lodge, Bungalow, Resort, or Condominiums, with access privileges to a shared spa facility on the grounds. 

Exceptions can also be made if the differing address is merely a separate entrance within the same complex, building, or compound in an urban city block and there is a relationship between the spa and the hotel or resort.
 

DESTINATION SPA MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

We require our "destination spa members" to offer a fully supervised and comprehensive health and wellness program, which can include a detox or weight loss program, on the site of a dedicated, professionally managed and administered facility with lodging, educational and nutritional or health programs, meals and beverages, fitness and recreational activities, optional beauty or rejuvenation services, in an inclusive program generally designed for a minimum of 3 days but typically for 7 days or longer.

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