Your Spa Travel Source

There is no doubt that travel spa, that is combining a holiday with a spa, is making a come back. Whether you decide to stay at home or travel overseas its pays to investigate what is available, especially as many tour operators are presenting new travel spa packages offering much more than the traditional beach holiday.

Did you know that the today in the United States the spa industry is the fourth largest leisure industry? You may even have noticed how the spa experience is ever more being highlighted in television show, ads and movies. Today a spa is not the grand affair that the centuries old baths found in ancient Rome were, especially the grandest of all, Thermae of Diocletion, which stretched for 1.4 million feet.  However today’s spas have just as many benefits to body, mind and spirit and all the best travel operators will have something to offer.

Spa packages make ideal honeymoon travel and with an increasing interest in alternative therapies and lifestyles, travel spa is seen as an antidote to the everyday stresses and strains of today’s life.

All inclusive travel also allows you to plan your expenditure, but before looking around for travel deals it is a good idea to know what type of travel spa you are interested in, for example cruise line spa, eco spa, destination spa, medi-spas, resort and beach spa or day spa.

The International SPA Association experienceispa.com is a membership organization for the industry, but the website offers useful resources for consumers. On site you will find a glossary of terms, spa etiquette and a list of specialist travel spa agents who offer all-inclusive travel. You can search by a particular country or state and even stipulate what type of facility you are looking for.

If you have often wished that you could experience what travel spa, a resort or a hotel is really like before you checked in, then you should buy a copy of the Zagat Survey. This book reviews and rates all the top spas, hotels and resorts nationwide. There are also candid and unbiased appraisals based on the opinions of almost sixteen thousand other travelers. There are two Zagat guidebooks: the Zagat Survey for international hotels and spas, and the Zagat U.S. Guidebook, which covers the U.S.

Another valuable online resource is skoosh.com a website that has taken steps to put an end to the usual holiday lottery because it is different to most other review sites, as they don’t moderate or dilute the comments. The Skoosh team is composed of marketing, I.T. and travel industry professionals.

A very good example of the tried and tested hotels on the website is the facilities of D. Grand Fin Spa Honeymoon, Orlando complete with photo gallery.

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