# Session pricing

> Session is booking software for saunas and other shared-capacity sessions.
> Free to set up, no subscription, and no card required to start.

## Platform fee

- **0.5% per paid booking, capped each month** at a fixed amount in the venue's own currency: US$150, £100, €90, A$150, C$140, NZ$170.
- No setup fee, no monthly subscription, no contract, no card required to start.
- Free (zero-price) bookings carry no platform fee.

## Card processing (separate, and not paid to Session)

- Card payments run through Stripe into **the venue's own Stripe account**.
- Stripe sets the rate, and it depends on the country the venue's Stripe account is registered in, plus the card type and where the card was issued. Stripe publishes its rates for each country at https://stripe.com/pricing.
- For example, Stripe's standard online rates are **~1.5% + 20p** on UK cards for a UK account, and **2.9% + 30¢** on US cards for a US account (a US account also pays an extra 1.5% on international cards, and 1% where currency conversion is needed).
- This is Stripe's fee, charged on any booking platform that takes cards through Stripe. It is not ours to charge and does not pass through Session.

## What that means in practice

Worked examples on a card booking of 20 in the local currency, using the standard domestic rates above:

- **UK (£20 booking):** roughly **£0.10 to Session** (0.5%) and roughly **£0.50 to Stripe** (1.5% + 20p) - about **£0.60, or 3% all-in**.
- **US ($20 booking):** roughly **$0.10 to Session** (0.5%) and roughly **$0.88 to Stripe** (2.9% + 30¢) - about **$0.98, or 4.9% all-in**.

The Session share is the same 0.5% everywhere; the difference is Stripe's rate. Because the
Session share is capped each month, the effective platform rate falls as a venue grows.

## Community and non-profit saunas

Community and non-profit saunas are offered partnership terms through the
Community Sauna Network. Contact us via https://bookasession.org for details.

## What is included

Every plan includes the whole product — there are no feature tiers:

- Shared-capacity sessions, private hire, and flexible start times (customers choose how long they stay, and overlapping starts share the same spaces)
- Memberships, bundles, gift vouchers, and discount codes
- Per-guest digital waivers, signed at checkout and verified at check-in
- A branded booking page at your own address, plus an installable web app
- Automatic booking, reminder, cancellation, and review emails
- Staff check-in page, roles and permissions
- Reports on revenue, occupancy, and attendance; CSV export; webhooks
- Imports from Acuity, Wix, Periode, Mindbody, and any CSV

## Regions

Session is available to venues worldwide, including the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, and across Europe. Each venue sets its own country, currency,
timezone, clock format, and tax label, and customers see live FX hints when they browse
in another currency.

Taking card payments needs Stripe, which the venue connects as its own account, so online
card payments are available wherever Stripe operates (see https://stripe.com/global).
Stripe goes by where the venue's business is registered. Where Stripe is not available,
everything else in Session still works and venues record payments taken in person.

## Canonical page

https://bookasession.org/pricing