The Beach - Sun and Spa

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502 E John St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Added by Jopie, at 04 April 2016

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• Riley Bode

  05 May 2017

  One of the best tanning salons I have ever been to. The employees are patient and accommodating and seem to have personal connections with the customers who come in regularly.
  
  I went in having never tanned before and clearly not knowing what I was doing, and I was helped in the most patient way and I had everything explained to me, so that I knew exactly what I was getting into.
  
  There were towels laid out to grab and the rooms were nicely labeled, making it really easy to find my way around. The employees showed me how the beds worked and made the entire experience awesome.
  
  As someone who is very fair and has never tanned ever, through the help of the employees, and the amazing quality of the beds, I'm able to go full time in the mega bed and I see instant color.
  
  I fully and completely recommend going to The Beach. By far the greatest and better priced tanning salon in the Champaign-Urbana area.

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• Lisa Catrambone

  11 April 2016

  Horrible! I didn't think so much could go wrong with just tanning, but I was surprised. To start, the girl at the front desk was pretty rude. It seemed like I was really an inconvenience to her day. After getting everything set up, she lazily told me "bed six" but the rooms weren't labeled; so I had to figure out where to go for myself. Looking around through the halls of beds, it was clear they were all second hand or purchased 15 years ago.
  
  I'm extremely white, but opted for the full time so I could judge how tan/burned I can get for myself. After 12 minutes in their max bed I was still the same color. There was no towel or wet-naps in the room which was extremely inconvenient. I've never been to a sunless-tanning operation and not received a towel before. It doesn't seem like something so obtuse to ask for.
  
  I hate writing terrible reviews, I really do. I actually never have before until today. I wrote The Beach a private message, telling them everything that happened and how even though I paid for the VIP full week I didn't want to come back. Their response was, "Sorry. Maybe you should have bought a lotion. There are towels in the lobby. We don't offer refunds." What?! I'm not sure how they stay in business but I do want to warn everyone else out there. I used to have a membership at Classic Tan. They have really great beds and are nice and professional. They even provide towels in all the rooms! I definitely won't be going back to The Beach.

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