A Destination Spa is a shorten name of lodging and residential facility with the main goal of giving guests who are usually spa goers in formation, activities, program to develop healthy habits. Destination Health Spas as referred by others were built in the location where there are sources of mineral water, and natural hot springs, historically.
Usually, guest stays in this kind of spa from 2 to 7 days, depending on the program that they had chosen. It has facilities that provide a varied and wide program that include physical fitness activities, healthy cuisine, wellness education, spa services and special interest program.
An inclusive program which has facilitated fitness classes, educational classes, seminars, health education, healthy cuisine and lectures and seminars about beauty salon, spa tips and day spa are provided.
Guests in a destination spa participate in the program rather than going there to avail of spa services. It is actually the relaxation of the whole aspect of a human being- from physical to mental. Some see this kind of spa as sort of semi-vacation and pampering of the self.
In this generation, destination spa is a becoming an expensive luxury. Resort spa is the evolution of destination spa. In which a resort has spa services from body treatments to all kinds of spa services. The difference between a destination spa and resort is that the former offer a more specific service (health services, spa services) and the latter has more concentration on providing a vacation and spa services is just part of it. Destination resort spa is the combination of both.
An example of a destination spa is the Mii Amo located in the midst of Sedona in Arizona. Mii Amo came from a Native American language which means ‘journey’, seeking a physical health transformation. Mii Amo’s guests are women on their 30’s to middle 50’s.