FollowMiami - October 11, 2006
The Masseuse Always Rings Twice
Spa V’s Ultimate Hand Delivery
Daisies in a pastel green colander. (Thanks, Uncle Murray.) A $5 bill in a flowery card. (You shouldn’t have, Grandma.) A 42-inch flat-screen TV. (Oops. Wrong house.)
Wouldn’t it be great if special deliveries were a little more, well, special?
That’s precisely the idea behind the Hotel Victor’s Spa V’s Ultimate Hand Delivery. It’s the perfect gift for that deserving ($300-worth of deserving) person in your life: mom, dad, hairdresser (hey, he was there for you during the bang crisis of ’95 and the Kool-Aid catastrophe of ’98).
A Spa V masseuse or manicurist-pedicurist will knock on the door, hand over a gift certificate for an in-spa treatment, like massage (Knead Me, Stone Me, Stretch Me, Melt Me, or Mom Me) and a delicate Hand or Foot Fetish, then grace the lucky recipient with a chair massage or mini manicure — a preview of the pampering to come.
It’s the kind of service you never get from the UPS guy — unless you count your bachelorette party.
But that’s another story.
Spa V at Hotel Victor, 1144 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach (305-728-6500 or hotelvictorsouthbeach.com).
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Posted by GrantKristin on Jun 24, 2011 11:42:33 AM
My husband and I went to Spa V for a "couples massage." The attendants were unprofessional, and the masseuses didn't know what they were doing. The guy who worked on me appeared afraid to touch a woman (and let's just say I don't have problems getting into VIP areas at clubs). Or they just pulled in someone off the street. He actually put his fingers in my ears! I've never had that particular maneuver done before! When we showed up before the massage, they gave us a tour including the coed steamroom, which seemed sexy, but they had it closed it down by the time we were done with our massages. Why give us the tour if we are not going to be able to use the facilities? And why didn't they tell us when we booked the massage or when we showed up that it was close to closing time, or that we would not get full use of the facilities? Quite a letdown. And to add insult to injury, Spa V automatically added a 25% (!!) gratuity, and gave me a hard time when I said that the services didn't justify a 25% gratuity. As I said, really unprofessional. I would not recommend this place. We stayed at the Delano, and the spa services were far better there than Spa V.