review: Penny Golightly’s £10 spa day experience
Everyone needs a little pampering every now and again, and I’m a spa girl through and through. Sometimes it’s a day trip or an all-too-brief appointment with the beautician, and sometimes when I’m feeling flush I love to indulge myself with a little stay in the countryside.
I was interested to see what the £10 spa deals from lastminute.com were like, as my previous spa-hopping experience has shown me that the price you pay often has no relation to the standard of service you receive. So I bought vouchers for myself and a friend next time the offer came up, and we booked in to use a spa in Sutton.
The deal included use of the spa facilities and a choice of short treatments, including a mini facial, a back massage, a manicure or a mini pedicure. My top tip for a day like this would be to book your treatments for the late afternoon when you call the spa – the last thing you want to do is soak off the massage oil, nail polish or expensive moisturiser and eye cream by getting into the pool or jacuzzi afterwards, or sweat it off in the gym or steam room.
The spa and gym turned out to be part of a large hotel chain, and when we arrived the place looked fairly generic and anonymous. Having said that, the spa itself was excellent once we’d found it: clean and fresh with friendly and polite staff. The gym was on the small side but had everything you could want if you were hoping to burn off a few extra calories with some aerobic activity, so we got stuck in to the exercise for a couple of hours. The indoor pool was attractive and we enjoyed a swim, a soak in the hot tub and some poolside lounging around. So far so good, but the real revelation was meeting the therapists after lunch – both of them turned out to be well trained and skilled people who used quality beauty products including Dermalogica and Essie.
My friend opted for the back-of-body massage and said it was one of the best they’ve had in years, high praise indeed. The pair of us floated off home feeling fabulous, and agreed that we’d both go again at the drop of a fluffy towel.
Great post! Every woman definitely needs bargain pampering!
If you’d live in South London, I’d recommend Sajna on Clapham Manor Street or Siam Beauty on Lavender Hill for cheap but great treatments – massages and facials from £30 for an hour, manicures from £10.
Sasha @ The Happiness Project London
I’ve been to that spa with one of the lastminute.com vouchers! For a tenner it was brilliant – the pool was very quiet and I had an excellent massage too!
Hi Sasha – thanks for the new recommendations, they sound great.
Hey DeeBee – we went on a Saturday morning and the pool was nice and quiet then too. Loved it! Glad you had as good a time as we did.
Penny x
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Sounds like a fantastic offer for only £10. I must look into it to see if there are any venues close to where I live in north east England.
Thanks Karen! I hope you find somewhere close to home that’s running the offer, think there were about 20 or so health clubs involved and it was well worth it.
Loving your articles, by the way – you’ve reminded me how lovely York is for starters.
That sounds like a great deal, could make a day of it with friends.
I’ve got a hot tub in the garden which is my own bit of pampering but it’s always nice to have a full day’s relaxation.
Anybody manage to get a £10 SPA deal today?
I can’t find any mention of it on the lastminute.com site but yet it has been advertised all over.
Starting to wonder if this was a scam?
Hi Bea,
The £10 spa deal was a 24 hour sale we ran when this blog post was published. I’m sorry you missed the sale, but there are lots of other great deals available on spa days at lastminute.com which you can review by clicking here.