007 Anniversary Party Postponed – Sorry

Hi everyone, we are really sad to report that we will need to postpone our 007 Anniversary Party. With the uncertainties around coronavirus (COVID-19) we feel it’s most prudent to postpone our anniversary festivities previously planned at The Junction Nightclub for April 2. Other large gatherings have been affected due to the virus and we feel it’s the safest things to do at this time.
 
However, The Urban Spa is operating normally with regular business hours to serve our guests as we have done for the past seven years. The Urban Spa uses a hospital grade chemo sterilant and also any other tool that cannot be sterilized goes home with you. For example, our nail files, foot paddles for chalice removal, buffers, that all goes home with you or is disposed of, never being reused. This has been our policy since day 1. We have also increased the frequency with which we sanitize all surfaces that come in contact with guests such door handles, counters, shelves, chairs, etc.
 
We still plan to celebrate our seven-year anniversary in style. We’ll be announcing our Lucky Draw promotion shortly to celebrate Peterborough’s Irish roots and your amazingness.
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Critical Holiday Planning Can Reduce Your Stress

After serving over 18,000 guests at Urban we’ve picked up a few holiday planning tips and tricks and we want to share these with you to help you plan your upcoming holidays.

1. Massage Therapy Coverage: Our Massage Therapy schedules fill up very fast and if you’re looking to use up your insurance coverage before the end of the year, you want to be sure to plan things out. We can help! Either book online(available 24/7), our iOs and Android app or call us 705-741-1212

2. Hosting Holiday Parties: This is a brand new offering for Urban. With the addition of Urban Space, we can help you plan and host holiday parties. Maybe you own a small business and want to throw a client appreciation party or maybe you want to organize an office get together or have us host a family event so you don’t need to cook or entertain! We would love to help you host your holiday party at Urban Space, we designed our space with this in mind. Request a FREE Event Consultation here.

3. Attending Holiday Parties: It’s that time of the year where you will most likely be attending a party. Many of our guests want The Urban Spa to help them with hair, nails, body treatment or make up. We LOVE LOVE LOVE helping out our guests with this. The biggest challenge is typically getting a reservation because by that point things are so busy. What we recommend is for you to book your reservation 8 weeks out (which means you need to be doing this now). Check out our website (available 24/7), our iOs and Android app or call us 705-741-1212

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Construction of Urban Space is Complete! (Video)

Well it’s been a few crazy months! Urban Space has been under major over-haul construction, working fast & furious but the finished product looks amazing (even if we say so ourselves)! We’ve put together this quick video showing you the progress. If you want more details on our vision, we wrote this great blog post about the re-definition of Urban.

Keep a close eye on our social media and this blog as we announce our upcoming calendar of events (which you are going to love!!!)

Please like & share this post and the video, we appreciate it!

 

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Just For Podcast Laughs with Local Celebs

Recently two self-described local celebrities Patrick McAuley and Mark Millions invited JG Francoeur on their podcast (Million + McAuley) to share some laughs and hopefully pass on some wisdom (hahaha, ya right).

Listen to this laugh-at-loud podcast (at least they thought it was funny), click here!

Some of you from the Urban-nation are interested to hear more about the co-founder of The Urban Spa which has recently expanded into a whole new business Urban Space. JG’s journey into entrepreneurship started when he was 18 years old and has been on going for over 15 years. Having published 4 books and built 6 different business, JG has been passionately leading the Urban Group of Companies (Urban Spa + Urban Space + Escape Route Travel) with his wife and business partner Kerri Holley (Author of The Urban Woman) & Visture Property Group for the last 7 years.

Listen to this laugh-at-loud podcast (at least they thought it was funny), click here!

SHOW NOTES:

Episode 47 the boys have International author and entrepreneur extraordinaire Jean-Guy (JG) Francoeur. Boys talk Peterborough business, the futurization of real estate, public speaking and the longest French word. Tune in!

FOLLOW JG on Social Media for more insights into business & real estate.

Facebook  | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

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Announcing Urban Space, The Re-definition of Urban

**SNEAK PEEK* Urban Space will have concrete textures… Coming soon

By now, we hope you’ve heard the news! The Urban Spa is expanding into a whole new business. The business will be called URBAN SPACE and just like The Urban Spa we will re-invent the way business is done in our industry.

**NOTE** The Urban Spa will NOT be moving. The Urban Spa will continue to operate at 388 Rogers St. in east city Peterborough.

Our Story: In 2013, when The Urban Spa was established we shook the very foundation of the spa business. We were the only spa to offer such long hours of operations, open 7 days a week, live online booking through our website and through our facebook page, text message appointment management, a curated menu of experiences all crafted in-house, custom blends of essential oils, FREE lattes, espresso and coffee, a timeless space that nurtured the soul and a business culture that inspired the team to deliver a perceptional experience.

All of this added up to The Urban Spa delivering an experience where people didn’t feel like a number. The Urban Spa is in the people business, we just happen to offer spa experiences and we will continue to be Peterborough’s favourite spa (as voted by our amazing guests).

Our Next Step: What we’re doing with Urban Space is taking the concept of a perceptional experience and blowing it up. We believe to be the best we need to continue to innovate. As such, we are reinventing ourselves from the ground up. A month ago we launched Join The Journey which reveals the step-by-step progress of Urban Space as we undertake the construction of a new space, the reinvention of our business and re-definition of what Urban means.

Your Next Step: Join The Journey and stay in touch as we launch this amazing new initiative that will leave people inspired to experience more of life.

 

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Join The Urban Journey As We Expand In A Whole New Business

A few weeks ago, we announced on Facebook that The Urban Spa has purchased a new building in Peterborough. We can’t reveal all the details quite yet but suffice to say that Urban is growing! In fact we’re growing into a whole new business for those who want to see and be seen.

Join the journey as we unveil week-by-week a little more. 

As you may or may not know, The Urban Spa has won 20+ awards over the last 6 years. Most days the spa is full and we aren’t able to serve more guests because of our limited footprint. Our boutique spa isn’t big enough and we’re Ok with that because that’s what makes us, us.

"Our Purpose Is To Help Our Guests Experience More of Life."

This has forced us in some ways to get creative and come up with bright ideas, to find new ways to serve our amazing guests. In the coming weeks and months, we will reveal exactly what we’re up to and how this will enhance your guest experience in our new SPACE.

At Urban, our purpose is to help our guests experience more of life and this will be enhanced as we grow into the next phase of our development.

Thank you for being so awesome and making Urban, Urban. Join the journey as we unveil week-by-week a little more. 

Sincerely,
JG & Kerri Francoeur
Owners, Urban

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MEGA Gift Card Sale 2018

The Holidays are a time of GIVING and we believe in GIVING to our guests. You see we had a choice to make. We could either spend money on radio and TV advertising to get the word out about this amazing gift card sale or we can save that money, GIFT it to you with an extra 20% and then you can help us spread the word. We thought you would appreciate the FREE 20% BONUS and tell all your friends and family (feel free to share/post this on social media as well)

Purchase a gift certificate ($100 minimum) and get 20% EXTRA on a Promotional gift card for FREE! 

Every year, these gift cards FLY OFF the shelves and this year is no different. This opportunity is a LIMITED TIME and LIMITED QUANTITY (we will run out, please don’t be mad). If you need some inspiration, have a peek at our menu, click here.

The 20% extra can be used for any esthetic of hair services (this way you can choose what you get – we don’t assume you want want a manicure or a pedicure!) and can be used any time as long as it’s not combined with other promotions (that’s just fair).  

HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AMAZING OFFER:

1- PRE-ORDER: The best thing to do before December 21 at 9pm is to call us (705-741-1212), email us (urbangifts@urbanspapeterborough.com), send us a message via social media, or text message (705-996-1212) to setup your order.  After Dec 21st, you will need to purchase in person.

2- CONFIRM: One of our awesome Urbanators we’ll then confirm your order, process it and we’ll prepare the gift cards for you.

3- PICK UP: Once ready you can pick them up at your convenience and skip the lines. We’ll need to verify your photo ID and credit card.

OR

1- IN-PERSON ORDER: Another option is for you to come in and purchase your order from now until 2:30pm on December 24th.

HOLIDAY HOURS

Monday – Friday:  9 am – 9 pm
Saturday:  9 am – 7 pm
Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm

Dec 24th: 9 am – 3 pm
Dec 25th: Closed
Dec 26th: Closed
Dec 27th – 30th: Regular Hours
Dec 31st:  9 am – 3 pm
Jan 1st: Closed
Jan 2nd – 5th: Regular Hours
Jan 6th – 8th:  Closed for Team Retreat
Jan 9th: Regular Hours Resume 🙂

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Introducing Escape Route Travel, Our Sister Company!

 

We have some BIG NEWS. Many people don’t know, because we’ve never made it public, but the owners of The Urban Spa Peterborough (Kerri & Jean-Guy (JG)) own a travel agency. Escape Route Travel was founded in 2008 and has helped thousands of clients travel millions of miles around the globe bringing joy, smiles, laughter and pleasure for over a decade.

Escape Route Travel is now “POWERED BY URBAN”. What does that mean?

We are integrating the two companies so we can provide our clients a high level of service says Kerri Holley, Co-Owner.

You will start to see marketing integrations between the two companies and you will also be able to take advantage of the amazing service selections in both companies at the same time.

We realized recently that The Urban Spa and Escape Route Travel provide the same experience. Both companies strive to provide a perceptional experience meaning Personal and Exceptional. The spa accomplishes this through our European boutique spa and New York Style nail bar while Escape Route Travel accomplishes its mission by providing corporate, custom and cruising travel services. Both companies work incredibly well together says Jean-Guy (JG) Francoeur, Co-Owner.

Anytime you book a trip or vacation, the first thing you need is a manicure and pedicure. We can also help you get into the ‘vacation groove’ by getting our locally famous seasonal facial treatment or one of our body treatments like our Macadamia Boomerang Body Glow.

We are super excited about this combination for our clients. Our goal is to bring an elevated level of service for our clients. If you currently have any trips in mind or simply want to have a conversation with our team at Escape Route Travel, check out EscapeRouteTravel.ca or find us on Facebook – we welcome all conversations!

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Celebrate Love this Valentine’s Day with the Urban Spa!

Whether it’s “Just A Day” or your favorite day of the year, Valentine’s Day is only a week away and we here at the Urban Spa are excited to celebrate love — in all of its forms — with you!

Without further ado, here are 10 Urban Spa-inspired ways to celebrate love this Valentine’s Day!

 

1. Pick Up an Urban Spa Gift Card 

Tailored to your budget and applicable towards any of our incredible Spa Experiences, Urban Spa Gift Cards are a great way to give that special person in your life the gift of rest and relaxation. You may not be able to predict your sweetheart’s schedule, but we can predict that they will LOVE this gift! Fun Fact: Urban Spa gift cards can be purchased via our Online Store.

 

2. Give the Perfect Urban Spa Gift Box

Available with a minimum spend of $25 on an Urban Spa Gift Card, these one-of-a-kind, high-end gift boxes are filled to the brim with Spa goodies from bath and body massage oils, to Spa Ritual nail polish and beyond! The best part? Items in these boxes are automatically discounted up to 40%! Plus — you’ll get 25% off additional goodies of your choosing (as long as they fit in the box!)

 

3. Book a Couples Package 

We’ve recently launched three couples packages here at the Urban Spa perfect for a romantic retreat or a couple of best friends looking to treat themselves on Galentines Day! Choose from a Massage and Facial, a Massage and Pedicure or a Massage, Facial and Pedicure and spend 2-3 hours in Urban Spa bliss! We’ll complete your experience with complimentary mimosas and a decadent food plate to share.

Keep in mind that most of our a-la-carte services can be also upgraded to a couples experiences —  booked in our exclusive couples suite with mimosas and shared snack plate — for an additional $10 per guest. For more details about our packages, click here!

 

4. Book a Seasonal Escape 

Our Seasonal Menu is made up of 5 unique Spa experiences featuring our Spa-made seasonal products!

We’ve got a seasonal manicure, pedicure, facial, back scrub and deep conditioning hair treatment for you to choose from. A seasonally inspired blend of essential oils is infused into a luxurious massage oil that is used to create a decadent body butter and sugar scrub.

We’ve recently taken this blend one step further and created a seasonal footsie bath fizzy bomb for your foot soaking pleasure! These services are available on their own, or you can bundle and save! Our newest Seasonal Blend is inspired by coffee and volcanic activity… We call it Lava Java! To learn more, check out our blog!

 

5. Enjoy Massage Flame (While supplies last…) 

Already got a reservation? Upgrade your Swedish or Relaxation massage experience here at the Urban Spa by choosing your preferred scent from our selection of soy-based Massage Flame candles by Purelight! What’s more? You can upgrade your Valentine’s evening at home with our sweet 15% off Massage Flame candle BLOW-OUT while we make way for our *new and improved* Aroma Massage Experiences here at the Urban Spa! Book your experience today!

 

6. Adopt a New Family Member

Got a lot of love to give? Considering welcome a new, furry loved-one into your family!

Our Spa Family is especially fond of our extended fur-Family
and has welcomed many new loved ones into our homes with help from our friends at the Peterborough Humane Society over the years.

Pet adoption is a great way to share your love and get a lot of love in return! For more information, visit their website here.

 

7. Donate to Urban Paw

If pet adoption is not in the cards for you at this time, consider making a donation to the Urban Paw!

Our love of animals prompted us to launch Urban Paw almost one year ago in honour of our 4 Year Anniversary. In addition to the many perks our guests can earn and redeem through our rewards program Urban Club, it is also possible to donate points towards a good cause! Guests may also donate by rounding up their purchase balance or designating a dollar amount at the time of check out. Donations collected on your behalf are delivered directly to the Peterborough Humane Society to support the wellbeing of furry creatures in our community. To learn more about Urban Paw, click here.

 

8. Celebrating solo? Enjoy a night in with Bathorium!

The Urban Spa is proud to carry Canadian-made, benefits-based bath products from Bathorium! We’ve got a real CRUSH on their bath soaks, are positively in love with their Bubble Elixirs and just can’t get enough of their Award Winning Bath Bombs! Stop by our East City boutique and take your pick —  pair with your favourite bubbly drink (we’re pretty big fans of the mimosa; 1/2 bubbly 1/2 OJ – or whatever ratio suits you best…) and you’ve got yourself the perfect evening in!

 

9. Get Date-Night Ready

We’ve still got some reservations available throughout the week with our fabulous Hair Designers Amanda and Sara should your roots and/or highlights need some sprucing up, or your hair need a trim. Our resident Makeup Artist Taylor also has some openings throughout the week to help take your make-up game to the next level with a Makeup-Tutorial. You can also just let her work her magic via a Makeup Application tailored (pun very much intended) to your personal style!

 

10. Love Your Self(ie)! 

No matter the day, no matter the month, we at the Urban Spa encourage you to set aside some time to celebrate YOU and everything that makes you unique! We’re here to help if you need us 😉

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We are looking for Urbanators

What the heck is an Urbanator? Great question 🙂 Anyone who works at The Urban Spa, we affectionately refer to them as Urbanators.

Since we’ve opened our doors almost 5 years ago (wow time flies!) we have been growing at an amazing pace. Last year was no different and our team now is ready to go to the next level. We have some open positions right now and applications are coming in fast and furious.

If you know someone who would be a good fit for our family (AKA: Urbanators), please share this post with them or share this on your social media.

We just setup an Indeed Careers page, check it out!

P.S. You might want to check out our 2017 Seasons of Thanks videos or our 2017 Team Trip to Orlando Florida  to get a sense of what type of culture we have @ The Urban Spa.

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ON K9H 1W7, Canada

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