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| - I am from out of town and wanted to go to the best of the best in terms of spas while I was there for a conference. Usually we just go to the Bathhouse at The Hotel but I wanted something special and I was willing to pay the money. I choose Qua because a magazine quoted it as being the best spa in Las Vegas. I went over all the treatments to make sure I really got the best experience and decided to go with the Fountain of Youth. The facility itself was very nice. It was really big with lots of different ways to spend your time there. I believe that if you just wanted to hang out at the facility, $40 would be money well spent. They offer tea service and Gold's pretzels, as well as fruit and lots of water.
My treatment, however, was the most unpleasurable experience I have ever had. Keep in mind that this is supposed to be the best spa that I will ever go to. I have been to those rinky-dink massage parlors in which I have gotten a much better massage.
From the moment I was greeted by my masseuse, Trudy, I could just tell that she was not having a good day but I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. She wasn't friendly at all and she seemed really annoyed.
The massage started off ok and she started to ask me some questions that would determine which oil she was going to use. It seemed like she was being forced to ask me these questions and wasn't really friendly in the way she explained why the answers determined which oil she would use.
She starts rubbing my legs and it was ok but when she got to my back she kept sighing. The way you sigh when you are either bored or really annoyed with your job. It just felt like she was giving me really bad vibes and instead of my massage being relaxing, I was stressed out that she obviously wasn't enjoying her job at all.
Part of the massage was to pour hot oil on your third eye (or your chakra) and without even explaining when she was going to pour the oil or why this was going to help my intuition or even preparing me to open my intuition, she just started pouring the oil. Because I wasn't prepared for the oil, it was really uncomfortable and itchy. Not relaxing or pleasurable. She completely rushed through my scalp massage and then said, "That's it. I'll wait for you while you get dressed."
Instead of wanting the massage to last forever because it felt so good, I couldn't wait for it to be over. My money was not well spent and it left me upset for the rest of the day that I had just wasted $170 that I could have used for a really good massage at The Hotel or Mandalay.
I would not recommend getting a massage at this facility. There are hundreds of other spas, that weren't ranked as high, that will give you a far superior massage experience for about half of what you would pay there. You can try The Hotel, in which the price is really reasonable or The Cosmopolitan in which you get an amazing spa experience. If your masseuse's name is Trudy, request another masseuse.
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