The quote you receive before your Chicago chair massage event is the price on your invoice after it. No charges for setup. No charges for teardown. Our massage therapists bring everything, arrive ready, and work independently from the first session to breakdown. RSNA's medical exhibit floor, the CREW Network Convention's ballroom setup, and a Loop office break room each call for a different load-in — we clear the right one before your massage therapist arrives. Licensed Illinois massage therapists covering McCormick Place, the Loop, River North, Fulton Market, the West Loop, and the full metro.
An exhibitor at McCormick Place and an HR coordinator at a Northern Trust or Guaranteed Rate office in the Loop are solving different problems. One needs booth traffic on a show floor where every exhibitor is competing for the same attendee attention. The other needs to run a staff appreciation program across a downtown high-rise. What both need is a licensed Illinois massage therapist who arrives with a professional chair massage setup, handles everything independently, runs the session queue from start to finish, and leaves on their own schedule.
Massage by Design has staffed the CREW Network Convention, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon expo, and hundreds of corporate events across the metro. Northern Trust and Guaranteed Rate are among the confirmed clients in this market. A trade show booth and a Loop office appreciation event look nothing alike. The massage therapist who shows up, sets a chair, runs the queue, and breaks down independently is the same either way.
Massage by Design serves the full Chicago metro: Downtown, the Loop, River North, Fulton Market, the West Loop, McCormick Place, and the suburban corridor through Schaumburg, Naperville, Oak Brook, and Rosemont. Any corporate event within 100 miles of downtown Chicago is in our service area.
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McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America. A professional chair massage station at your booth creates a visible line, keeps attendees in real conversation with your team, and makes your space the one people point others toward. We are familiar with McCormick Place floor regulations, standard booth footprints, and the logistics of working in a large show environment. Learn about events at McCormick Place.
Learn MoreChicago's conference hotels draw major industry events year-round. We have staffed the CREW Network Convention, events at the Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Centric, Sheraton Grand, and Marriott properties along Michigan Avenue. We staff a single massage therapist for smaller breakout sessions and full wellness lounge buildouts for multi-day events. The CREW Network Convention's multi-day ballroom footprint and a single-afternoon breakout session at the Hyatt Centric get staffed to their own floor plan, not a copy of each other's setup.
Learn MoreAn appreciation event that gives Loop and River North employees a concrete physical benefit in their regular work attire performs differently than a catered lunch or a company-branded gift. We come to your office, bring all equipment, and run 10 to 15 minute sessions employees feel immediately. Available as a one-time event or a recurring program for companies across Downtown Chicago, Fulton Market, Schaumburg, Naperville, and the full metro.
Learn MoreChair massage is consistently the most visited station at any health or benefit fair. Employees experience an immediate physical benefit that handouts and displays cannot provide. We handle our own setup and work alongside other vendors independently.
Learn MoreNurses Week at Northwestern Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, and the University of Chicago Medicine. Teacher Appreciation Week at Chicago Public Schools and suburban districts throughout Cook County. Administrative Professionals Day at financial services and law firms in the Loop. These events fall on fixed annual schedules, require confirmed vendor availability before the recognition window opens, and benefit from a provider that produces Illinois licensure and insurance documentation without follow-up requests. We manage all day-of logistics independently.
Learn MoreExcellent massage. So kind and accommodating during a women's conference. I would definitely recommend using them.
An amazing team and an amazing experience. We got a break from the day and were treated to a massage. The team was so mindful about any aches or pains and continued to check on me throughout.
Best five minutes ever. If I lived in Chicago I would be a new client. Thank you.
The Loop's financial services towers, River North and Fulton Market's technology companies, the Near North Side's law firms, and the convention activity at McCormick Place and the Merchandise Mart create four distinct buyer segments that book chair massage for entirely different reasons. HR teams plan employee recognition programs. Exhibitors need booth traffic. Conference organizers provide attendee breaks. Healthcare systems run Nurses Week across multiple campuses. A licensed Illinois massage therapist works all four of these the same week without a second vendor call from any of them.
Chicago's corporate event activity doesn't stop at the city limits. The O'Hare corridor at Rosemont generates independent convention demand. Schaumburg and Naperville host Fortune 500 suburban campuses with their own HR calendars. Oak Brook and Evanston add mid-market employers who run annual health fairs and appreciation events. Rosemont's convention-corridor bookings clear through hotel meeting-space logistics; a Schaumburg or Naperville campus event clears through corporate building access instead. We confirm which applies before the massage therapist shows up.
The CREW Network Convention started with a quote request. So did the Bank of America Chicago Marathon expo. Here is what the process looks like from that point.
Date, venue, and number of hours. A coordinator responds within one business day with confirmed massage therapist availability and a firm price for your specific Chicago location. No commitment required to receive the quote. McCormick Place load-in windows, Loop building security protocols, and hotel conference access requirements are details we address after you decide to book.
Once you book, the coordinator assigns a licensed Illinois massage therapist and handles the venue-specific logistics. For McCormick Place, that means coordinating with show floor load-in schedules. For Loop and River North offices, it means confirming building access and floor space. The booking is complete when you say it is.
On time, in professional attire, with everything needed. Setup completed before your first attendee arrives. Session queue managed throughout the window. Breakdown handled at the end. We have done this at the CREW Network Convention, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon expo, at Northern Trust and Guaranteed Rate offices, and at hundreds of corporate events across the Chicago metro. That is the standard every time.
Recipients sit in their regular work attire whether that is business formal at a Loop financial services firm, event clothes at a McCormick Place trade show, or scrubs at a Northwestern Medicine facility. No oils, no undressing, nothing to do before sitting down. Sessions cover neck, shoulders, upper back, and arms in 10 to 15 minutes.
That is the footprint. No power connections, no water, no special flooring required. We work in trade show booth corners at McCormick Place, conference prefunction corridors at the Hyatt Regency and Sheraton Grand, open office areas in Fulton Market lofts, and break rooms in Schaumburg and Naperville suburban campuses. If a space is available, it almost certainly fits the setup.
The session works directly on the areas where desk work accumulates tension. Attorneys at Loop firms, analysts at financial services companies, engineers at West Loop tech offices: they sit down, get 10 to 15 minutes of focused work on neck, shoulders, and upper back, and walk back to their desks or continue through the event immediately. No transition time, no extended absence from the floor.
Our massage therapists bring the chair and all supplies. They arrive before the event window opens, set up independently, manage the session queue from start to finish, and break down independently when the window closes. The only thing we need from you is a confirmed space and a point of contact for arrival.
Massage by Design is a WBENC-certified women-owned business, founded in 2005 by licensed massage therapist Koko Klipper. Every massage therapist is licensed in Illinois and carries their own liability insurance. We have staffed the CREW Network Convention, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon expo, and hundreds of corporate events across the city.
Massage by Design has been providing professional chair massage since 2005. In that time we have staffed some of the largest events in Chicago, including the CREW Network Convention, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon expo, and recurring programs at major companies across the metro. We know how Chicago events run and what event planners need on show day.
Most corporate massage companies are run by businesspeople. Massage by Design was built by a licensed massage therapist. Founder Koko Klipper started her career behind the chair and grew this company from the ground up. That firsthand experience shapes how we screen massage therapists, coordinate events, and show up for clients.
Organizations that hold a conference at McCormick Place in Q2 and an appreciation event in Dallas or San Diego in Q4 don't need a different vendor in each city, but the load-in details aren't copied from one to the other: McCormick Place's exhibitor floor rules aren't the same as a Dallas hotel ballroom's, and we clear each market's own logistics separately. See the full network at our locations page.
Chair massage is billed by the hour per massage therapist. The clock runs on session time. There are no charges for setup or teardown, and the price quoted before your Chicago event is the price on your invoice after it. For procurement teams at Loop financial services firms and HR coordinators at Schaumburg and Naperville campuses who need a clean number for internal budget approval, that is what you get from the first quote. More at massagebydesign.net.
McCormick Place runs one of the densest trade show calendars in North America. RSNA, the International Manufacturing Technology Show, the National Restaurant Association Show, and dozens of multi-day conferences fill the convention center year-round. Each draws hundreds of exhibitors who have learned that a chair massage station is among the most reliable booth traffic tools available on a competitive show floor. Exhibitors who use it at one McCormick Place show typically rebook before the next show date is confirmed, creating a repeat-client segment that fills massage therapist availability well ahead of general exhibitor registration deadlines. The Merchandise Mart and Rosemont convention corridor add parallel demand from buyers who cannot get McCormick Place dates.
The Loop and River North corporate corridors house one of the highest concentrations of financial services, legal, and technology headquarters in the country. CME Group, Northern Trust, Guaranteed Rate, and hundreds of mid-market firms in these neighborhoods run HR programs on annual planning calendars that treat employee recognition as a budget line item, not a discretionary expense. The volume of professional-services employees concentrated in a small downtown footprint means appreciation event demand from this corridor alone generates consistent year-round bookings independent of the convention calendar.
Chicago's healthcare network creates Nurses Week demand at a scale most markets cannot match. Northwestern Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, the University of Chicago Medicine, and the broader Advocate Health and Ascension Illinois systems collectively employ tens of thousands of clinical staff across dozens of facilities throughout the metro. Recognition coordinators at health systems of this size plan Nurses Week programming with multi-facility logistics that require confirmed vendors months before the May window. The combined nursing staff across these networks makes Chicago's Nurses Week booking concentration among the highest in the country and means coordinators who wait until spring routinely find availability already committed at preferred providers.
Yes. We staff trade shows and conventions at McCormick Place and are familiar with the venue's floor regulations, exhibitor requirements, and setup procedures. Our massage therapists work within standard 6.5 x 6.5 to 8 x 8 foot booth footprints and can adapt to tighter spaces as needed. Learn more about our trade show chair massage services.
The most common event types in Chicago include trade shows and exhibitions at McCormick Place and the Merchandise Mart, where it draws booth traffic and keeps attendees engaged; employee appreciation events at corporate offices in the Loop, River North, and the suburbs; health and benefit fairs for large employers in healthcare, financial services, and technology; multi-day conferences at the Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Centric, and Sheraton Grand; marathon and sporting expos such as the Bank of America Chicago Marathon; and special recognition weeks including Nurses Week and Teacher Appreciation Week.
Yes. Every massage therapist we send to a Chicago event is licensed by the State of Illinois and carries their own liability insurance. We can provide documentation on request if your venue or show organizer requires it.
For major trade shows at McCormick Place and large multi-day conventions, four to six weeks is the right window. Chicago is one of the most active corporate event markets in the country and massage therapist availability fills during peak conference periods, particularly around RSNA, the NRA Show, and the fall convention season. For Nurses Week programs across Northwestern Medicine, Rush, and other healthcare networks, four to six weeks gives enough runway for multi-facility scheduling. For Loop, River North, and Fulton Market office events and suburban health fairs, two to three weeks is typically sufficient. We confirm availability within one business day of your inquiry.
Yes. We serve the full Chicago metropolitan area including the Loop, River North, West Loop, Schaumburg, Naperville, Evanston, Oak Brook, Rosemont, and Oak Park. If your event is within 100 miles of downtown Chicago, we have massage therapist coverage for your location.
Yes. We regularly staff multi-day conferences and conventions throughout Chicago. We have provided chair massage at the CREW Network Convention across multiple days and can coordinate a single massage therapist or a full wellness lounge team at venues including the Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Centric, Sheraton Grand, and McCormick Place. All scheduling and day-of logistics are handled by us.
Yes. Many Chicago companies use us for regular onsite chair massage on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly schedule. A recurring program requires no additional coordination once the initial booking is confirmed. The massage therapist arrives, sets up, runs the session, and leaves. Your team approves the schedule and we handle everything else. Learn more about employee appreciation chair massage.
Chair massage is priced by the hour per massage therapist. Rates start at $95 per hour per massage therapist with a two-hour minimum. There are no setup fees, teardown fees, or travel charges within the Chicago metro coverage area. Credit card payments carry a 3.15% processing fee. The price in your quote is the price on the invoice. It does not change based on queue length, attendee count, or any other day-of factor. Request a quote and receive confirmed pricing within one business day.
The mechanism is straightforward. Most desk workers carry chronic tension in the neck, shoulders, and upper back from extended time at a screen. A 10 to 15 minute chair massage addresses those areas specifically while the recipient stays fully clothed in their work attire. No oils, no changing, no disruption to the rest of the day. Employees at Loop financial services firms, Fulton Market technology companies, and suburban corporate campuses return to their workstations having had a genuine physical benefit. For many Chicago companies, a single onsite chair massage event produces more positive employee feedback than an entire quarter of passive wellness initiatives.
The easiest way is to request a quote directly through Massage by Design. Tell us your event date, venue, and how many hours you need. A coordinator follows up within one business day with massage therapist availability and confirmed pricing for your Chicago event. We serve the full Chicago metro including McCormick Place, downtown Loop offices, conference hotels, and suburban venues in Schaumburg, Naperville, and Oak Brook. There is no obligation after receiving your quote. You can also reach us by phone at (866) 629-7352 or visit our full locations page to see every city we serve.
Tell us about your event and one of our coordinators will follow up with massage therapist availability, pricing, and everything you need to know. Usually within one business day.
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