Archive for January, 2010
Spa days – the perfect escape for worn-out parents
Getting used to being a first-time mum is an experience that can be wonderful, challenging, rewarding and exhausting in equal measure. You only need to look at the tired faces of most mums (and sometimes dads!) of babies and toddlers to read in their weary eyes a saga of sleepless nights, mealtime battles and toilet-training tantrums. The main problem
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Choosing the perfect Valentine’s Day gift – a spa voucher
If you’re worried that the credit crunch will take the romance out of Valentine’s Day this year, worry no more – as it doesn’t need to, provided you choose your romantic gift carefully. Granted, the recent financial squeeze has left everyone watching the pennies in almost every
Spa vouchers make for happy Valentines
Picture the moment… Your gorgeous Valentine is opening the red envelope you’ve just handed her, expecting to find a slushy, sentimental message confirming just how much you love her. There’s a hushed air of anticipation and expectation as she opens the card tentatively to read your handwritten
Ski and spa holidays – two very different winter breaks
If you’re planning to take to the slopes this winter – whether at a UK resort or at one of the many winter sports’ destinations abroad – you may well feel a little battered and bruised by the time you get back home. Perhaps you’ll have discovered muscles that you never knew
Fancy a complete change? – Why Dr Who Should Try Spa Treatments
Unless you were residing in the most far-flung corner of the UK over the Christmas and New Year period, with only a few rabbits for company and no access to the modern media, it would have been virtually impossible be unaware that the BBC was bidding a festive farewell to one of its most popular Dr Whos. On
The spa-goers who came in from the cold
Unless you’re a skier, climber or snowboarder, your outdoor sporting activities may well have been put on hold for several weeks this winter. And, as the bitter winter’s chill continues to bite, growing numbers of exercise-seeking Brits have sought refuge indoors in the warm and welcoming environment
Workplace wellness – spa days can help cut stress
A new study in the United States has shown that workplace wellness programmes deliver major benefits for companies investing in them. For example, they are a highly effective way of reducing the major risk factors for heart disease by encouraging workers to be pro-active in protecting their own health.
Group spa packages – keep fit on fun weekends with friends
Let’s face it – which would you rather do? Run five kilometres with only the sparrows for company or go cycling with a small group of friends, chatting and laughing or even sharing a good-humoured silence as you zoom along the country lanes? Well, as the human race is essentially gregarious,
