Spa Day

nightmare_of_beauty

I am planning on having a spa day for myself a few days before the wedding. I'm having 3 bridesmaids in my party and they asked if I was planning on doing a spa day. I told them I was planning one for myself and they were more then welcome to join me, but I couldn't afford to pay for everyone. They asked for me to let them know the information and price and they'll decide if they can come.I was thinking about getting them each a gift card to the spa for Christmas since they sounded interested. Would that be a bad idea since it is something for my wedding?

blackfire5th

I'd say it depends. If they are already planning on doing it or the price is just out of their range, then they would probably really appreciate the gift card. If, however, even with the gift card, the price is still too high for them, they may feel obligated to go and end up spending more money than they would like. I guess you could look into spas now and get a rough idea (mention it is for the wedding and see if you can get a discount if all 4 of you go) and ask your bm what they think.

banana468

I think it can work if:1) The gift card covers at least one treatment and2) If the gift card is something that they can possibly use without you.-Spa Finder cards are usable at tons of places so if I received one then I wouldn't feel obligated to use it at the spa day.  If I received a gift card to the spa and it was OOT for me, it falls into the 'for the wedding' category and not everyone would love that.

peachkins

Agree w/ pp.  I think a spa card is fine as long as they don't have to use it specifically for wedding-related things.  If you tell them they should use it to get their hair done or their nails done so they can look nice at your wedding, I wouldn't consider that a gift.  If you're just giving it to them to take some time out and de-stress or whatever, I think that's fine.