#CouplesMassage NOW After 2020

One of the more interesting parts of the industry has been the awkward shift of couples massages over the last five years or so. We all know the reason why in 2020 perhaps was not the greatest time for a couples massages due to the risks. Now with things being a little different one as a massage industry done to change how couples #massages are performed and why are services a little bit more fragmented than they used to be when it came to the number of facilities performing them?

So let's first talk about what are some of the reasons why more facilities currently aren't doing couples massages. Existing facilities made choices during the construction of the rooms as too if they were going to offer a couples massages at all those decisions could be made years ago. The biggest modification to a room besides his physical size or thoughts around electricity outlets lighting and sound. No it is true that you have to put those in an any massage room the placement of them is rather unique in order to take into consideration things like for traffic in certain areas of the room versus others along with if you can have independent music sound systems in each part of the room for each person or if you're going to have more United sound system with multiple audio channels. One of the other considerations is the type of tables you're going to put in that space because there are some people who like prenatal couples massages would still require a lot of cases an expensive table to do that depending on what your staff is trained on using this was a big trend in the #1990s that many studios have kept in place simply because of the cost of replacing those tables. The other consideration is things like plumbing which is very difficult to move once in place for things like sinks and drains. And depending on the area you live in sometimes you can have things like refrigerators at all things like wine or food like chocolates inside the treatment area up at separate and distinct from sinks in other areas that are not allowed to be used for food prep. All these considerations happen when the studio is being constructed and as a result in the last five years many of those that had to be more restricted or the areas have been modified to me current conditions which are expensive to return back to working condition.

Another aspect is simply a lot of #massagetherapist absolutely hate doing couples massages for the most part and that's for many reasons let me disclose a little bit of the inside tea on this issue. Working in a couple small size is like doing teamwork with another employee who you hardly ever see and have very little understanding of the rhythm flow and how much they talk. So if you can imagine not having any coworkers when you're actually doing your job and then being put in a room with somebody who may were completely different than you. A lot of couples rooms are either very large or extremely small which means that two therapists cannot be anywhere near each other on purpose because there's no space for two people in between the tables. This has implications for body mechanics as well as just being uncomfortable. Another reason why I massage therapist may really dislike doing couples massages is that if one therapist is running on time in the other one is running late you have to wait for that like coworker so that you can bring your clients in on time and get them out together at the same time. This can wreck the other person schedule unintentionally but it still happens. Many spa operators hear complaints about this often. The last piece of insider information about why massage therapist typically don't like doing couples massages are the actual clients. Sometimes it's spouses sometimes it's mothers and daughters and sometimes it's people who are very familiar with massage and the other person has no idea what the etiquette is what they're allowed to say or do and it annoys the other person to the point where people can get mad at each other and still are stuck in the same room with each other during the session and there's no place to put them to separate them into separate rooms in the middle of the massage time which means your #massage therapist are stuck in the middle not trying to play referee would be silent witnesses.

I personally know of a number of studios we used to offer couples massages and in the last few years have basically modify their couples room so that it can only be used for people with disabilities and this doesn't mean they lose out on some business but the truth is is that with the cost of other things going up people want a more budget friendly option for couples massages but then get upset when that budget takes away some of the really cute niceties like chocolates and wine. Even the more extravagant linens that people sometimes will want to see on the tables and make it feel like a more luxurious experience I've even had couples that want to get her a couples massage for under $250 and think that they're going to be Rose petals on the tables which that's not gonna happen considering how much roses cost and how much physical footprint in the studio it takes to have a couples room it's no different than an airline seat in many ways. It takes more physical space to build a couples room and it has a single massage room so the amount of revenue you get per square foot is actually lower. In my personal opinion if you want a couples massage you should be looking to spend with three 350 and $400 and you should be going to luxury spa you should not be looking at budget friendly options. The reason for this is very simple you're going to be extremely happy with the more expensive experience compared to being OK with the budget experience and if you can't afford it save up for it a luxury spa experience can definitely be worth the money and it's OK to have higher expectations but if you can't afford it stay in the budget category you're gonna be so disappointed many other times in my opinion.

I think the other big thing about couples massages that people don't think about is that a very small percentage of the actual general population ever gets a massage to begin with and to find two people that really enjoy it is pretty small. And put those two people in a room together for a session is neat sounding but to honest it can be kind of awkward. Especially between husband and wives and I think that men in general are far more reluctant and women to get massages and a couples room because it's romanticized but not always practical for the men to get the same amount of happiness out of it than a woman would. I think it's always good to communicate about getting a couples massage as a couple before you actually booked the appointments. Many couples now off to come in at the days and times they want and share one account both tend to be happier because they can choose when they wanna come and see the therapist they want to see and get some alone time.