About Serenity Ways
Serenity Ways curates the world's best health wellness clinics, hotels and resorts, as well as life-changing practitioners and luxury retreats. We help wellness seekers discover and compare programs with ease, finding the perfect experience that matches with their unique needs.
What makes Serenity Ways unique?
Serenity Ways was founded by Victoire Spoerry, a remarkable travel advisor specialised in luxury hotels. Victoire's health journey was marked by profound challenges, and led her to throughly explore many facets of wellness and preventive health, and to constantly pay attention to the alignment of her body, mind and soul. A rather difficult journey, with so much learning and incredible encounters along the way.
Serenity Ways is one of the few luxury travel agencies entirely focused on health wellness travel. Even more than others, we put a huge emphasis on knowing our partner wellness clinics and practitioners inside out: we don't just absorb their marketing brochures, we test their programs, we talk with their doctors, to really understand which program is the best match for which client condition and objective .
In an era where everyone tries to augment or replace humans with technology, Serenity Ways is more like craftsmen of unique wellness journeys. We take the time to understand how each guest is unique, and to recommend the perfect retreat rather than the one which pays the most commission.
Our constant connexions with the world's best wellness hoteliers, doctors and therapists is also a unique characteristic of Serenity Ways, which allows our clients to be the first aware of the latest opportunities to optimise their performance, and life their life better, for longer.
We focus on life-changing retreats
When you embark on a life-changing retreat, the stakes are high. You deserve a partner who knows these programs inside out.
Wellness has become a broad and vague concept. At Serenity Ways, we focus exclusively on profoundly transformative health and wellness programs. We have gained a unique depth of knowledge of the different methods and approaches, as well as the teams who make the magic happen.
We are not here to sell spa experiences. Spa days are awesome, and we love it too, but you don't need our expertise to find the right ones. You need our expertise to find life-changing programs and retreats. That's where we are possibly the best match-makers between your objectives, and the most advanced wellness clinics and health-focused luxury resorts in the world.
We test and review the programs
Most spa and wellness sites inspect hotels briefly, take beautiful selfie pictures, and publish glowing reviews. We take a different approach. Here's why.
For many people, life-changing retreat is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For it to truly work, your body and mind must actively participate: accepting and responding to the catalysts offered by the treatments, diet, and environment.
To choose the right program, one of the most crucial factors is your ability to fully immerse yourself in the experience and align deeply with the transformative journey it offers.
That's why we test each program as a regular guest and share our authentic experience, helping you identify which programs will truly resonate with you. Indeed, a life-changing retreat inevitably involves facing painful moments (headaches during detox programs ...), confronting difficult questions (life choices during sleep and stress management programs ...), and navigating intense emotions, before experiencing healing and rebirth.
Serenity Ways help you choose your ideal program
Whether it's on the phone (still our favourite channel ...), WhatsApp, email, or face-to-face, we help you find the best program for your needs.
We consider your level of experience with regards to health wellness clinics, your health condition and family history, and your long-term objectives ; then we leverage our years of expertise in wellness and luxury travel to recommend the best destinations and programs for you.
While we manage your booking, you handle payment directly with the hotel for complete transparency. We remain in the loop to ensure you receive all the necessary attention from every retreat we partner with, before, during and after your program.
What truly sets us apart from other luxury travel advisors is our deep expertise in health and wellness, combined with our meticulous attention to detail. With Serenity Ways, you're not on your own: we're with you on your wellness journey, ensuring your experience is seamless. Our service is free for our clients: you pay the same price (and sometimes less: we have access to special offers) than if you book directly with the clinic, while enjoying exclusive perks you wouldn't have access to on your own (room upgrades, spa credits, early check-in/late check-out ...). Our partner clinics pay a commission to Serenity Ways after your stay: this is how we are remunerated.
Our History
2013 - Remote work needed!
Victoire was travelling extensively for her work in the fashion industry, and her husband too. Meeting each other at the airport was not going to be enough to raise a family!
As Victoire had always been organising perfect travel experiences for her family and friends, she decided to launch her concierge service dedicated to high-end hotels and meaningful travel. A great success!
Victoire met with Jay Johnson, who became her mentor. Jay is a long-standing board member of Virtuoso.
2015 - The best insider reviews
Victoire differentiated herself by knowing the destinations and hotels she recommended inside out: spending time visiting properties, staying informed about the latest and greatest experiences, and discovering which hoteliers make magic happen.
Her Tumblr blog (don't laugh, it's 2015!) was one of the most influential media dedicated to luxury hotels in France and Belgium at that time. It was called Le Monde selon Victoire, because it spoke about the particular world of Victoire: not the whole world, instead, a curated world where experiences are above and beyond perfection.
2018 - To the moon!
Le Monde selon Victoire seemed unstoppable, attracting more and more clients, managing higher and higher expectations. Fun but very demanding.
In less than 5 years, Victoire had become a top-selling travel agent for the most prestigious hotel groups, while remaining true to her values: only sending clients to places where they would be welcomed perfectly.
2019 - Choosing to live
While Le Monde selon Victoire thrived, Victoire was literally dying. Her health became weaker and weaker. Her metabolism slowed down, despite the help of the best medical doctors.
At some point, they declared she only had 6 months left. Victoire chose the chance of a different future, although it required putting the travel advisory on hold and embracing many unknowns.
She started reconnecting the dots between her lifelong encounters with numerous practitioners of ancient healing science around the world.
2021 - Giving back
With the support of incredible therapists at the crossroads of western medicine and ancient healing science, Victoire healed. She adopted a drastically healthy lifestyle. Her body, mind and energy became stronger than ever.
As a way of giving back, Victoire opened a boutique high-end retreat welcoming wellness seekers looking for how to change their life: Le Domaine de Sirius, in Dordogne, France.
2022 - New perspectives - again!
Yet another year of transition and learning, triggered by a 2-month trip across Mexico. The beginning of 18 months of introspection and reflection on what matters in life, unconditional love, connection with nature, and spirituality, in the remote Domaine de Sirius, cut off from the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, Victoire restarted her travel advisory business: a relief for her clients who had been waiting for her return since 2019!
2024 - Welcome to Serenity Ways!
One of the most surprising insights from the numerous guests who came to change their life at Le Domaine de Sirius: when you hear the calling "it's time, now! NOW!", you rarely call your friends or your travel agent. Your only resource is... Google or ChatGPT.
However, each wellness hotel and clinic presents their programs in a different way. It's overwhelming, especially if you have a challenging health condition or if you're close to burn-out. The vision of Serenity Ways is to make it easy to discover and compare wellness retreats and programs, and to be matched with the most relevant experiences.
In the background, it requires an enormous effort to curate, test and review the most advanced programs in health, wellness and longevity. But with Victoire's network, Serenity Ways was born!
Serenity Ways was launched at Chenot Palace Weggis in January 2024, 11 years after launching Le Monde selon Victoire. Since then, 100+ of the world's best health wellness clinics and resorts, practitioners and retreats have partnered with Serenity Ways, to make it easier for well-being seekers to find the perfect experience for their objectives.