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Rules and Restrictions When Getting a Massage at a Spa

Just like any commercial establishment, a spa will have several rules that clients need to follow. These rules are enforced so that the environment and ambience that is unique to a spa will be maintained for everyone’s enjoyment. Any business that has to do with health and wellness needs to be extra careful, too. They are dealing with the health and well-being of their clients, so they really need to be strict at enforcing several rules and restrictions.

Here are some examples of rules that are commonly enforced at spas in Manila especially those that offer home service massage in Manila:

1. Clients with the following conditions may not be granted a massage:

  • varicose veins
  • high blood pressure
  • menstruation period
  • any recent operation

To be sure that the clients signing up for a home service massage in Manila do not have, or are not going through, any of the conditions above, they are subject to go through an interview session and to sign a waiver that any incident resulting from their conscious omission or dishonesty will not be the responsibility of the therapists and the spa.

2. Clients are advised not to eat a heavy meal just before their massage session. If they did, they’ll have to wait for at last one more hour before they can get on the table or chair.

3. Loud noises are not allowed in the spa, and not just in the massage area. Clients also do other things like yoga and meditation, and both activities require silence or controlled background noise. A loud ringing phone can disrupt people’s concentration with whatever it is they are doing, and that’s sure to irritate many of them. It is the responsibility of the spa to make sure all clients are happy with the time spent in their premises, that’s why all clients are requested to turn off their phones or put them on silent mode.

They even extend the same courtesy to clients of home service massage Manila, that’s why they always advice clients to prepare a room removed from the noisiest part of the house.

4. There are spas that prefer clients to schedule appointments for some of their services, especially if those services are popular and the demand is usually more than they can accommodate in one day. Most of the time this is requested of people who want to get a massage. Manila, Makati, and other big cities are usually where the demand is high, and where such policies regarding bookings are imposed.

5. There may be amenities that will only be available to registered members of the spa. For example, there are spas that offer free sauna privileges after yoga to clients who pay for annual or monthly fees. Walk-in clients will have to pay extra to use the sauna room. The same goes for lockers.

6. Payment schemes are different for each spa. However, most of them seem to have the methods: cash is accepted from walk-in customers, while members who pay monthly or annually are charged via credit cards. This is a much more secure method of charging bigger bills, plus the spa can confirm their clients’ identities through their credit accounts.