VIP Wellness Getaways! is a boutique full-service travel agency specializing in “wellness” vacations, getaways, and retreats. Enjoying “me time” is what “wellness travel” is all about, and with genuine enthusiasm and passion, we design unique and personalized life-enriching travel experiences for adults to enjoy some well-deserved “me time” with family, friends, alone (solo travelers), and on our “hosted getaways!” Our journeys cater to your overall well-being with awesome experiences, delicious healthy cuisines, and incredible pampering services while you explore, enjoy, and immerse yourself in amazing destinations.

VIP Wellness Getaways! also collaborate with businesses, organizations, clubs, and groups to offer your clients and members great incentives, memorable fun with family and friends, and amazing “getaway” experiences. We craft “win-win-win” travel packages that greatly benefit our group travel partners.

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A division of VIP Wellness Getaways!

MEET MS. BONITA

She Loves the Game of Golf!
(Golfing in South Africa)

Bonita M. Lockley

Your Getaway Concierge!
(Hiking in Costa Rica)

Hi – I’m the owner of VIP Wellness Getaways and Love Golf Getaways, two things I’m very passionate about – “wellness” and golf.

Prior to starting my travel agency, in 2012, I worked for many years in a very stressful “9 to 5” profession. To help manage the stress of work and life in general, I frequently traveled. I often referred to my “getaways” as “mental health breaks!” Early in life, I learned that it’s important to take “Me Time” regularly to relax, to regroup, to recharge, and to engage in experiences that contribute favorably to my livelihood.

When I retired from the “9 to 5,” in 2015, I began focusing on a travel “niche” for my agency, and “Wellness Travel” appealed to me the most. I’ve been an advocate for healthy living for many years. I received certification as a Holistic Health Coach from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York and The American Association of Drugless Practitioners in Texas in 2003. However, over the years, I’ve had my struggles with maintaining healthy lifestyle practices. I continuously strive for better consistency in my own life, and I wanted my business to help support me and others in “living our best life!”

In addition to consistently engaging in travel professional training, to cultivating my travel services, to enhancing my business operations, and to expanding my travel experiences, I also continue to nurture my thirst and quest for a healthier lifestyle. I completed T. Colin Campbell’s, author of “The China Study,” Plant-Based Nutrition certificate program, in 2017, via the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies through “eCornell” – Cornell University.

While “Wellness Travel” mean different things to different people, I believe the greatest aspect of “Wellness Travel” is for one to take some life-enriching “me time” to see, enjoy and experience amazing destinations around the globe. Yes, I work with a number of luxury resorts, cruise lines, and tour operators that offer healthy cuisines, a variety of fitness and sport activities, exceptional adventures, amazing spa treatments, and great pampering services, and yes, I design itineraries and host “getaways” that offer all of the above. However, simply “doing your own thing” while exploring, enjoying, and immersing yourself in the culture, people, and history of great destinations is my primary focus for my clients and myself. When one treat themselves to memorable and fun-filled “me time” vacations with friends, family or on a solo experience, you’re giving your mind, body and spirit much love, and that’s the true essence of “wellness travel!”

Love Golf Getaways!!! – I started playing golf, in 2012, and fell totally in love with the game. I organized and hosted a group trip for a women golf league I belonged to, and I play golf on practically all of my “getaways” so I added “golf travel” as a subdivision to the travel services I offer. I still golf in a women league March – October, and I’ll be adding an annual “golf getaway” to my list of hosted trips in the near future.