Wellness travel is a natural companion to the alcohol-free world. Here are five properties at the front of the curve, creating zero-proof options with style, intention, and a keen eye for creating the best, most inclusive experience for their guests.
These days most luxury hotels offer a few nonalcoholic beverages on their menu. But as any lover of nonalcoholic beverages knows, having a few mocktail options (or worse a juice and some tea) is not the same as curating a full nonalcoholic program. Guests looking for these options quickly learn to spot the difference between juice-based beverages and a well-thought-out NA menu (and staff who understand the value of the latter).
As NA beverage consultants, we love to find programs that are structural to the working of a hotel’s beverage program, where the nonalcoholic drinks carry their own recipes and their own build (both required to find the right balance and flavor), not just watered-down versions of the existing cocktails. We also appreciate when bar staff are trained on the NA offerings the same way they’re trained on the classics. The ideal for us is when we see NA options priced and printed alongside the cocktails rather than beneath them. The dream is for them to appear in tasting menu pairings!
The five hotels we share below answer the call for genuine NA options and alcohol-free experiences in different ways. None of them is purely a sober resort, but what they share is an alcohol-free experience designed with intention, and the difference is something you can feel throughout your stay.
