“Do Vegas Differently.”

This is the slogan of Spa Week’s Exclusive Destination Sponsor, Vdara Hotel & Spa, on a mission to prove that Las Vegas isn’t just about the casinos; it can be a simply relaxing spa retreat. This AAA Four Diamond award-winning  hotel & spa is an eco-friendly, smoke free, all-suite boutique located in the heart of MGM City Center on the Vegas strip. We are sure you’ll have no trouble finding your chi in the 18,000 square foot Spa & Salon Vdara.

Got your bags packed already? Enter our sweepstakes for your chance to win the Escape To Vdara Giveaway:

• Spend 3 nights in a penthouse suite

• Indulge in 2 spa services totaling $300
  

• Enjoy a $100 dining credit

• Arrive in style with limo service from the airport

You may remember Vdara from our post about their cutting edge python sssssssssssssssnakeskin pedicures. Were you on team yessssss or no? They also offer “Glamour Packages” which include makeup application, blowouts or an evening updo for a night out on in Sin City. Or in this case, Spa City.

You can also take advantage of their $50 Spa Week offerings. Call 866.745.5654 to book.

• 50 Min Traditional Swedish Massage
• 50 Min Naturopathica Pure Results Facial
• 60 Min Signature Pedicure Hot Stone Treatment

Click here for full details about sweepstakes, and good luck!

There are so many exciting ways to get fit and stay healthy out there! And did we mention win? If you have already entered the Fast Track to Health Giveaway presented by Spa Week and Joy Bauer for a chance to get your booty into shape at the Biggest Loser Ranch, and have been bitten by the wellness giveaway bug, here is another luxurious giveaway you can enter: Check out the Weight Loss & Fun Program Giveaway to Spa Eastman presented by our friends over at Travel to Wellness.

From now until August 31, you can enter to win an All-Inclusive 7-night wellnes experience at Spa Eastman, Quebec (Prize valued at $3,000 Canadian) (Check the video above!) .
The grand prize package includes:

• Seven nights accommodation for one person, in a superior room with fireplace.
• Personalized nutritional program, according to a health assessment with Spa Eastman’s naturopath health coaches.
• Three meals of fine spa cuisine per day plus health snack every afternoon.
• A complete schedule of workshops, conferences and activities that will help you become more aware of your body and gain a general feeling of well-being.
• A 60-minute consultation with Spa Eastman’s naturopath.
• Training routines that can be done at home will also be provided for you at the end of the week.
• Complete access to Eastman-les-Bains Hydrotherapy zone (pools, outdoor hot tubs, polar bath, Kneipp bath and Kneipp circuit, hammam).
• Access to the hiking trail and access to the gym.
• Prize may be redeemed on these dates: October 21 to 28, 2011; or January 6 to 13 or April 7 to 14, 2012.

Enter your info on the bottom of the Travel to Wellness Giveaway Page to win!

Spa Week has joined forces with two health and wellness powerhouses: The Today Show’s nutritional expert, Joy Bauer and America’s favorite kick-butt getaway, The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge in Malibu, CA (where they actually film the hit TV show!). From now until Sunday, September 11, you can enter to win a complete lifestyle makeover package to get you on the Fast Track to Health. 

Meet the winner!

You and a guest could win a six-night stay at the Biggest Loser Ranch, plus three healthy, yummy meals a day. The total body makeover includes gut-busting, tushie-toning daily fitness workouts to kick-start your transformation into a lean, mean fitness machine. Enjoy burning cals and learning how to refuel with the right foods with daily nutritional and educational lectures with the resorts top fitness professionals, dietitians and life coach. You get all the personalized information and tips you need to succeed.

Then, relax with 4 spa services per person through the entire stay, that includes luxurious sports massages, toning and purifying facials, slimming body wraps — all to help you look and feel  your best. BUT- the journey doesn’t stop after you leave the resort! You get a nutritional at-home package that includes Joy’s best selling book, Food Cures, which helps you pick the right foods for maintaining optimal health and well-being. PLUS, you will receive a personalized nutrtional plan from Joy Bauer, herself that includes all of  the custom counselling Joy gives to her very special clients. Hopefully by now Joy has helped you kick that soda drinking habit… now get ready to transform your health like a real VIP with the chance for this life-changing  experience. Good luck!

The letter V… The often neglected and forgotten consonant at the caboose of the alphabet is responsible for bring you today’s Travel Tuesday feature. Not only is V is for Vacation, but V is also for Vegas, Value, and Vdara.

Exclusively for Spa Week friends, fans and enthusiasts: If you book your Vegas Vacation to Vdara before June 21 with the Promo Code: VRSWJ11 you can take advantage of some Very luxurious accommodations:

• $50 Resort Credit for shopping, dinning and entertainment at Vdara and ARIA (Vdara’s sister resort & casino)
• 10% off Cabana and daybed reservations
• 2-for-1 Cocktails at Bar Vdara (limit two rounds)
• Complimentary 4:00pm late checkout
• Upgrade to a City Corner Suite for $50/night




Book your reservations online HERE or call Room Reservations at 866.745.7767 and mention code VRSWJ11 to lock in this offer.

About Vdara: Vdara is an AAA Four Diamond Award-winning, internationally inspired, non-gaming, smoke-free, all-suite, eco-friendly boutique hotel and spa in the heart of MGM City Center in Las Vegas.

Courtesy of Melissa Rogers, Spa Week

One of my closest friends is getting married this summer, and I have been charged with the task (as Maid of Honor) to plan her bachelorette fiesta. As true New Yorker, I could think of nothing better to do than escaping this busy, uptight city and head to the laid-back left coast!

We are planning to live in the lap of lavish luxury, take advantage of all the trendy accommodations, party a little (ha!) and of course hit the spa at The Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego!

With our outfits picked, skin care products packed and playlist poppin’, we’re ready to rock the Hard Rock…hard!

I booked the Rock Star Suite featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, a 42” flat screen, fully integrated sound system and over-sized mBar – bachelors aren’t the only ones who know how to party!  Their famous pool party, Intervention, has added special Saturday date just for this weekend. It is fate; they knew we were coming.

After the night’s festivities, the girls and I fully plan on taking advantage on their relaxing  Spa Deals and wind down at Rock Spa…the perfect place to decompress after what I am sure will be a crazy, fun-filled night.

Let’s hope my bride-to-be-bestie and all my chicas are ready for this jam-packed weekend. I sure am!

For more information visit: The Hard Rock Hotel San Diego or Rock Spa.

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