How do I sell a longer stay window with a chosen arrival time, without turning it into an appointment?
Sell a sauna or cold plunge stay as a timed session with a fixed session length, not a practitioner appointment.
Zettlor sells shared-capacity sauna and cold plunge sessions where the guest picks a start time and the stay length is the session length. This is seat-based sauna and cold plunge access, not a one-to-one appointment with a practitioner.
What Zettlor does today
Shared-capacity sessions use discrete slots with a set session length. The guest selects a start time; their stay window is that session length. Capacity is seat-based, not a free-form arrival range.
This behavior is live in Zettlor today for a commercial sauna and cold plunge room. Guest booking, cancel, and credit self-serve steps stay on Help. This page is for operators.
Desk path
Scheduling → Configuration to set session length and release policy; Schedule to verify open slots on the schedule.
Do not invent a settings path beyond what is listed here. If the product does not include a control, the desk workaround is the path.
Failure mode
Operators stretch session length expecting guests to arrive anytime inside a window. Guests only see discrete starts; a 90-minute session is one arrival time, not a flexible range.
Operator example
Rytual runs 90-minute sauna and cold plunge sessions. Guests pick 10:00 or 10:30 start; the stay ends when the session length expires, with no practitioner appointment layer.
A sauna and cold plunge operator can copy the shape of this example without copying another brand's private pricing or customer lists.
How to do this
- Create or edit a shared-capacity sauna or cold plunge offering.
- In Scheduling → Configuration, set session length to the stay length you want sold.
- Set start interval or session start times so start times match your arrival cadence.
- Generate slots and confirm on Schedule that each row shows the expected session length.
- Publish and test checkout: guest picks one start time; checkout confirms that slot only.
Related questions
Can guests arrive anytime during the window?
No. They book a specific start time. The window is the session length from that start, not a flexible arrival range.
Is this the same as a treatment appointment?
No. Shared-capacity sessions are seat-based sauna and cold plunge access. One-to-one practitioner offerings are separate appointments.
Follow-up guides
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