The private fiberglass float pod (glistening white, sleek, futuristic) is filled with 200 gallons of skin-temperature purified water. ![]() The staff are welcoming, considerate and ready to help guests renew their bodies, refresh their minds, and revive their senses. The facilities are fastidiously clean and aesthetically pleasing with an upscale-modern décor. Whether you are seeking pain management, relief from stress or anxiety, improved focus, or, for one precious hour, a “world of one’s own,” Urban Float provides a sanctuary that promises an improved quality of life. Before long, they opened two more, and a couple years later, their first franchise opened in Vancouver, WA, and was the start of their national expansion. They started out with two three-pod locations in Seattle. Urban Float offers a premium spa experience with the most comfortable, safe and convenient floatation systems. The two founded Urban Float with Scott as CEO, Joe as Chief Operating Officer, and lifted sensory deprivation from the days of shag carpets and avocado kitchens and made it millennial friendly. In another case of knowing a guy who knew a guy, Joe met Scott Swerland, serial entrepreneur and CEO of two successful tanning companies. Undaunted, Joe floated, was hooked and determined to bring floating into the 21st century. ![]() Not exactly “knock three times and whisper low,” but it felt a tad sketchy. Sounded interesting, but were there any still around? Turned out that a coworker knew a guy who knew a guy, and Joe found himself at a stranger’s house, unfurnished except for the tank that resembled a meat locker. He came across an article about the sensory deprivation tanks of the 1960s and 1970s. ![]() Joe Beaudry was searching for ways to de-stress from the increasing demands of his rise up the IT ladder of the nation’s largest wireless communications provider.
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