Originally Posted by
rkkwan
Most do offer sexual services, but you are not obligated to use them. Small personal belongings go into lockers, not sure about luggage. Free/cheap food throughout the day. It's safe, but whether it's comfortable to spend the night on a basically a lounger is another matter.
If you don't want sexual service, get the basic "Shanghainese" massage for not much, and just tell the "masseur" you don't even want a happy ending. But after adding this and that, you're paying the same as a hotel room anyways.
I happen to love spas, and have spent a handful of nights in them when I'm feeling too good to leave (e.g. the "oxygen room" at Morely's in Beijing is a sublime place to slumber). In the PRC at least, the entry fee alone usually includes overnight access... and this is almost always FAR cheaper than a hotel room. Furthermore, the upcharge from communal sleeping areas to private rooms rarely costs more than Y400.
Of course, all of these places offer "special" services, but I've never been pressured to partake in such.