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 experiencing a new golden age, with spending predicted to grow to $1 trillion per year over 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 Joanna Janechil dig into recent wellness trips: mindful surfing in Costa Rica, an exclusive round of golf at California’s new Sensei Resort, and a traditional wellness retreat in the Berkshires. What is “hard” vs. “soft” wellness travel? Is wellness travel expensive, or is it just a perception? For the skeptics, does the treatment work?
This episode is part of our annual Summer series, featuring some of our favorite recent discussions from Folo by Travel Weekly. This episode was recorded on March 8 and has been edited for length and clarity.
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