What an amazing crew, watched employees get yelled at for doing their job and yet they kept their composure!. It's really sad these days with all the stress people are going through with the economy and high taxes that people want to bitch about the small stuff knowing they are putting hard working employees on blast for doing their job, yet don't care as rather see them fired over a tanning experience let's start being realistic and know they can only do so much!!!! NORMANDY PARK DESERT SUN YOU'RE DOING AMAZING!!!!!! read more

Abby should be fired. Absolutely zero customer service skills, disrespectful and rude. I came in was told I had to wait 10 mins, they made me pay for my tan after 10 mins to speed up things they said. After 30 mins of me sitting watching them allow others to tan that just walked in. I asked how long it would be Abby was very rude to me and said other appointments walked in. I asked why she quoted me 10 mins and didn't inform me of that while I was waiting. I asked for a refund Abby then claimed they have no refunds. I asked for the managers information and she refused. I will be calling every day until I reach a manager and get a refund. I have never in my life experienced such poor customer service. read more

The salon is very clean and well maintained. Strong bulbs. The staff is professional, knowledgeable and helpful. Kensie is amazing - always warm and welcoming. A great experience on each visit. read more

Abby truly represents the gold standard of customer service. During my visit, she handled an incredibly difficult situation with a rude and impatient customer who refused to wait even ten minutes for a spray tan. Despite the negativity directed at her, Abby remained calm, professional, and completely above reproach the entire time. Her composure, respect, and commitment to doing her job right--without letting someone else's behavior affect her attitude--was genuinely impressive. She treated everyone with kindness and maintained a welcoming atmosphere, which says a lot about her character and work ethic. Abby is exactly the kind of person you want representing your business. She turned what could have been an uncomfortable experience into a reminder of how exceptional customer service should look. read more

Unprofessional, very rude staff. I really recommend reviewing the rating before coming into this location. Desert Sun you should look into who you're hiring. read more

I go there with my daughter and notice how Abby has great customer service. She is so warm and friendly. I like the way she talks and jokes with her customers. She does a top notch job. read more

Abby is the best at customer service. I come from a company that takes pride in their customer service and let me tell you, Abby has GOT IT. I had some issues with my account and even though I was upset, she was patient and polite. She is the reason I keep coming back! Please let Abby know how much I appreciate her and her kindness. It goes a long way and just seeing her smile brightens my day. read more

Everything negative previously I had experienced. The gals are just young and incapable of handling anything and needs supervised. CAUTION: Do not ask a question -you could be kicked out: If you have been waiting for 15 min and hear them loudly talk poorly about another coworker and say excuse me can we go in now after 10- mins or more this gal had piles of dirt everywhere and was more worried about her personal phone call. The owner is upstanding and refunded our monies. Until new manager or staff i recommend tan else where. read more

Super sweet and helpful ladies At the front desk. Decent prices and have specials on lotions all the time. Still a customer and plan to Stay with them for a while. read more

Great place for Tanning I have been going there for years Kensie at the front desk always has a smile on her face and always greets you by your first Name she is very professional and very knowledgeable I would recommend this place for Tanning. Sandra Parkins. read more

I had a very bad experience at this tanning salon. I went in the salon to tan and I was told that I didn't have an account. I paid my membership the previous week. The representative at the salon was rude, condescending, and she should not have a job in customer service. I sent an email to corporate and it has been a week. I requested a refund and that a manager contact me. I have not heard from anyone, the only response that I got was an automatic email stating that someone will contact me within 48 hours. I strongly recommend visiting a different location. The customer service from this salon and the corporate office is unacceptable. I will also make a complaint with BBB. read more

I've been a member for a number of years and have always had a pleasant experience with various staff over that time. Currently, Kensie has shown to be head & shoulder above all who preceded her. I can't say enough about her attention to every detail, her commitment to providing the very best service, and her ever present good nature. 5 Star-PLUS!!! read more

Another 5* star experience at this location. Management Kenzie runs a tight ship the location is always immaculate and the staff is always detailing and deep cleaning when it's not busy. I've never had anything less than. Excellent Exceptional customer service and the feeling of a sense of belonging here. Lots of lotion options to choose from and the staff is all very qualified everytime I have a question regarding a product and what machines and what products very specific usages. Not to mention I love to be able to purchase a Red Bull nice and cold before I leave. Thanks ladies. Your other stores could learn a lot of from all. Especially Westwood village location who seems to be lacking everything you offer here. read more

Desert Sun - Tanning Near Me - Normandy Park, Washington

i recently started going to desert sun to get a tan before the summer, i now i have two new friends, addi and Abby!!! they are so nice everytime i come in even if it is busy and stressfull they make time to amke me feel comfortable and welcome. 10/10 would recommend!!!!! read more

I've had a membership here for a couple of years now, and the young ladies there are always so helpful and polite, I especially want to give a big shout out to Kinsie, she is a unsung hero in my eyes, always so pleasant and happy, she never fails to greet me with a welcoming smile, she takes the time to explain how the different beds work and has never tried to over sell me on products ,she works within my budget and I really appreciate that, her customer service skills go way beyond a 5 star review. read more

Kinsey is so sweet and immediately greeted me with a smile when I first came in. She answered all of my questions and is very knowledgeable when it comes to each of the beds. Thank you so much Kinsey for making me feel comfortable during my first tan here at desert sun. I will be coming back! read more

Edit: as you can see per previous reviews, this seems to be an ongoing issue. Also blaming the customer for the employee personally stating that the signature was not needed because of computer issues is not MY fault!!! Quit blaming the customers and hold your employees accountable for their actions!! SCAM ALERT Buyer beware!!! I had a tanning membership and had canceled it in the store, or so I thought. When I asked the employee to help me with the cancelation she said she would do it personally because they were having computer issues and I was "unable" to sign. I believed her. Well 2 months later I was charged for $59.95 which was a shock since I did not authorize any future transactions and assumed my account was cancelled by the employee. I attempted to handle this with the store manager today directly and was told because I did not "sign" I could only be given a credit. This is horrible customer service as I was specifically told the cancellation would be taken care of by the employee who lied about the computer issues. I was also informed that this same employee has done the same thing to another person. I wonder how many other people have been ripped off?! Why is that my problem? This should be taken care of with the employee directly and made right by the store owner as their employee is making mistakes that involve peoples bank accounts and money! Customers should not be held accountable for employees lying and not doing their job correctly. Just goes to show, the owner of this franchise cares more about money than their morals of honest business. read more

The staff is always friendly and is very helpful when it comes to signing up for a membership. Whenever I come to this location is it always clean and stocked up. read more

Several months ago I purchased 2 tans from the Desert Sun in Burien. I only wanted to purchase 1 but was talked into purchasing 2. I told the girl that I was moving soon to the Tacoma area, she assured me I could use them at any location. Fast forward to now...I just went to the Desert Sun in Puyallup to use my last tan. She informed me that it "expired" would have been nice to know that something I paid for has an expiration date. I definitely would have used it!!! When I told the girl in Puyallup what I was told in Burien, she just said sorry. Then tried to sell more tans. Since it was my first experience with them and I'm new to Washington you would think they could honor giving a tan to a new customer. Good customer service is everything and they dropped the ball to make the situation right. Had she done the right thing I would have purchased more tans in the future, but now I won't return. read more

ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS- No support when they over bill you and they only give In-store credit. The employees here are under staffed and over worked- especially uneducated regarding account management intentionally I feel- Consequently I was billed even tho I asked to freeze my account like they recommended. YOU MUST SIGN A PAPER which they didn't have me do only said everything was "good to go" and I was billed a full month I didn't want. I can only email about my problems and wait for someone to get back to me. So now I'm canceling forever. I'll go somewhere else. They will take your money and KEEP YOUR MONEY. read more

Desert Sun - Every option except a refund - Tanning Near Me - Normandy Park, Washington

I have been tanning for about 8 years and have been to a couple different tanning salons. This is probably one of the worst salons I've been to. Here are the pros: - I've never had to wait, this location always seems to be empty. - It's extremely close to my house. Cons: - The beds always smell like sweat or have sweat marks. It makes me question their cleanliness. - The music speakers on the wall never seem to work. - The workers never remember my name even though I come in almost every single day and see the exact same girls there every time. - I asked about deals when I signed up and was told there were none. After the fact, it turns out there were specials they never mentioned to me. - I was told I was getting free upgrades when I signed up. Since my package is almost over, I inquired about using them. She said they "must have expired" even though no one has ever mentioned that they expire and I haven't even been tanning a full month yet. - My quality of tanning is not as good as other salons I have been to in the past. - Their monthly charge is overpriced compared to other locations. Even though this is within walking distance of my house, I will never tan at this location again and will look for others with better service and facilities. read more

I am a first time customer here and the girls are very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. The beds and rooms are spotless from floor to ceiling. They gave me a great deal! I recommend this location to everyone! read more

I love this salon! They're always so welcoming and so knowledgeable. They answer any questions I have and are so willing to help me out. I would recommend this location to anyone in the area!! read more

Love the changes that have been made over the months! Kensie along with the rest of girls are always so knowledgable regarding product and beds. Never leave there questioning if I made the right decision regarding my account packages/lotion purchases! read more

Made an appointment for a spray tan yesterday and came in today after driving to this location that's 20 minutes away and was told the spray tan machine was flooded. No call to inform me of this? Poor service read more

Can't wait to use up the damn package I was pressured into buying and get the hell outta this place. I get more than a little tired of the pressure to buy something every damn time I'm in. I've started coming in without my wallet hoping that would get them to leave me alone, but I still get asked "are you surrrrrre?" when I decline their sales special of the day. I've started to call ahead to make sure that the equipment I wish to use is in working order, because I've driven all the way down there on more than one occasion to find that they're having technical difficulties. Overall, they offer what I like, but seem to find it necessary to sell me junk every time I visit. Knock off the sales pitch pressure nonsense and I'd be a satisfied customer. read more

I've been a loyal customer of this salon for over 5 years. After trying the other tanning salons in the area, this is the only salon I will visit. This location is clean and there is hardly ever a wait for the beds I use. The girls are always so friendly and seem genuinely happy to see me when I stop in. read more

I'd have to say this is my favorite desert sun so far. I've been to the lacey, silverdale, poulsbo, federal way, puyallup, and bellevue locations. The girls here are friendly, the beds are always clean and in working order, and I've only had to wait a few times ever. Every now and then they ask me about my lotion situation but I always have my hypoallergenic stuff so in politely decline. The girls I've spoken with seem knowledgeable about the products and I appreciate their willingness to help me and always answer my questions. read more

I was a regular here when I lived in SeaTac, customer service was always amazing, the place was clean, what more could you ask for? Came in recently to get spray tanned before my wedding. It had been a few years since I've been in but I still wouldn't go anywhere else. I drove all the way from Algona when there are several places closer to me, and I'm glad I did! The customer service was great and they went above and beyond to help me out so I would get a perfect, even tan. They were super friendly and I plan on buying a package soon! read more

I'm not necessarily a fan of tanning but tend to participate when approaching a sunny vacay. SO, my experience with tanning salons in general is based on a maybe month or so stay per year. I have found Desert Sun to be convenient and often, get great deals as a member via email. There isn't usually a wait when I come in, I tend to come in randomly at parts of the day that I am assuming are not the rush period. In each visit, I too have experienced the attempts by the staff to up sell. After speaking to someone whom mentioned in passing they used to work for this company, I guess the up sell is a huge part of their revenue. They are pressured themselves to pressure the customers, so I am not going to harp on that aspect as they really don't have a choice. Just politely (and continually) say no. That's all it takes. All in all, the facilities are clean, you can usually get lotions and packages discounted and the staff are always smiley and nice. Not much more to expect for this type of service. The equipment is also up to date and is definitely meeting their competitors prices and quality. read more

I bought a package about a month ago I have 4 days left and I have asked the entire time if they are going to get new bulbs I use the stand up medium and the lay down beds.. there's anywhere from 3 to 6 bulbs out in each bed I've used EVERYTIME...I keep getting the run around from staff that they are being replaced.. won't be coming back to this location even though it's the closest to my home! I feel like $75 for 1 month is a lot and I shouldn't have to ask when maintenance is going to be done on the beds.. read more

I have never been so frustrated with the customer service of a business before. All this business location wants is their customers money. I am a flight attendant so I travel around a lot and I am not always home so I do a lot of my work/errands via phone and email. I got a membership with dessert sun around June so I could make sure and get some tanning in when I had time before my wedding. I think the last time I went in was in Aug. of 2017 ( i probably only went in 6 times in 3 months). I tried to call and Cancel my account on December 2nd. When I called they said I had to physically come in to cancel. Here again with my job and the busy holiday season this is difficult for me. I asked if there was anyway that I could be refunded my payment that posted on Dec. 2 since I hadn't even been in since Aug. and they said no. So I figured that I just need to go in before the 1st of Jan. to cancel or I would be charged again since that's when my payment posted to my account. Well, I was wrong, you actually have to go in by the 25th of they month (Oh and they made sure to tell me that that is posted all over the shop but guess what i hardly when in the shop). So I go to the shop on the 25th but they are closed because of Christmas. So I go in on the 26th and they still won't cancel my account without charging me. They said if I have an issue with this I need to call corporate. So I do just that. Well turn out they don't give a shit about what corporate said cause they still are not refunding me. Here is the sad part of this whole story. They got around $350 + dollars from me for not even going into there shop. I wanted to cancel my membership for the time being because of my busy schedule but would have had every intention on going back to this location had they treated me right. However, $89 dollars to this business is worth more then a positive outcome and returning business. I know that Ashley is probably going to get on here with some comment back with some BS response but I will save you the time and say don't bother. I am going to be looking further into this. read more

I love this place. Taylor helped me this morning. She always has a great attitude and is pleasant when I am there. All the employees are very nice. The place is super clean and my thermo wrap was only $129. For 3 months with my membership. . Awesome Deal read more

Nearly always there is an issue. Membership makes it seem as though it is good across all desert suns but this one they tell me I have to go back to the one where I signed up? This seems incongruent with a desired customer service experience. And frankly it's simply problematic on most levels. For six dollars you're telling me to go to another one? You're telling me to go eight miles away after I just took my time and effort to come here?? I can't imagine this is how you keep your clients. Somebody needs a lesson in customer service. So desert sun is mcDonalds now? Good customer service doesn't inconvenience their guests like this. A great experience would have been a way to arrange for me to sign whatever waiver you deem necessary especially when I have already spent money here. am a paying member. This is frankly outrageous and I will be filing a complaint with a better business bureau. Telling a guest to essentially get lost - I hope you do better. It should be an easy pause or don't offer this as an option. And then if you don't go along with the weak explanation they act like there is something wrong with you. Sorry but you are living in Lala land. I encourage you to think. I will not be continuing my membership here and I hope this representative gets spoken to. I hope that when she attempts to do something several barriers are brought up for her read more

I am overly grateful for the new management at Desert Sun Burien. I was not a fan of the customer service I received UNTIL Taylor took over! She had turned the establishment upside down! It is clean, friendly, reasonable, and a joy to visit! I can honestly say it is 100% because of her tribute to management! Thank you Miss Taylor, my husband and I are both VERY satisfied customers! read more

I love tanning at Normandy Park Desert Sun! I have always been able to get into one of my preferred sunbeds without a wait. The staff is helpful and super friendly. The facility is very clean, too. Just a great place to get your tan on! read more

Unfortunately this salon always feels understaffed and there is always a long wait. I feel bad for the new person as you can tell she didn't get the right amount of training. My goggles broke and they wouldn't even let her return them. It was clearly a product issue too, so that was disappointing. I'll be headed to the Renton one from now on. read more

If you are going to tan, I'd give this place 3 stars. The salon is clean and usually busy. My #1 problem with this place is the CONSTANT pressure to buy new packages, eyewear, lotion- basically anything they can think to sell you. Tanning (especially if you are doing the high-level beds) can be expensive! Costing upwards of $90 a month and they basically act as if you're a cheapskate if you don't buy their latest and greatest overpriced lotion. read more

This tanning salon is clean and the beds are new and in good working order. However, I think the sales aspect of this business is a little shady. The receptionists pester you with "deals" that seem to change by the customer. I don't like being asked to buy lotion every time I walk in the door, either. I've experienced a lot of wait time for beds that I make appointments for - sometimes up to 15 minutes. Just be aware and plan for it... read more

Best tanning salon in Washington! Very professional friendly staff, they make recommendations I don't feel pressured into buying anything if I tell them I don't need something then they respect that. They are very knowledgeable about the product which helps. They always have the best deals on tanning packages and upgrades and the manager is awesome! Their beds are always well maintained, clean with new bulbs and there is hardly ever a wait for a bed. read more