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Girlfriend Getaways Gain Popularity Among Retirees, Preretirees

Every June for the past four years, Barbara Klein, 66, of Bethesda, Md., has gone on a weeklong spa trip to Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico. Her companions consist of a dozen women, mostly in their fifties to mid sixties. At the ranch, Klein and her girlfriends are busy, with hikes, exercise classes and cooking lessons. They meditate, get massages and other treatments, and attend lectures on subjects ranging from practicing wellness to the human microbiome.

"It's the best vacation, and it recharges me," says Klein, a retired lawyer. "All I think about is what do I want to do? It's self-indulgent in the best possible way." On

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