RSS
Home
Go to the spa, you'll thank you!
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
You will look as good as you feel!
What is the one thing you do not want to have to deal with on your wedding day? Stress! Take your bridal party to a spa the morning before your wedding to help you avoid or displace stress. What could be better then having someone work on your hair? Having them also work on your nails! If you have never gone to a spa, then you have missed out and this is your greatest excuse to go. You totally deserve it!
It will give you time to catch up with out of town guests in your bridal party, while you are taking care of wedding day details! Who wouldn’t want to kill two birds with one stone? I had my best friend be my maid of honor, and she lives in a different state (NJ). I got to see her almost all weekend, but it wasn’t the same as being able to sit and chat with her while we were at the salon. My sister was one of my bridesmaids, and like my maid of honor she lived far away (MD). I had my husband’s cousins be flower girls, and they likewise live in a different state (NJ). I didn’t know them as well as I would wanted and this gave me a chance to talk to them and get to know them a little bit better. I think you get the point, without me telling you where everyone in my bridal party lives! These are the people who you really care about, so it will help to calm your nerves and entertain you while you are counting every second until your wedding starts.
I found a salon that was also a spa. They had a sitting room that could be reserved for private parties. This was a wonderful option as we weren’t all aimlessly wandering the rest of the salon or being interrupted by other random people. They had little gift bags with great treats for every person that was getting a service done. We also had food and drinks set up for us to snack on. Due to having the room I had other people come visit like the mothers. Before you wonder why I didn’t have my mom come to get services done, let me explain. One of the mothers was of my new cousins, as they weren’t old enough to drive, and she wasn’t in the bridal party. Both my mom and my mother-in-law like to do their own hair, and we got our nails done there together the day before.
Part of your bridal party gift could be paying for the treatments. Many of your attendants have already spent several hundred dollars between your shower, bachlorette party, gifts, gown and accessories, and travel arrangements. I’ve been on both sides of a bridal party. It is expensive to be in the bridal party, and it can easily reach $500 for one weekend. I’ve also been a bride and know that having the people I want around me was very important.
Putting everything on one tab will make things easy for the salon as well as on getting everyone out on time. If you can afford to pay for everyone to come and be at the spa with you, then they will appreciate that gift. If it is not in your budget, but in theirs, then it may not hurt to have each person pay for their services in advance. You know all of your attendants by name, but the salon does not. If they cannot figure out who to get paid from, then you will have to coordinate that, which to me would be a headache if you are in the middle of trying to enjoy a service.
I have a tendency to be super prepared for everything, so I made the salon tell me who was getting what, by who, at what time. This information of course was required multiple weeks in advance. This allowed me to write thank you cards to each salon employee and include tip for every person. Before you think I’m crazy, the work ahead of time allowed for me to not worry about any detail the day of. I was able to hand out the envelopes to each of my attendants, and then not worry about making sure I had tipped each employee correctly.
Even if you do not make a big production out of going to a salon or spa, make sure at the very least that you go alone. Trust me, you’ll thank you!
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
