The cost of staying for one week is about 1.13 million yen!I took a look at the "Golden Door Spa" which is popular with celebrities and wealthy people.

Golden Door Spa and Resort.

The Golden Door Spa and Resort in California, USA, welcomes the world's elite. [See all images] The cost of staying for one week is about 1.13 million yen! Guests looking at the "Golden Door Spa," which is popular with celebrities and wealthy people, pay $ 9,950 for a one-week stay. Fees for spa procedures, workouts and other activities are also included. Executive Chef Greg Frey Jr. offers a satisfying, nutritious and delicious meal that is a bit different from traditional spas. Hidden on a hill in San Diego County, California is the Golden Door Spa and Resort. Since 1958, it is a top-class spa resort that has been entertaining the wealthiest people in the world. Located on 600 acres of land between San Diego and Los Angeles, this spa resort offers guests for a week of mindfulness and self-improvement to relax and enjoy a variety of activities and treatments. I am enjoying it. The weekly stay costs $ 9,950 and is often visited by celebrities. Celebrities and wealthy people such as Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts are not uncommon. The spa resort welcomes up to 40 guests each week. It is necessary that the test for new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) performed immediately after arrival is negative. All staff are required to wear masks on the premises. Like other luxury spa resorts, Golden Door requires advance reservations. Reservations are filled up to a few months in advance. In September 2021, Insider got the chance to visit this spa resort. The experience literally begins with the "golden door". Behind the door is a completely private Japanese-style garden. At the curved pedestrian bridge leading to the building, guests are instructed to take three deep breaths to put stress on the outside world. "'Please leave all your worries and anxieties here. When you come to the Golden Door, you are in our hands. We will take care of you,'" he told you. "We do," Kathy Van Ness, General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Golden Door, told Insider. The main lobby is elaborately decorated in Japanese style. The one-week stay begins on Sunday. Guests will be interviewed in advance to be aware of their stay goals and to organize a one-week program that suits their needs. Sufficient staff are assigned so that guests do not feel anxiety or shortage. Workout clothes, T-shirts, bathrobes, yukatas, kimonos, sandals, yoga mats, writing utensils, tote bags, water bottles, skin care products, etc. are available, so guests can carry less baggage. There are a total of 40 guest rooms on the premises, most of which are similar in construction. Two of these are larger villas where reservations are filled first and require an additional $ 600. It's possible for couples to share a room, but from an experience perspective, it's better to have one room per person, Van Ness said. Some programs, such as personal massages, are done in your room. There is a large stone lantern in the Japanese-style garden. Some sessions and classes take place in side rooms such as the Bamboo Lounge. The dining room is a place where guests enjoy most of their meals. Women and celebrities who come alone here are also encouraged to exchange words with each other. Celebrities talk to people around them like any other guest, according to Van Ness. And even if ordinary guests are "surprised" by having a celebrity, they usually don't show it. "No one is filmed by the camera, no one is worried about their privacy, and everyone is doing the same thing as the other guests, so VIP would love to come here." Fan Ness is talking. Executive chef Greg Frey Jr. is tasked with transforming the traditional "spa meal" with his creativity. The food is nutritious and satisfying. "It's all about size and quantity," Van Ness said of his thoughts on the Golden Door diet. "99% of healthy weight management is volume control." Every Sunday, a sablefish sablefish is served. It needs enough energy on Monday morning when the program starts in earnest. "I want to do anything on Monday," Frey says. “Guests will be doing more activities than they normally do at home. This meal was designed to give the energy needed the next day the night before.” Guest 2000 in the morning The quality of your meals during your stay is important, as you may have an eight-mile hike that consumes up to 5,000 kcal or an intense workout session at the gym. And there is no shortage of activities to burn calories. The Golden Door has seven gyms, three pools, a tennis court, a courtyard, and a 30-mile-long hiking trail. Next to the dining room is a coffee shop. Here, Van Ness said guests are healing their tiredness before heading out for dinner. For example, warm tomato soup is a potassium supplement. Fresh fruits and vegetables are a small snack between meals. Just outside the coffee shop, there is a Japanese-style garden with a calm atmosphere. Many carps are swimming in the pond. Golden Door values ​​"natural beauty". For example, there is no fence in the pond with carp because it is exempt from the application of building restrictions. "We don't touch the outside at all," says Van Ness. The walls surrounding the Golden Door can obscure nearby highways, but they cannot completely stop the noise. However, the guest rooms are soundproofed to minimize such noise. A few meters down the unpaved road from the guest room, you will find a vegetable garden. The ingredients used here are used in the meals served at the spa resort. Golden Door uses bio-intensive farming to grow a variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices. "Soil is the key," said Van Ness. One of the purposes of this garden is to show guests that there are more types of crops than they are sold in grocery stores. For example, 65 kinds of tomatoes are grown here. It's also here that Frey gets the inspiration for the menu. "I want to go out and see for myself what the ingredients are and put together an idea," Frey said. "Until you pick up the plate and actually line up the ingredients, you never know what it will look like." By the way, the ingredients that can't be used up at the Golden Door are at the recently opened general store in San Marcos. It is on sale. The drought in California also had little effect on the Golden Door. This is because the wells on the premises provided sufficient water. Guests will enjoy lunch in the vegetable garden once a week. The long wooden table is made of wood that was used for old boat piers. About 70 chickens are also bred to supply eggs. Eggs are also a hot selling item at Golden Door general stores. Basil sausages are also popular at the store. Here is the chicken house. There is also a mountain on the premises, and one of the eight trails of the Golden Door is here. You can see the Pacific Ocean from the top of the mountain. Hiking is a popular activity for guests. It is also one of the first activities of the day. The Golden Door experience ends in a maze. I spend about 30 minutes walking, looking back on what I learned in the past week. "Are you going to bring back something you need here or leave something you don't need here? Walk slowly to get rid of the thoughts and focus on yourself," Fan said.・ Mr. Ness said. If the one-week stay is successful, guests will be able to return with a better understanding of "how to be a happier, more satisfying and kinder person," said Van Ness. At Golden Door, 42 weeks a year are devoted to programs for women, and many of the guests are women. However, the number of male guests is increasing, and the number of programs for men is increased from 2 to 6 times a year, and a unisex program is also prepared 6 times a year. However, according to Van Ness, although there are activities for male guests such as archery and fencing, men enjoy the "cosmetology" element of the spa, with as many men as women participating. .. He said having a fellow of the same sex who wouldn't criticize would give him more freedom. About 11% of Golden Door guests are from overseas such as Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain and Canada. The rest are occupied by guests from the east and west coasts of the United States. Even if the cost of stay is high, the number of repeat customers is constant. In fact, about 60% of customers are returning to the Golden Door. Some parties invite guests who have visited more than 100 times for free. So far, only six men have achieved this milestone. No woman has visited more than 100 times, but there are female guests who have visited 98.5 times. Staying at Golden Door for a week costs at least $ 9950, but you can get a feel for Golden Door on some Singapore Airlines flights. Singapore Airlines' ultra-long-haul flights between Singapore and the United States will offer new in-flight services from January 2022, including a Golden Door-inspired wellness and dining program. Chef Frey is tasked with creating a menu that is fairly close to the food that is actually served at Golden Door. Some are similar to the food served at the spa resort, while others are only available on Singapore Airlines. Guests who want memories of the Golden Door can visit the boutiques on the premises. Items specially collected by Mr. Fan Ness are lined up. Few people will notice the golden door mark on some products, but it's a sign that you're a customer of this special spa resort. Some products, such as ginger cookies, do not last very long after purchase. The most expensive jewelery in the store is about the same price as a week's stay. Golden Door is not non-profit, but all its net profits are Forensic Health Services, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center, Whole Planet Foundation, I Have a Dream, Radiy Children's Hospital & Fantastic. It is donated to charities such as Fungi. Guests leave the Golden Door through the same road and pedestrian bridge as they entered. "You are about to leave the Golden Door now, but please take us with you until the day we meet again," said Van Ness. [Original: Inside the Golden Door Spa, the California retreat loved by the wealthy that's $ 9,950 for a week's stay] (Translated and edited by Yoshimi Yamaguchi)

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