How Much Time a Float Actually Takes
The session is an hour. The visit is not. Here is where the rest of it goes.
Relaxation
The Twenty Minutes After
The part of the visit people most often skip, and most often regret skipping.
There is a version of a float where you get out, dress quickly, and go straight back into the day. It works. It is also about half the visit.
Shower properly first
Salt left in your hair will make itself known later. Shampoo and conditioner are in your suite, along with everything else you need.
Then do not leave immediately
The relaxation room has complimentary herbal tea, sketch books and colored pencils, and no expectation that you move along. It exists precisely so the hour has somewhere to land.
Why it matters
The most common regret we hear is not about the float. It is about what people scheduled immediately afterwards. An hour of quiet followed directly by a difficult meeting gets mostly undone on the drive.
If you can, leave the edges free
Arrive unhurried, leave unhurried. It is the cheapest upgrade available and it costs nothing but diary space.
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