Travel Weekly editors, clockwise from top left: Hospitality editor Christina Jelski, aviation editor Robert Silk, news editor Johanna Jainchill and managing editor and Folo host Rebecca Tobin.
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Wellness travel is entering a new golden era: Spending is predicted to grow to $1 trillion annually in the next three years, according to the Global Wellness Institute. So what does it mean to travel for wellness in 2024?
In this episode, host Rebecca Tobin, senior editors Robert Silk and Christina Jelski and news editor Johanna Jainchill delve into their recent wellness-travel trips: Mindful surfing in Costa Rica, exclusive golfing at the new Sensei resort in California and a traditional wellness retreat in the Berkshires. What is “hard” and “soft” wellness travel? Is wellness travel expensive, or is that just a perception? And for the skeptics out there: Do the treatments work?
This episode is part of our annual Summer Series, where we feature some of our favorite recent Folo by Travel Weekly discussions. This episode was recorded March 8 and has been edited for length and clarity.
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This episode is sponsored by JOIA Aruba by Iberostar
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