A Vaniday Out

Vaniday is a website (available internationally), which basically makes booking your next beauty appointment so easy. As an added bonus, they've also got heaps of perks for members! We were lucky enough to be approached by Vaniday and we are going to take you through our experience.

First off was choosing from all of the different treatments on offer and there is SO MUCH to choose from. There's everything you need from top to toe, including hair, makeup, nails and even a wide selection for our male counterparts. It took lots of browsing and general difficulty trying to choose just one treatment but we both settled on a relaxation massage. All the Sydney options can be found right here (< clickity click). All the businesses list all their treatments with detailed descriptions with prices, making it really clear and simple to choose one that suits you. Booking it was incredibly easy with step-by-step instructions in massive font where you can choose the time and even the therapist if applicable. You can see all the available times and we managed to book an appointment together for the next day.

Unfortunately, our treatment day ended up being a bit bumpy. The massage parlour that we booked did not update their available times on the website and could not accomodate us. We had booked the day before our treatment and did not find this out until 15 minutes before we were due to start. Our hiccup was dealt with in a very professional manner with one of Vaniday's team and she managed to help us book a similar treatment at a different place. We had to pay more, but we were grateful for her help in calling around to different places and checking availabilities for the day. Super impressed!

So we made our way to the massage parlour (Andaman in Sydney) during the afternoon and entry was by a creepy looking set of stairs wedged between two shops. We climbed up and was greeted by one of the therapists in a Thai-inspired room playing soothing music. We booked to have our treatments together, so we had to wait for a second therapist to arrive. We were offered a nice steaming cup of barley tea before going in for our treatment. We decided to go for an hour long relaxing aroma oil massage, which was delivered professionally and loosened up all the stress over the last few weeks of intense uni/work hours.

Barley tea upon arrival.

Sneaky shot of Eliza with the interiors.

Final Thoughts:

Daisy's thoughts: This experience was my very first encounter with thai massages and Vaniday made the process very simple and easy to book. I liked that each Spa had its own reviews and ratings from people who'd visited before so there's a level of comfort knowing you're not going into something dodgy and might get kidnapped or something (if you do decide to trust street-side promoters etc.) My final thoughts are: thai massages do hurt a little. Having your butt massaged is slightly weird. I liked having my head and feet massaged and having massages are a great way to loosen up and relax. (Also broke a nail from the lady being too enthusiastic in soothing the knots in my fingers...)

Overall, Vaniday makes finding services fairly easy, as it has everything grouped nicely in one central location. The website is super easy to use and there are discounts available frequently once you sign up! We loved that there was little to no hassle and you can literally book treatments a couple hours before if you really wanted a pick-me-up after school or work. The biggest downside we found was that not all the salons will update their appointment books accurately on the site. This means that you may have to call the salon before your appointment to confirm in order to avoid disappointment.

You can easily register via this link for $25 off your first service!