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Recovery5 min read · 2 June 2026

How sauna and ice bath studios should handle online booking

Contrast therapy sells in slots. Here's how to structure booking so you fill off-peak hours instead of discounting them.

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Contrast therapy sells in slots. Here's how to structure booking so you fill off-peak hours instead of discounting them.

Slots, not appointments

A sauna or ice bath business isn't selling an appointment with a person — it's selling a seat in a room for a fixed window. Booking software built for hair salons handles this badly and forces staff to fix it manually.

Model it correctly: a session is a start time, a duration, a capacity and a buffer. Once the system knows that, it can sell every remaining seat without anyone picking up a phone.

Sell bundles, not single sessions

Single sessions attract tourists. Bundles create habits. A 10-session pack bought in January is ten visits and ten chances to become a member.

Show the per-session price of a bundle next to the single-session price. The maths does the selling.

Fill the quiet hours

Off-peak slots are pure margin. A simple off-peak price tier, surfaced right in the booking grid, moves more volume than any discount code campaign.

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