Spa Events

[erfan a]

we are planning some evening spa events - open to the public but reservations are required, so it's not a spa party where everyone knows everyone, per se.

anyway, we're planning on two of our signature, high-dollar services, that are abbreviated just a tad for turn over, appetizers, door prizes.. and the cost is $99.

have any of you had any success with anything like this and how did you do it? how did you charge for it and what was your success with that?

tia

 

[JackNapier092]

follow - up:

HUGE success!

we just had the first party - only 6 ladies which was fine, otherwise we'd have been there til 10 or so on a monday night! but, they loved it. i think the best part was that 4 of the 6 were brand new clients! we had a couple rebooks on the spot and two more have called in since then for single service bookings.

i definitely suggest trying this out if you have the space!
~amanda

 

[sweetiepie]

Great job! Thanks for posting the update, too! I am glad it worked so well for you!

 

[Thursday]

I've had some really fun spa party type things as well. I did a "techer's night out" where I did foot scrubs and massages on everyone. 15-20 minutes per person.

I did seven and had two purchase my herbal body butter that I used as a finising lotion, had two purchase gift certificates and then one has since rebooked.

One lady called recently to see if I could do the same thing at a baby shower and one other woman wants me to do a bridal shower!

SO fun!

Angela

 

[Mark D]

the second night was even better!

i figured out to do with all of the chocolate products... we had a 'Chocolate Decadence Night' and it was grrreat! (insert tony the tiger)

we had 4 women - all brand new clients, again. two sets of friends. and i had a tastefully simple rep do the food - she made some sales, we did well and the women *loved* it.

they were helping me come up with ideas for next month, i think we're going to do some sort of carribean dream-inspired evening. and i think i've decided that we'll commit to doing this 2x/month!

we all had such fun, and the night just flew by so quickly!

 

[Calmdelirium]

Do you mind sharing what kind of abbreviated services you offered and how you marketed this event? Was it a pre-pay reservation or deposit of some kind?

Sounds interesting and like a fun new way to make money!

 

[Pompal 09.]

Do you mind sharing what kind of abbreviated services you offered and how you marketed this event? Was it a pre-pay reservation or deposit of some kind?

Sounds interesting and like a fun new way to make money!

sure - the other night we did 30 min. back facials & 30 min. chocolate decadence foot tx. we just shortened the time from our hour sessions, didn't use the hydro tub for feet, that sort of thing.

we do prepay reservation thru mybookingcalendar dot com, they pay with a c/c first.

it went great! i marketed it to my newsletter base, of which about 40% are clients that have never come in but read the newsletter consistently. they sign up from my website.

 

[iris054]

Thanks for the specifics, indeed, was talking to colleagues the other day about it and we're all interested in the idea!

How many therapists did you have on hand for the event? Did you have someone playing the "host" who did not do therapies?

(Sorry more questions!)

 

[A K]

Thanks for the specifics, indeed, was talking to colleagues the other day about it and we're all interested in the idea!

How many therapists did you have on hand for the event? Did you have someone playing the "host" who did not do therapies?

(Sorry more questions!)

no problem.

as a rule, i like to have one therapist:2 clients. that keeps the party at about 2 1/2 hours, which is comfortable. it's over before they're ready to go home, which is a plus and the therapists aren't exhausted. there are 4 of us.

yes, we do have someone who plays hostess. she is works on a trade: an evening of hosting for a session. her duties are to make sure clients have adequate food/drinks and to keep engaged in conversation and having fun. she is also trained in the products we sell and services we provide. each duty is equally as important as the other. her final duty is that when we take the last group back for their last service, she starts "checking out" anyone who has wanted to purchase products or anyone who did not pre-pay, as well as book follow-up appointments for those who have decided to come back and try something else. she is an AMAZING people person, in that everyone from every walk of life and income level feels comfortable with her.

amanda

 

[Alli]

Thank you so much for sharing this Amanda. This is a lovely idea. It sounds like you have a blast and it's a great way to spread the massage word. I had always thought it would be neat to combine a food or jewelry party with massage or foot treatments, but wasn't sure how many therapists and so on would be needed. I like your ratio, timing and host ideas. Hope this keeps working for you!