Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia, Italy
The wellness travel trend has moved beyond booking massages at the hotel spa. Now the treatments are the reason you’re vacationing. The “glow-cation” is about getting your glow on in a meaningful way, and returning from the trip with a plan to stay healthy and look great.
Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul | Seoul, South Korea
Travelers are heading to South Korea to experience K-beauty at the source, drawn by innovative skincare, high-performing ingredients and treatments that often cost less than they do in North America. The appeal is fine-tuning what you’ve got rather than surgery, with personalized advice on the treatments and products that suit your skin. Seoul neighborhoods such as Myeong-dong, Gangnam and Hongdae are filled with beauty boutiques, clinics and stores where you can explore the latest in skincare and stock up on products that are harder to find back home.
Chiva-Som Hua Hin, Thailand | Koh Phayam, Thailand
Thailand takes the glow-cation beyond skincare, with specialist retreats that take a closer look at how you eat, move, and manage stress. Fitness and body-composition assessments help inform your program, while nutrition consultations offer time to discuss your everyday habits. Your stay might include targeted facials, one-to-one movement sessions and traditional Thai therapies, with a wellness team adjusting the schedule as you go. We’d help you choose the right level of structure, so expert attention and time to enjoy the seaside setting both have a place in your holiday.
MAYRLIFE Medical Health Resort Altaussee, Austria | Euphoria Retreat, Greece
Europe offers a deeper approach to the glow-cation, using diagnostics and longevity science to shape the experience. At specialist retreats, your stay may begin with bloodwork, sleep or metabolic testing and body analysis before a personalized program of nutrition, movement, skincare and recovery is created around the results. Add in everything from hydrotherapy to newer biohacking technologies, and the traditional European wellness retreat starts to look much more like a health tune-up. You still get the beautiful setting and spa treatments, but you may come home knowing considerably more about your body than when you arrived.
Feeling your best is becoming one more reason to travel.