Spa Etiquette

As a spa guest you are expected to: Arrive on time or early for your appointment, to fill out necessary paperwork and to change into your spa attire.  A robe and slippers will be provided for you in our changing room and your clothes and possessions will be locked in the same room for the duration of your stay at Images by Christy. Generally, undress completely for body services, your therapist will keep your body draped in dry services and only expose area to be worked upon. However, wet services such as body scrubs, body wraps and hydrotherapies you will not be draped in order to reap maximum benefits.  (Swimsuits are optional in some of these services or disposable undergarments are provided.) If you are receiving a body wrap or scrub, do not shave or wax your legs 48 hours prior to treatment. Allow the therapist to perform a service as reserved and timed. Give the therapist feedback as to your comfort and special troubled areas. Relax...that's generally why you are in the spa.  Enjoy, benefit and allow others to "Do for you". Know that you are in a professional spa therapy operation and do not expect anything other than therapeutic or spa services. Know that you may be silent or quietly talk. Share public space respectfully with other spa goers. Do not bring children and leave them unattended, this is very disruptive to other spa goers and unsafe for children. Know if gratuities are included or not and be prepared according to your experience and desire to tip or not. Relax, yet respect that the room must be prepared and used for the next client; so know that you must vacate treatment room upon completion of service within a reasonable amount of time. Give honest feedback to the therapist, owner, receptionist, etc., as operation personnel cares to know if your spa experience was as expected. Tipping As in all services-related businesses, it is common practice to tip the person who has done a good job to the satisfaction of the customer.  The rule of thumb in day spas is 15% - 20% of the cost of service.  Spas usually provide an envelope at the front desk when checking out for you to place the gratuity into it with the therapist's name.  You do not have to carry money around with you and worry about this while enjoying the spa facilities.