Bespoke Wellness & Spa Holidays

It is a trip planned around how you want to feel, at a property chosen for that reason. Sometimes that means a medically led programme with measurable results. Sometimes it means thermal water, forest air and long unstructured afternoons. You pick the feeling and the time you have, and I match the place to it.

On a retreat you join a group, and the dates, the itinerary and the teaching are set before you arrive. On a custom wellness holiday you travel on your own dates, at your own pace, with a programme built around you. I plan both. My own small group retreats live on the Join a Retreat page.

Thermal spa towns in Italy and Spain, medical wellness clinics in Slovenia and Portugal, forest and mountain stays in the Dolomites, the hammams of Türkiye and Morocco, Ayurveda in Sri Lanka, onsen in Japan, skincare in Korea, Traditional Chinese Medicine with geothermal springs in China, bathhouse journeys in Australia, island wellness in Fiji and Bali, and the Canary Islands year round. Those are the ones I have written up. I can arrange a wellness stay anywhere, so if you want somewhere, or some specialty, you do not see here, ask me. Worldwide means worldwide.

Three to four nights gives you a mini-reset without clearing your calendar. Seven nights is what most people choose, and it is long enough for treatments to build on each other. Medical programmes for weight, longevity or detox usually start at seven. Some need ten to fourteen nights to do what they promise.

No. I have spent forty years working with bodies at every level, and I plan for the body you have now. Tell me what your knees, your back, your stress, and your energy are doing, and I will factor it in when I choose the property and the programme.

Yes, and plenty of my travellers do. Many wellness properties are set up well for solo guests, with shared tables, group classes and a treatment schedule that gives your day a shape. Some charge a single supplement and some waive it, so I check that as part of choosing. My retreats often have solo travellers who want the company of a group and guide.

It varies by property, and knowing that is part of my job. Most wellness programmes include your room, a set number of treatments, a consultation, use of the spa and thermal facilities. Some come with breakfast and some have full-board meals built around the programme. Flights, transfers and extra treatments are usually separate. I tell you which is which before you book.

No, there is no planning fee. My commission is included in the cost of the trip, so the time we spend finding the right fit for you costs you nothing extra.

Yes. Everything is booked through Fleewinter, a UK travel agency bonded with ABTA under membership Y6156, holding ATOL licence 9659 for trips that include flights, and a member of AITO since 2008. You can check all three on the ABTA, CAA and AITO registers. You book with a UK bonded agency, and you have one person handling it from the first question to the last transfer. That being said, travel insurance is still required.

Three to six months is comfortable for most stays. Medical programmes and the smaller properties book further out, and popular weeks at thermal spas go early. If you are working to a specific week, tell me sooner. If you have a gap next month, ask anyway, because availability moves.