luxury hotels · mothers day · travel ·May 11, 2018

11 Hotel & Spa Packages to Spoil Mom This Mother’s Day

Treat the #1 woman in your life to a few days of mommy and me time (with plenty of massages, brunches, shopping trips and sightseeing) at these top hotels and resorts around the world this May 13th. Whether you want to go to a hotel with spa melbourne or in New York, there are loads of brilliant options to choose from.

Hotel Viking, Newport, Rhode Island

We can’t think of a more fitting option for a nautical-luxe Mother’s Day than Newport, Rhode Island. Indulge mom in a proper New England getaway at Hotel Viking where you can enjoy jazz brunch (with a chef’s table, carving station, and full raw bar) at One Bellevue, then pamper her with signature treatments and massages at Spa Fjör, tour the Newport mansions and world-famous Cliff Walk, and take advantage of the Viking’s recently launched Newport from Above package, which allows you to see aerial views of Aquidneck Island, Rose Island, and Jamestown from a private helicopter. Now that’s the life.

Rates start at $132-$623

Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa, Cayman Islands

Go the Caribbean retreat route on Mother’s Day at the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa, where you can speed lazy beach days sipping cocktails and swimming in crystal-clear blue waters, visit Hibiscus Spa, dive with friendly stingrays, tarpon and eels, sail and stand-up paddle board, and cap off the weekend with an epic brunch, which includes charcuterie and artisanal cheese boards, an avocado toast bar, island fish ceviche and more.
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Rates start at $250-$1,138

Whitehall, Camden, Maine

If you’ll be celebrating mom in Maine this year, check her into the boutique Whitehall hotel in Camden for a two-night May Getaway stay, complete with fresh flowers, a fully stocked picnic basket with a bottle of rosé, cheese, chocolate, breakfast delivered each morning, and the Lark team’s “favorite things” weekend itinerary ideas that showcase the best of spring in midcoast Maine. Oh and be prepared for lots of lobster, obviously.

Rates start at $138-$302

Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris, France

Head to the city of lights with your mom for an over-the-to vacation at Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris where you can partake in their Mother + Daughter Royal Spa and Afternoon Tea Experience at My Blend by Clarins Spa during a rebalancing massage with essential oils, followed by detoxing in the sauna and steam room, and manicures and makeup, before the main event at the Long Bar for a seriously decadent tea service with madeleines, pastries, cakes, and macaroons from Pierre Hermé Paris. C’est chic.

Rates start at $757

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, New Jersey

There’s nothing like a quick trip to the Jersey Shore with your madre to bond over boardwalks, slot machines, and saltwater taffy. Book a room at The Water Club in the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and tickets to Brian Regan’s comedy show or Michael McDonald and Jackson Browne’s musical performance and definitely don’t leave without de-stressing at Immersion Spa, trying your luck at the tables, and sampling award-winning cuisine by celeb chefs Bobby Flay, Michael Symon, and Wolfgang Puck.

Rates start at $139

*Room rates are based on TripAdvisor averages for standard rooms

Gallery Hotel Art, Florence, Italy

If the matriarch in your family happens to be an art aficionado, she’ll love Gallery Hotel Art in beautiful Florence, Italy. After carb loading on authentic pizza and pasta around the city, venture back to the the Florentine hotspot property for welcome cocktails at The Fusion Bar & Restaurant, free entry to the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, and daily breakfast. Be sure to not miss the hotel’s newest art exhibition in collaboration with one of Italy’s most renowned contemporary museums, Centro Pecci Prato.

Rates start at $261

Dream Downtown or Dream Midtown, New York, New York

If you plan on honoring your favorite lady during a Big Apple urban escape, you’re in luck at either of the Dream Hotels, where you’ll be greeted by a bouquet of flowers to give her, breakfast in bed, and a “Dream” embroidered robe. You know, in case you decide to never leave your cushy quarters the whole time.

Rates start at $349

Dukes London, London, England

A quintessential British Mother’s Day takes place at Dukes London where you’ll be treated like the queens that you are in one of the 19 duchess rooms in the quiet St. James Mayfair area of town. Specifically designed for female travelers and all their needs, these stately accommodations are furnished with high-end beauty products from Floris London, size-appropriate robes and slippers, and white cymbidium orchids and freesias. And if that wasn’t enough, to elevate the personalized experience, each room includes a “beditation butler” to help you find your zen with the ideal bedtime wind-down. As far as what else will fill the time, you can enjoy afternoon tea in the elaborate drawing room, sip Alessandro Palazzi’s famed martinis at DUKES Bar, find world-class gems on Bond Street, and stroll through the royal neighborhood.

Rates start at $371-$750

Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown, Massachusetts

For QT time with mom (in the quaintest setting imaginable), board the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard and settle in at the picturesque Harbor View hotel. Spend the day shopping in Edgartown to work up an appetite before their wine dinner series in the Lighthouse Grill and be sure to take her to the Pink & Green 7th Annual Celebration of spring and Mother’s Day for the dog show, Fairyville at Donaroma’s Nursery, the 5K and more. Good times, indeed.

Rates start at $122-$636

The Bushcamp Company, Zambia, Africa

Trying to have a once-in-a-lifetime adventure with the woman who raised you? Then allow The Bushcamp Company to host you on a safari in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park. Imagine 3-4 glam tent camps and one lodge with 18 chalets where elephants are known to saunter through the lobby at any given time. You’ll also get up close and personal with the African wilderness on foot (don’t worry, there are pro guides accompanying you) and be able to relax with gin and tonics in hand during cocktail hour at the end of the day. Plus no glamping experience would be complete without a major spa. Get your ommmm on with mom at Bush Spa, that’s set over a hippo-filled lagoon, and offers an ever-changing menu of contemporary Eastern and Western treatments like an Africa energizing balm massage, Thai yoga massage, or dry cupping detox massage.

Rates start at $295-$445

Kimpton Cardinal Hotel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Spend a few days with mom in historic Winston-Salem at their first upscale boutique hotel, the Kimpton Cardinal, located in the heart of downtown. There’s a patio for sweet tea and steamed oysters, an adults-only recreation room with slides, bowling, and basketball (no, seriously), welcome libations, brunch for two, and a relax and rejuvenate in-room spa treatment with exotic blooms. Plus plenty of Southern cuteness around the hotel to admire like monograms, magnolias, tartan fabrics, punk toile, and Art Deco furniture. Very “mom approved.”

Rates start at $142