Stories of bachelorette parties, brides-to-be, and the high rollers who get their services for free.
in Caesars Palace, a hairstylist named Crystal tells me the salon is full of professional poker players' spouses during tournaments. I point out that this is a potentially pricey way to while away the hours , but I am promptly corrected.
But one doesn’t have to choose between partying and pampering. No, this is Vegas, where they have devised elaborate systems for you to do both. The, a megaplex of baths, saunas, and other exotic spa experiences , is busiest leading up to sports matches, like college basketball tournaments and professional football games. The spa's director, Kristin Carpenter, tells me that Super Bowl Saturday, the day before the Super Bowl, is their busiest day of the year.
One of three Drybar locations on the strip, located inside the Cosmopolitan, stocks a full bar and has a bartender so they can serve way more than the salon’s customary champagne flutes. They know where they are. They offer a complete cocktail menu: Manhattans with Bulleit rye whiskey, dirty martinis with Tito's vodka, and something called a Sin City Fizz with OM Coconut & Lychee liqueur. Unlike the cocktails at the craps tables, these aren't free.
Nearly every specialist I spoke to has had to develop tactics for dealing with less than lucid clients. Patty Mannooch, a manicurist at, describes it as "touchy. You don’t want to discourage someone from getting their service, but you have to [remind them] we have other guests," she says. In more extreme cases, all she can do is try to flag down a colleague without causing a scene, Mannooch says. "The other day, we had someone who was very loud.
Scott*, who has worked as a massage therapist on the strip since his first tour at the Luxor spa in 1994, has seen a lot in the nearly three decades since. He's employed at the Spa at Palms now, with its sheepskin-swaddled beds with womblike heated water pads, but he still vividly remembers his lowest point on the job: A client came in one morning directly from a night of partying, determined to keep his appointment.
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