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Shoulder months pay off at Hot Springs
For half of the year, the largest and deepest hot spring in the world is virtually sold out. But during the upcoming shoulder season, the Springs Resort offers 10% commissions on its accommodations.
“We think it’s a great incentive to help us fill up the months where we can use extra help. And those are great adult travel months,” said Paula Miser, vp, sales and marketing, at the resort in Pagosa Springs, CO.
The shoulder months are August, September and October, and April, May and June.
Ms Miser said that the long-standing springs was called “The Carlsbad of America” in 1898 when experts completed a study of it.
When Matt Mees and Bill Dawson purchased the Southwest Colorado property in the early 1990s, it was a boarded up motel. But transportation improvements such as expanded highways have made the site more accessible.
Annual visitors to the area now exceed 150,000.
The temperatures of each of the different pools are measured and posted daily. Pools are maintained at different temperatures to accommodate individual needs.
The 50-room hotel is a boutique property with a Mediterranean theme. Amenities include thick mattresses, fine linens, and plush robes.
The hotel is all geo-thermal with water from the Great Pagosa Hot Spring feeding the showers and other hot water needs.
Reported by David Wilkening
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