Session is a booking platform built for saunas and the classes, events and private hire around them. Where appointment tools like Acuity book one person into one slot, Session sells spaces in a session - a sauna round, a yoga class or a workshop - and in the sauna customers can choose how long they stay. Memberships, bundles, gift vouchers, waivers and check-in are all built in. One-to-one appointments, like massage, are on the way.

Yes. Give a session up to four lengths, such as 60 and 90 minutes, each with its own prices, and start times as often as you like - every 30 minutes, say. Starts that overlap share the session’s spaces, so the sauna is never booked past what it holds, and a closing time stops any booking running into the next session.

Session is free to set up, with no card needed to start. There’s a 0.5% platform fee on paid bookings, capped each month in your own currency (US$150, £100, €90, A$150, C$140, NZ$170). Stripe’s card fees are separate and paid from your own Stripe account. Non-profit and community saunas get partnership pricing. Larger operators taking more than £30k a month in bookings (or the equivalent in their currency), or running three or more sites, agree a rate with us directly.

No. Customers book as a guest with just an email address, and their confirmation email has a private link to move or cancel the booking. An account is optional and makes repeat bookings quicker.

Yes. Memberships bill automatically through Stripe, with member prices at checkout and, if you want, a number of sessions included each period. You can also sell bundles and gift vouchers, and every discount applies automatically when a customer books.

Yes. Venues in the UK, Ireland, the US, Australia and New Zealand use Session. Prices show in your own currency, sessions show in your venue’s timezone, and payouts go to your own Stripe account in your country.

Yes. Session imports bookings, customers, gift vouchers and bundles from Acuity, Periode and CSV exports, and mailing lists from tools like Mailchimp with marketing consent kept. The founder helps with the move directly.

Customers pay by card through Stripe, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. The money goes straight into your own Stripe account - Session never holds your funds - and you stay in control of refunds and payouts. Bank debits and local payment methods are available in some regions.

Yes. Your booking page and the admin dashboard can both be added to a phone’s home screen as an app, with no app store needed. Customers get a booking app for your venue, and staff get a separate one for checking guests in.

Yes. Paste one snippet into Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Webflow, Framer or Shopify and your live schedule appears in your own colours, keeping itself up to date. Picking a session opens your booking page to book and pay.

You can take it with you at any time. One button downloads every booking, customer, waiver and voucher you hold - the actual records, not a summary. Session also publishes its data processing agreement and a written continuity plan.

It depends on your venue. For community and independent saunas, Session is purpose-built by a sauna operator: shared-capacity sessions, flexible start times and lengths, per-guest waivers, check-in at the door and memberships, free to set up with a 0.5% fee capped monthly and nothing added to your customers’ checkout. Other options include Acuity (US) and Periode (Nordic).