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Luxury resorts offering both golf packages and spa packages and sometimes packages that combine both, are more and more popular today.  You could be a “Generation X” just looking for some r & r, or a couple looking to put some romance in their life.  This type of vacation is a prefect choice.

          Golf can be played year round. When deciding on your location, be sure to take the climate in consideration.  In winter, the best choices are resorts in Florida, Arizona, Southern California, Caribbean and Hawaii.  Las Vegas can also be a good choice in the winter.  Golf in the summer is great in North and South Carolina, Colorado, British Isles, California and many other northern locations.   During the winter season, North and South Carolina offer some very good off season rates.  The same can be said of Arizona in the summer, however, the heat can be brutal!

          According to Travel & Leisure Golf 2007 – the following are the 10 best U.S. golf resorts:

1. Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina
2. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina
3. Pebble Beach Resorts, California
4. Kapalua Resort, Hawaii
5. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Oregon
6. Princeville Resort, Hawaii
7. Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Florida
8. Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, Arizona
9. The Boulders Resort and Golden Door Spa, Arizona
10. The Greenbrier, West Virginia

Most of the luxury resorts offer a variety of spa and golf packages.  Some even have choices for teens and children. Did you know that spa treatments are not just for the ladies anymore?  Many spas have designed men only treatments as a way to make it less pampering and more stress relief. 

Luxury spas will also offer couples treatments.  Imagine a candlelit massage on the beach with tropical breezes blowing across your skin as you are being massaged and your loved one is only an arm reach away enjoying their own massage.  Imagine what happens when you get back to the privacy of your hotel room.  You are relaxed and already in a mood for romance. HMMMM.

Spa treatments are becoming more and more popular with corporate retreats also.  The stressed out executive (or his even more stressed out assistant!) can take advantage of the relaxing treatments and go back to work renewed, both in mind and body and spirit. Some luxury resorts have treatment rooms with plasma tv screens with wireless headsets, manly décor in dark woods and leather and magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Wall Street Journal to read.  Here men are comfortable having manicures, pedicures, facials and massages that are designed specifically for them.

The following are the top 10 destination spas in the U.S. and Canada, according to Travel and Leisure World’s Best Awards 2008:

1. Cal-a-Vie, Vista CA.
2. Golden Door, Escondido, CA
3. Mii amo, Sedona, AZ
4. Miraval Resort, Catalina, AZ
5. Mayflower Inn & Spa, Washinton, CT
6. Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Lexox, MA
7. Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ
8. La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, CA
9. Lake Austin Spa Resort, Austin, TX
10. The Oaks at Ojai, Ojai, CA

The following is the top 10 hotel spas according to Travel & Leisure World’s best Awards 2008.

1. Wickaninnish Inn, Vancouver Island, Canada
2. Four Seasons Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand
3. Lodge at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, CA
4. Four Seasons Resort, Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis
5. Maroma Resort and Spa, Riviera Maya, Mexico
6. Esperanza Resort, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
7. Auberge Du Soleil, Rutherford, CA
8. Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris France
9. Camelback Inn, Scottsdale AZ
10. Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman Islands

 
For luxury spa treatments and golf, the choices are many.  We can assist you in making reservations for a romantic weekend getaway, girl’s getaway, corporate retreats, family reunions.  Whatever your travel needs, we can assist you.  Give us a call!