Susan here to share a taste of my recent trip with my girls to Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa. If you’re visiting or you live in British Columbia, Canada, you can’t miss visiting Harrison Hot Springs. Last weekend we reviewed the resort in order to blog about it here at 5 Minutes for Mom. We were given a night stay, dinner and breakfast and a boat ride on the lake to facilitate our review.
I’ve lived my entire life in British Columbia, yet I’d never visited Harrison Hot Springs. Now I can’t wait to go back! Thankfully it’s only a short drive from Vancouver and the Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa – while being a luxurious resort – is surprisingly affordable.
The Road Trip
“Are we there yet?”
YES… Actually we are!
My girls are brutal on long car rides and so I’ve avoided lengthy family road trips with them. But the drive to Harrison Hot Springs was perfect. A scenic hour driving was just enough for them to feel like they’d gone far out of town and short enough that I didn’t have to listen to whining questions asking how much longer.
The Rooms
Staying in a hotel tops the fun charts for Julia and Sophia. And they were so excited by the spacious rooms and the beautiful grounds.
The Pools
There’s no question that the best part of Harrison Hot Springs Resort & Spa is the phenomenal collection of hot spring pools. There are three outdoor pools and an indoor pool all with varying temperatures as well as an indoor hot tub.
The warm swimming pools are absolutely perfect for enjoying the water with young children. When we arrived the weather was a little cold, but we were still able to swim outdoors and enjoy the pools because they were so warm. My little Sophia especially loved that she could touch the bottom throughout the entire family-friendly, warm outdoor pool.
The adult only swimming pool offers a quiet place for those who are traveling without children.
The variety of pool temperatures and depths meets everyone’s needs… I’ve never experienced anything like it!
The Food
We enjoyed dinner and a breakfast buffet at the Lakeside Cafe in the hotel. The menu selection was excellent and provided great choices for parents and children.
The Beach
The sun came out and we spent the afternoon at the beach that is just outside the hotel’s front door. An advantage of it being a lake and not an ocean beach is the clean, fresh water that’s free of seaweed and rough rocks. The water was cold but so very refreshing.
The Water Activities
We had so much fun riding in these Bumper Boats!
Harrison Watersports offers jet ski rentals, ski boats, banana tubes and bumper boats. They also have a huge floating Waterpark that’s perfect for older kids and adults to keep cool and have an outrageous amount of fun.
The Spa
You definitely deserve to relax and enjoy a facial or a massage at the Healing Springs Spa. I was treated to an Express Facial and it was phenomenal. I’m dreaming of going back for a massage… It truly is a place of healing.
Thank You
We are so thankful to have had this opportunity to experience and fall in love with Harrison Hot Springs. We will definitely go back.
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Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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What a pretty place to stay, putting this on the lists to visit. I really like that it is kids friendly! Great review, thanks.
WOW! Looks like you all had a really good time. 🙂 we have never been anywhere like this. SO expensive with a family of 6. 🙂
This place looks amazing! Looks like everyone had a great time!
This looks so fun and relaxing. Should we ever go to Canada on vacation I would love to be able to take my girls her with me.
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the place looks very relaxing and perfect for a family vacation! I love the pictures, thank you for sharing!!
This place looks Awesome!!! We might have to check it out;). Thanks for sharing
This place looks Awesome!!! We might have to check it out;). Thanks for sharing!
Oh that looks so nice! Looks like a place my family would LOVE to go! I loved the veiw from your room, and so neat on the different pools! Will have to put this on our list to go to someday!!!
Wow! Looks like a great time and a great place to go!
This looks like so much fun! My husband and daughters would love it!
WOW…this place looks fantastic…great pics…thanks for sharing!
What a great place and great memories for you and your daughters.
Looks so fun I wish I could plan a trip to somewhere like that. It would be amaZIng.
Everything about your holiday at Harrison Hot Springs looks fabulous! Especially the lake!!
This sounds like a really nice place. I’m especially interested in their spa services. Thanks for sharing!
What a fun vacation for all! It looks like a really great place to take kids and adults can have a relaxing vacation too!
WOW…fanTASTIC ammenities! And the view you had was incredible. I like the idea of having things to do for a couple vacation OR a family one…this fits both. Kid friendly meals, fun events and some adult attention like massage. It’s better than our honeymoon. Wait, we didnt GET a honey moon. I’d consider this a great family place to vacay! Only a couple years left and we are emptynested…so trying to plan one or two more vacations before all of SIX are gone.
We’ve been wanting to go to Vancouver, B.C., and this post gives us another reason to make it happen.
Now if that was close to me I’d be there once a month! hehehe That looks simply divine! Thanks for sharing.
Looks like all of you had a great time!
the beach looks beautiful and seems like there’s plenty of stuff to do there too
it is also an awesome spot for a ” Mom’s” Getaway too – went there with some friends and boy did we need the weekend re charge – and the kids all got daddy weekends back home
Wow – great review! So easy to follow and great pictures. Looked like such a special retreat for your daughters.
Totally jealous! We didn’t do ANYTHING this summer 🙁 Too much family “stuff” going on. Looking forward to next year, though!
looks like there is pleanty for the kids to do be great for our family after seeing this post
WOW! What an AWESOME place for a Family escape!
Your two little girls are the absolute cutest! They remind me so much of when my girls were young. Time sure flies when they are young, doesn’t it? :’)
Isn’t it funny how hard it is to be a tourist in your own back yard sometimes? We are always on our way to some place else and don’t usually go out and see the things that are only an hour or two away! Great idea!
This place looks fun too, it would be a longer road trip, but we’re sort of close by!
I love the food there it looks delicious. I love staying at places like that.
wow, what lucky girls you are. that’s a wonderful vaca
This looks like a great place to stay! There is plenty for everyone to enjoy. I would make sure I made time to go to the Spa for a massage. I am glad you enjoyed yourselves!
i could really enjoy that spa, i’m glad you all had a great time!
hope you guys had a super time
It looks like you had an amazing time!
How cool! I would love to visit there! 🙂
I wish I lived closer to Canada!!! That looks lovely!!!
I would love to go to a place like that with my grandkids would be a dream
Sounds like you all had a blast. If I am ever in BC, I will definitely check it out. It is nice to see a spa that also is kid friendly, young moms and dads need spaing too. Thanks for the review.
Wow, it looks like you had a fun time! The beach is always fun to go to. It looks beautiful there.
That look like an amazing vacation. I wish we had something like this closer to us. We need a kid friendly resort around here.
This is a nice place to take a vacation and the water activities look fun!
What a fun and beautiful place to vacation! I love how accommodating they are to families. It’s awesome that you’re just an hour away.
Great pictures! Looks like the kids had a great time!
looks like so much fun@ would love to visit
This sounds so relaxing!
I so wish there was something like this in my area.
We actually live pretty close to the border and Harrison Hot Springs is on our travel bucket list. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like so much fun!
A wonderful place for the family.
great pictures,look like your family had a lot of fun
Wow! Everything looks great and relaxing!
That looks nice and relaxing. I don’t have that hard of a time in a Hotel with Alysia, she loves anything with a pool, it’s the car rides that are the hard part. I like to take small jumps rather than long drives.
Looks and sounds like you had a wonderful time! I wish there were one of these an hour away from my house! My kids would love it!
Oh my God, those bumper boats and the swimming look so much fun! I am really missing how this summer I am working too much to take a vacation.
This Harrison Hot Springs looks amazing and a nice place to take the family and relax.
Wow! That looks amazing! Wish we had something that cool near us!
Wow! That looks amazing! Wish we had something that cool near us! My boys would love it!!!
Looks like a great time – the water activities would be right up my kiddos alley!
Looks like it had something for everyone!
It looks amazing, relaxing and fun there!! What a great little mini vaca for you and your family.
The water activities look like a lot of fun. I can see my family loving this. Great trip!
Looks amazing you are so lucky!
That looks amazing. Looks like you had a great time with your family!
I can’t wait to make a trip to Hot Springs as it’s not that far as I live in Missouri! I have wanted to go, but you have pushed me into it! 🙂
Looks like a great place for a family trip!
I love Harrison Hot Springs! Everyone looks like they had a blast!
Looks like a good time!
This sounds so great.
Looks like a blast! I love how there were things for the kids to do too!
Haven’t heard of Harrison Hot Springs but the proximity to Vancouver is a plus!
This place sounds like heaven and I would love to spend a week here.
Wow, that looks perfect. There are activities for everyone in the family to enjoy.
Wow lots of fun things to do for everyone.
I’m ready to go today!
That looks incredible. I wish I could getaway for awhile on vacation but work and more work await
wow that looks like a lovely getaway. i have never been to a hot springs but would like to go someday
Sounds like an amazing resort! I Like that there are so many fun water activities to do and the food looks delicious. The spa looks wonderful too!
Like the photos of the girls on the beds along with the delicious food. I want to try out their spa treatments, too. Looks like a good destination vacation.
I always think of resorts as adult type places but that looks like so much fun even for kids.
The pools look amazing and looks like everyone had a great time.
Looks Like A Great Family Friendly Place To Visit!
Man,what a cool place! I would love to take my family on a trip like this.I know it would be a blast!
Looks like so much fun! I am so glad you and your family enjoyed your time there
Looks beautiful! We are trying to plan a long weekend in October.
You really bring the visit to life – and I love the way you format your pictures! So snazzy! Hope we get the chance to go there some day – sounds perf!
Such a beautiful resort! I love the beach area with the mountains surrounding the lake, just breath taking! Maybe, if I get out that side of the country, I may give it a try for a weekend 🙂
What a great place to stay! It looks like your family had an amazing time!
Looks like a great resort and fun for all. Beautiful family
It looks like you guys had a great time! I would love to visit a spa. I never have before.
This looks like a great place for a getaway!!
Looks like you all had a great family vacation.
This looks like great family fun!
Everything looks great! The scenery is amazing and everything looks so nice and clean!
What a wonderful trip! It looks like the perfect place for a family to go to. They have plenty to offer everyone. I know my kids would love the bumper boats and i would hit the spa for sure.
Sounds wonderful. I’m not near the area but if we ever vacation there I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the review.
It’s funny the places we discover through different connections! I have now found a dreamy resort and know where I would like to stay should we ever find ourselves in the area!
Looks wonderful! Nice blend of fun and relaxation. Glad you were able to take some “me time” at the spa.
What an awesome place to take your kids and have a fun time swimming in the warm pools. The food looks so delicious and your daughters are so cute! I would love to got to this Hot Spring!
Great memory-making vacation!
Looks like you had a great trip. Also looks like a fun place to go.
that looks so relaxing and fun,would love to go there and just relax
People are always complaining that they can’t travel because they have kids…and we know it makes it even more of an adventure!
The bumper boats look fun!
I love that the different pools have different temperatures! My grandson loves staying in hotels, too. We’re close enough to visit here and even closer to some of the other hot spring resorts in BC.
WOW! The pictures are amazing. I think you should probably win MOM of The Year! I live in Montana just 80 miles south of the Canadian border. I would love to visit Harrison Hot Springs one day. (:
The spa would be so awesome to just enjoy and relax, I could use this! And the food looks so delish, what a fun experience.
The fish in the picture looks yummy!
This looks amazing. Although it would be several hours for us, it would totally be worth it. I’m not sure if I would bring the kids or not (although they would love it). Seriously considering the trip.
Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa looks like a great place to vacation.
Wow! This looks like an awesome vacation!
This place looks awesome, we might have to go there
wow that place looks awesome! i’m glad it was a short drive, road trips can be hard on kids. So nice to find places that offer everything in one place.
Looks like an amazing place to vacation with lots of fun things to do.
Sounds like an amazing place that the whole family can enjoy. Bonus for being close to home for you.
Wow, we’ve driven past a lot too but never stopped there either… now I really want to add it to our next trip through Vancouver! It looks amazing. My girls would also LOVE the pool. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
I can’t believe I had never been there before… I honestly cannot wait to go back.
Don’t tell my kids, but I want to go back for a relaxing weekend with my mom. My mom actually went there for her Honeymoon about 50 years ago but has never been back. She’d LOVE to go again… I think it’s changed quite a bit since then. LOL
It would be a wonderful romantic getaway too… Perfect for some time away from the busy life of looking after kids.
My kids looove staying in hotels too, so I’ve learned that it ups their vacation experience if I spend a little more on a hotel (vs. a truly budget hotel). Those rooms look very nice.
Yes, staying in a hotel is such a treat for my girls. They absolutely love it and get excited about every detail… even down to the cute little fridges.
Oh road trips with kids can be fun and not so fun with all the “are we there yet” questions over and over. 🙂
I have never been to a hot spring and I would love too! We took the kids to a water park and I spent most of my time in the hot tub instead of the pool!
We can’t even get down the street without the first, “Are we there yet?” It drives me crazy!!!
So with this being only an hour drive, it went really quickly.
Oh I know it. The first road trip my son said “Are we there yet?” a million times it seemed!
What a great looking resort! It almost looks like something Disney would have built for one of their hotels. Looks like you had a lot of fun with the girls.
Yes, it is an awesome resort… and so nice to have it close to home. The warm pools are perfect for our inconsistent weather here in BC.