How to Choose Sauna Booking Software: A Checklist

The checklist

Shared-seat capacity. Can it sell individual seats in a shared hour, and stop you overselling?
Private hire. Can a group book the whole sauna, and does it stop a private booking landing on an hour with social guests?
Booking on your site. Do guests book on your website, or get sent to someone else's?
Payments. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay into your own account? What fees on top?
Commission. Is there a fee per booking, or a flat monthly price?
Reminders. Email, text or WhatsApp confirmations and reminders, with a link to change or cancel?
Time-of-day pricing. Can sunrise or off-peak seats cost less?
Memberships. Credits, guest passes and Direct Debit?
Gift vouchers. Sold online, emailed instantly, redeemed in the booking?
An app. Can guests book from their home screen and get QR tickets?
Last-minute sales. Is there a way to tell guests about free seats right now?
Weather closures. Can you block an hour and message affected guests quickly?
Your data. Can you export customers and bookings, and sync to your email tool?
Try before you buy. Is there a working demo you can use without a sales call?

How Stoked answers it

Stoked does all fourteen, with a flat monthly price and no commission per booking. You can check every point yourself in the live demo.

How guests book

Six steps to a QR ticket.

Step 1 of the booking flow: Session — Step 1Session

Step 2 of the booking flow: Date — Step 2Date

Step 3 of the booking flow: Time — Step 3Time

Step 4 of the booking flow: Guests — Step 4Guests

Step 5 of the booking flow: Extras — Step 5Extras

Step 6 of the booking flow: Pay — Step 6Pay

Done of the booking flow: QR ticket — DoneQR ticket

What you get

Everything a sauna needs to sell seats.

Social and private

Sell single seats in a shared hour, or the whole sauna to a group. Seats lock as people pay.

Six-step booking

Session, date, time, guests, extras and payment, with a running total and live seats at every step.

Last-minute seats

When someone cancels, push the free seats to opted-in phones in one tap.

Memberships

Tiers with monthly credits, guest passes and member prices, paid by card or Direct Debit.

Gift vouchers

Sell personalised vouchers online, emailed in seconds with a QR, redeemed at checkout.

Your own app

Guests install it from your website. Live seats, QR tickets, member credits and alerts.

Questions

Good to know.

Is a flat monthly price better than commission?

For most saunas, yes. A flat price stays the same however many seats you sell, so your busiest months don't cost you more.

Do I need an app?

An app isn't essential for taking bookings, but it's the best way to fill last-minute seats with push notifications and to keep members booking.

How much does Stoked cost?

Stoked is a flat monthly price with no commission per booking. Bookings start from £45 a month, and every module together is £150 a month, excluding VAT. Card fees are Stripe's standard rates, paid from your own Stripe account.

Can I try it first?

Yes. The live demo is a working copy of the platform. Book as a guest, then open the back office and the app and change anything you like. Nothing to install and no card needed.

How to choose sauna booking software.