This review may be long so if you read nothing else, please read that the customer service and owner of this business are both horrible.
My maid of honor booked a spa party with KDS for my bachelorette party and originally booked the party for 6 people at $125 per person with a non-refundable deposit of $125. We were originally supposed to have the entire space for a private party from 11:00am to 3:00pm. There was a death in the family for 2 members of our party who live two states away, so they were not able to come. There is no written cancellation policy for spa parties present on the website and it was not verbalized to my maid of honor in the booking process so we assumed she could receive a refund for their spots. After finally getting a hold of them (it is difficult to get them on the phone), she was told she could not receive a refund for their spots but that we could replace them and even though it is not policy, we could receive a gift card for the amount not used. Although the therapists were all kind and generally professional, I have complaints about the services as whole and not enough space to write about all of it in this review so the focus is on the cancellation policy and getting a refund. We were able to fill 5 out of the 6 spots for the day. Although the original booking was from 11:00am to 3:00pm, around 1:00pm, I was notified their next party had arrived early - meaning they were able to shorten our services for the day and book additional customers. Though they confirmed the number in our party before the visit, they did not state our booking time would be shortened and we were still paying for all 6 spots. As we left, the owner gave each of us a $25 gift card voucher and suggested we use it for a real facial - the facial she provided was only about 10-15 minutes for each of us when their regular one is 60 minutes. When my maid of honor inquired about the gift card for the last spot, the owner quickly began to lecture us about how we would not receive a physical gift card because it was not even in their policy to do so and she was doing it out of kindness - however, I (the bride) could call and book a couple's massage for my fiancé and me. I decided to call later the following week to ask again for a refund because there was no written cancellation policy anywhere. When I finally got the owner on the phone, the conversation was horrible. During an 11-minute conversation, I barely got a word in because she spent most of the time lecturing me about proper business practices. She never was able to direct me to a written cancellation policy for spa parties and refused to admit and/or recognize that she cut our booking short for another party and still made us pay for a 6th spot. I am not a confrontational person and honestly have never yelled at a business owner for any reason whatsoever. However, her overall tone and demeanor was extremely rude and inappropriate, especially when talking to a customer. I ended up hanging up on our phone call because she was being so unreasonable and extremely rude to me since the beginning. At that point, since I was not able to get a single word in without her talking over me, and she just continued to lecture me, I decided to cut my loses and focus on a review instead. I understand this is a small business and I support that. However, for a small business, you would think the owner might treat customers better in hopes of them coming back a second time. For the owner, I recommend she has all her business policies in writing on the website and follows up verbal communication with written documentation before she ties to enforce them. It is super misleading and not clear. She can mask the fact that she offered us a "gift card" or extra services with compassion all she wants but her tone and general demeanor when talking with customers is anything but. In the end, we essentially paid for services we did not receive, and she was still able to book appointments that afternoon in the space we would have used. The overall spa experience for the services was also not positive but I'll let other members of my party address that because I had too many complaints to even fit everything in one review. Even though the prices are cheaper, you get what you pay for and I would rather pay more money for good customer service and a better experience overall. read more