How to Bring the Hotel Spa to Your Airbnb | nytimes.com

Back in the days before the sharing economy, if you wanted to be pampered or primped you slipped on terry cloth slippers and shuffled off to the hotel spa. Today, home swapping is commonplace, and vacation rentals are a $24 billion market in the United States alone, according to Phocuswright, a market research company. One can still pop into a hotel or local spa for a massage or manicure.