Chapters of one quiet day
Fernhollow Day Spa offers massage, sauna and steam and a pool lounge on Birch Mill Lane, and publishes every price before anyone asks.
Six services, each with its price
Each service carries its own scope and its own price. Three prices are final; the day pass and the paired suite start from the figure shown, and a private group day is quoted in writing before anything is held.
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Visit 01The table made up before the first visit 01
Unhurried massage
$95 per hour
Sixty minutes on the table with one practitioner in a private treatment room. The pressure and any areas to leave alone are asked about before starting, and the full hour is spent on the table. Oils are unscented unless a scent is asked for, and a robe, towels and a locker are included. Send the preferred date through the contact form before anything else.
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Visit 02The warm room beside the tub 02
Warm stone massage
$125 per visit
Seventy-five minutes of massage with smooth stones warmed before arrival and used alongside the practitioner’s hands. The stones are checked for temperature first, and anyone who prefers them cooler only has to say so. It is sized for one person; two people booking together are better suited to the paired suite.
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Visit 03The heat rooms at an easy pace 03
Sauna and steam session
$40 per session
Ninety minutes in the sauna, the steam room and the showers, at the visitor’s own pace. A robe, towels, slippers and a locker are ready on arrival, and water and herbal tea are set out in the lounge. No practitioner is needed, and the heat rooms are shown on arrival in about five minutes.
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Visit 04The lounge set out for a day pass 04
Pool and lounge day pass
From $55 per person
A full day in the pool, the lounge, the sauna and the steam room, from opening until an hour before closing. The pass starts at fifty-five dollars on a weekday and costs more on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; the figure for the chosen date is confirmed in writing before it is held. A massage can be added at the price shown above.
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Visit 05The pool kept for the paired suite 05
Paired suite
From $210 for two people
Two people massaged side by side in the paired suite by two practitioners, followed by thirty minutes of private time in the steam room and the pool. The fee starts at two hundred and ten dollars for two sixty-minute massages and rises with the length chosen; the figure is confirmed in writing before the date is held.
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Visit 06The pool hall reserved for a group 06
Private group day
Custom quoted in writing
The lounge, the pool and the heat rooms reserved for one group of up to eight people, with massages arranged through the day for anyone in the party who wants one. The price depends on the group size, the date and the treatments chosen, and a written quotation follows the first message. Nothing on this website holds a date; the enquiry opens a conversation by email or telephone.
One quiet day at a time
Fernhollow Day Spa keeps the number of visitors low on purpose. The practitioner who asks about pressure is the practitioner who finishes the massage, every price is published before anyone asks, and nothing is added on the day that was not agreed in writing beforehand. A visitor reads the price for the stated scope on the Services page, and the figure in the written reply is the figure that was on the page.
Rooms, heat and water
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Massage roomAn archive photograph of a bathhouse massage room, with the masseur at work beside a long padded table. -
Pool hallAn indoor pool lit for the evening, with globe lamps on the columns and plants along the balcony. -
SaunaTiered cedar benches with the pail left on the lower one, aired between turns.
The four people who run the spa
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Helen Marsh
Founder and lead practitioner
Helen Marsh opened Fernhollow Day Spa on Birch Mill Lane and still gives most of the warm stone massages, warming the stones, asking about pressure before starting and pouring the tea at the end. Helen reads the enquiries about a warm stone massage herself, and her reply states which times are actually open rather than inviting a visitor to hope.
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Daniel Okafor
Massage practitioner
Daniel Okafor gives the unhurried massages and prepares the paired suite before each booking. The pressure and any areas to leave alone are asked about first, and the full hour is spent on the table. Questions about a paired booking sent through the contact form are answered by Daniel before the visit, not after it.
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Priya Nandakumar
Sauna and pool host
Priya Nandakumar looks after the sauna, the steam room and the pool, and shows each visitor round on arrival in about five minutes. Towels, robes and water are kept topped up through the day, and the lounge is kept quiet. A visitor unsure whether a day pass or a single session suits them is answered by Priya in the first reply.
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Tom Reilly
Front desk and bookings
Tom Reilly answers the contact form, writes the quotations for private group days and confirms every date in writing. He keeps no booking system: an enquiry opens a conversation and a written reply follows during opening hours. Nothing sent through this website books a visit on its own.
What visitors wrote
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I booked the ninety-minute sauna and steam session on a grey Saturday and was shown the lockers, the showers and the sauna in about five minutes. The towels and robe were waiting, the water jug was full, and nobody hurried me out at the end. The price was the forty dollars on the Services page and nothing else was added.
Maria L. Sauna and steam session
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I asked for a lighter pressure on my shoulders and got exactly that without having to repeat myself. The room was warm, quiet and dim, and the full sixty minutes were on the table rather than half spent on paperwork. I paid the ninety-five dollars printed on the website and left feeling properly unwound.
James T. Unhurried massage
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What the website said about the warm stone massage was what happened. Seventy-five minutes, the stones warmed before I arrived, and a short question about pressure before starting. The room had a deep tub and a window with the blind half down. The invoice matched the page and I was offered tea afterwards without any sales pitch.
Karen W. Warm stone massage
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I wrote to ask about a private day for six friends before a wedding and had a written quote the same afternoon, with what it did and did not include spelled out. Nothing was held until I agreed in writing. On the day the lounge and pool were ours, the timetable ran as promised and the total was the quoted figure.
Aisha R. Private group day
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I bought a weekday day pass and spent most of it on a lounger by the pool with a book. The lounge was calm, the loungers were clean and there was always a fresh towel within reach. The pass was the figure on the page for a weekday, and I was told in advance that weekends cost a little more.
Colin P. Pool and lounge day pass
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I booked the paired suite for my sister and me for her birthday. The suite was ready on arrival, with two tables side by side and private time in the steam room afterwards. The figure was confirmed in writing before the date was held and it was the figure on the invoice.
Rebecca S. Paired suite
Questions visitors ask
How does a visitor choose between a massage and a sauna session?
Read the descriptions on the Services page and choose by the kind of time wanted. A massage is time on a table with one practitioner in a private room; a sauna and steam session is ninety minutes at a visitor’s own pace in the heat rooms and showers. Anyone unsure can describe what they would like in a message, and the spa replies with the one that fits.
Are the prices on the Services page final?
Three of the six prices are final for the scope described beside them. The day pass and the paired suite carry a “from” figure because the day of the week and the length of the booking change the price, and a private group day is quoted in writing. In each of those three the exact amount is confirmed in writing before anything is agreed.
What should a visitor know before a first visit?
Fernhollow Day Spa has three treatment rooms, a sauna, a steam room, a pool and a lounge on Birch Mill Lane. Robes, towels, slippers and lockers are provided. Bring swimwear for the pool and arrive fifteen minutes early to settle in. The spa is a place to rest and makes no claims beyond that, so anyone with a question about their own condition should ask their doctor first.
Can a date be held before anything is agreed?
Yes. One date is held for seven days through the contact form: a message names the date, the service, the number of people and anything the spa should know, and a written reply confirms the date and the amount before it is held. Nothing is charged for the hold.
Does this website book a treatment?
No. Every Book action on this website opens the contact page, and sending that form starts a conversation rather than confirming a date. The form is read during opening hours and answered in writing, and no message is treated as a booking until that written reply is sent.
How is a booked visit moved or cancelled?
Send the change to the address the written confirmation came from, or telephone during opening hours. A change of date, a change in the number of people and a cancellation are handled the same way, and the spa confirms the new arrangement in writing before it stands.
What is provided during a visit?
Every visit includes a robe, towels, slippers, a locker, showers with shampoo and body wash, and water and herbal tea in the lounge. Treatment oils are unscented unless a scent is asked for. Nothing is sold during the visit and no extra is added to the bill that was not agreed beforehand.
What happens to the details sent through the forms on this website?
The contact form passes the message and the reply address to the spa, and the subscribe form stores an email address only. Neither is used for anything else, and neither is sold or passed to a third party. The Privacy page sets out what each form collects, how long it is kept and how to ask for it to be removed.
Where the spa is and when it is open
Fernhollow Day Spa is on Birch Mill Lane in Burlington, Vermont. Visitors arrive fifteen minutes before a treatment to change and settle in; robes, towels, slippers and lockers are provided, and swimwear is needed for the pool. Written enquiries go to hello@fernhollowspa.example, and replies come by email or telephone during the opening hours listed here.
- Tuesday to Thursday
- 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
- Friday and Saturday
- 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- Sunday
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Monday
- Closed
The poolThe indoor pool along the wood-effect wall, with a palm and an armchair at its edge, set out for day-pass visitors.
Contact
Send an enquiry, or telephone the spa
Book a treatment and Send an enquiry open the same form on the contact page. The message goes to the spa, and the spa confirms availability in its reply, by email or telephone during opening hours. Nothing is held until that reply arrives.