Are you taking your sweetie to Vegas for Valentine’s Day? Why not surprise her with a spa treatment. The resort spas are getting into the spirit by offering holiday-themed facial, scrub and massage specials. But be careful not to blow it, make the reservation before all you spontaneous lovers show up on the Strip. Your thoughtful advanced planning will score as many points with her as the gift.
Caesars | The Kama Sutra with Shirodhara couples treatment is on the menu year-round. “Celebrate the art of love with someone special as you enjoy the Shirodhara and body exfoliation with massage experience side by side in your own private suite. Warm oil anoints the forehead, opening the intuitive mind, while chilled rose petals rest softly over the eyes. Tantric music and pure aphrodisiac massage oils of sandalwood and rose transport couples into romantic bliss.” Cost: $450 (per-couple price) for 75 minutes. Contact: Qua Baths & Spa, (866) 782-0655.
Venetian | For the big splurge, get the “Valentine’s Date” package for couples at Canyon Ranch SpaClub. Six-hundred dollars gets you and your loved one a 50-minute side-by-side Chocolate Cherry Massage or a 50-minute Fruit and Chocolate Facial, a couples Rasul (or private mud treatment experience), use of the Aquavana, Canyon Ranch’s facility experience including steam rooms, saunas, wave room, aromatherapy room, rain showers, cool air igloo and more. The package also includes a prix fixe dinner for two at the Canyon Ranch Grill. Note: While the Canyon Ranch SpaClub has some Valentine’s spa treatments good through the rest of the month, this date package is limited to Valentine’s Day weekend. When I called the only availability left was on Monday, Feb. 15, 2009. Contact, Canyon Ranch SpaClub, (877) 220-2688.
Treasure Island | Enjoy a Chocolate Mint Body Scrub to invigorate and exfoliate the skin or a White Chocolate Body Soufflé with amino acids and more than a dozen minerals to increase cellular rejuvenation and restore elasticity to the skin. Both are 25 minutes and cost $70 each. Contact: Wet, (702) 894-7474.
Red Rock | Head out to Summerlin for some chocolate. The Spa at Red Rock has nine Valentine’s treats to choose from including a Cocoa Creme de la Creme facial (50 minutes, $145), Chocolate Chip Double-Dip Scrub and Massage (80 minutes, $195), Couples Delight package with each person getting a 50-minute Swedish massage (in the same room) and an 80-minute Top of the Rock pedicure ($254 per person). Contact: the Spa at Red Rock, (866) 363-2872.
New York New York | Sweetheart Massage: Swedish and deep-tissue massage with romantic aromatherapy strawberry & Champagne scents plus a box of chocolate truffles. Cost: 25 minutes for $85, 50 minutes for $115 or 75 minutes for $165; running all month. Contact: the Spa, (702) 740-6955.
