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Industry guide · Yoga studios
A yoga studio loyalty program for quieter class times
Sell one simple pass for quieter group classes while the booking system remains responsible for schedules, places, waitlists, cancellations, and attendance.
Recommended starting program
Start with one mechanism customers can remember.
Sell an illustrative $96 pass for unlimited eligible weekday group classes starting before 4pm for 30 days. The pass is personal, begins at sale, does not renew, and never guarantees a class place.
Pass
30-day unlimited
Illustrative price
$96
Eligible use
Named weekday classes before 4pm
Stacking
No vouchers or member discounts
Why this fits
The trade decides the mechanism.
This guide covers independent yoga studios with instructor-led group classes and a staffed or host-managed arrival. It excludes retreats, teacher training, clinical treatment, private therapy, online-only libraries, memberships with automatic renewal, and claims about health outcomes.
A yoga customer may attend several lower-demand group classes in a month. A time-limited pass gives the member one clear access period without requiring staff to calculate a reward after every class.
The before-4pm boundary protects evening capacity. The studio booking system, not Reward Loyalty, controls places, cancellations, waitlists, no-shows, instructor cover, and attendance.
Points fit less well at launch because class prices may already vary by pack or membership. A counted pass is safer when classes have tight capacity; use it instead if unlimited attendance creates crowding.
Customer journey
From the first QR to a reason to return.
The program should follow the transaction or appointment that already exists. It should not create a second queue.
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Discover the quiet-time pass
A reception, booking-confirmation, or studio-door QR explains the eligible class window before purchase.
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Join and buy
Staff register the member, confirm the terms, take payment at the till, and sell the pass.
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Book externally
The member reserves an eligible class in the studio booking system.
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Scan on arrival
Staff open the active pass and record the use after confirming the booking.
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Reach a fixed milestone
First pass used and weekly-run achievements recognise supported loyalty activity.
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Return within the window
The wallet shows pass status while the booking system shows the next available class.
Exact program setup
Configure the base program before the campaign.
Complete the steps in order. Each documentation link opens the current 5.x setup guide for that task.
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Create the 30-day pass
Choose an unlimited pass, a 30-day validity, an illustrative $96 till price, and a description naming the eligible weekday classes before 4pm.
Create the yoga pass -
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Keep eligibility in two places
List the class window in the pass terms and booking confirmation. Staff must still check the class booking before recording a use.
Understand pass boundaries -
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Train sale and arrival roles
Reception sells after payment; the host scans only after an eligible booking is visible. Test lookup, use, undo, and the no-place fallback.
Sell and scan passes -
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Activate only fixed milestones
Reward Loyalty provides a curated catalogue of predefined, one-time milestones. Businesses choose which Achievements to activate and how to reward them using the supported controls.
Activate yoga achievements -
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Place and test the join code
Use one code at reception and one in booking confirmations. Test the destination on a customer phone before publishing it.
Prepare yoga QR materials
Achievement strategy
Use milestones as a supporting layer.
Reward Loyalty provides a curated catalog of predefined, one-time milestones. The business chooses which achievements to activate and whether to attach an optional reward. Names, thresholds, measured events, and formulas stay fixed.
A loyalty day records qualifying loyalty activity on a distinct business-local date. It is not a configurable product, service, branch, booking-source, or purchase-count rule. See the fixed achievement catalog and progress rules.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
First pass used
- Fixed milestone
- Use a prepaid pass for the first time.
- Why it matters here
- The first recorded pass use confirms that sale, wallet, booking check, and arrival scan can work together.
- Reward approach
- Use recognition only. The pass already carries prepaid value.
- Guardrail
- It records a pass use, not a booked class, completed class, pose, instructor, or health result.
- 30-day check
- Sold passes, first uses, time to first use, and failed arrival checks.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
4-week regular
- Fixed milestone
- Earn a loyalty day in 4 weeks in a row.
- Why it matters here
- A loyalty day in four weeks in a row can recognise an early weekly studio rhythm.
- Reward approach
- Use recognition or a capped off-peak guest voucher only after capacity is known.
- Guardrail
- The condition is a loyalty day in each week, not four yoga classes. Verify class attendance in the booking system.
- 30-day check
- Started and completed runs, broken runs, and eligible class records.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
8-week regular
- Fixed milestone
- Earn a loyalty day in 8 weeks in a row.
- Why it matters here
- Eight consecutive weeks can recognise a longer routine after the pass launch has settled.
- Reward approach
- Use recognition. Do not duplicate the pass discount with another class credit.
- Guardrail
- It does not prove eight classes, continuous pass ownership, or a health outcome.
- 30-day check
- Eligible members, completion time, and later pass purchases.
Exact Reward Loyalty name
10 loyalty days
- Fixed milestone
- Earn loyalty days on 10 different dates.
- Why it matters here
- Ten qualifying dates provide a distinct-date milestone without inventing a class target.
- Reward approach
- Use recognition or a low-cost studio amenity with no treatment claim.
- Guardrail
- It counts loyalty activity on ten dates, not ten yoga sessions or ten off-peak bookings.
- 30-day check
- Completions, time to completion, and mismatches with attendance records.
Before attaching value, review achievement reward availability, expiry, and grant caps.
Reward economics
Show the arithmetic before approving the reward.
Illustrative calculation
Illustrative example: 6 eligible classes at $16 each equal the $96 pass price. At 8 uses, the member saves $32, or 25% against $128 of single-class value; revenue is $12 per use. At 10 uses, revenue is $9.60 per use.
There is no separate free-item reward. The economic exposure is the pass discount and the capacity consumed above the six-use break-even comparison.
Estimate direct cost from the studio's instructor pay, room cost, cleaning, payment fees, and incremental occupancy. Quiet spare capacity and a full class have different costs.
Margin protections
- Limit the pass to named weekday group classes starting before 4pm.
- Keep workshops, retreats, private sessions, teacher training, rentals, and retail outside it.
- Do not stack vouchers, membership discounts, or another pass.
- Switch to a counted pass or raise the price if average use crowds paid places.
Where to promote it
Put the invitation inside the existing visit.
- Reception: show the class window before staff take payment.
- Booking confirmation: explain that the pass does not reserve or guarantee a place.
- Studio door: place the join QR where members arrive before class.
- Membership onboarding: position the pass as a separate off-peak option, not an automatic-renewing membership.
Staff script and operating routine
One line, at the right moment.
“This 30-day pass covers the named weekday classes before 4pm; you still book each class in our usual system.”
- Best moment
- After a customer asks about quieter classes and before staff take payment.
- Operating habit
- Check the booking and class time, then record one pass use on arrival.
- Common staff mistake
- Scanning the pass as a booking confirmation can admit a member to a full or ineligible class.
- If a scan or lookup fails
- If the pass QR will not load, search for the member by name or email and open the active pass from the customer overview.
First campaign
Wait until the base program works.
A campaign should address one observed behaviour. It should not compensate for missed awards, unclear terms, or an untrained team.
- Audience
- If Member segments are available, members holding an active pass that expires within seven days. Otherwise postpone this bounded campaign.
- Offer
- A practical reminder showing where to book and which class window is eligible, with no extra voucher.
- Timing
- Send only after enrollment, sale, booking checks, and arrival scans work. Keep the campaign page open until delivery finishes.
- Intended behaviour
- Bring the remaining pass window into view without promising availability or assuming the member has not attended.
- Measure
- Delivered emails, later recorded pass uses, booking-help requests, and pass exceptions. Reward Loyalty does not track email opens or clicks.
30-day review
Use the first month to fix operation and economics.
Thirty days can reveal adoption, workflow, progress, and reward-cost problems. It is too early to claim proven lifetime value or long-term retention.
Pass sales and first-use rate
Low first use points to unclear booking or class-window instructions, not a need for a larger discount.
Uses per active pass
Compare use with the six-class price reference and change price or eligibility if heavy use strains capacity.
Eligible versus rejected scans
Repeated rejections mean the class list or staff check is unclear.
Weekly achievement progress
Use it as a loyalty signal; verify actual yoga attendance in the booking system.
Undo and lookup rate
A high rate calls for a clearer arrival owner and a tested customer-search routine.
Common mistakes
What to stop before launch.
- Promising unlimited entry without a booking or available place.
- Including busy evening classes, workshops, or private sessions without costing capacity.
- Treating a loyalty day as a completed yoga class.
- Adding points, stamps, vouchers, and tiers beside the pass at launch.
- Making flexibility, pain, stress, or treatment claims.
Printable launch checklist
Yoga studios launch plan
- Name the eligible weekday classes and booking rule.
- Cost the $96 illustrative pass at 6, 8, and 10 uses.
- Set exclusions, no stacking, and 30-day validity.
- Create the pass and customer-facing terms.
- Test sale, booking check, scan, lookup, and undo.
- Activate the four fixed achievements.
- Place and test reception and confirmation codes.
- Brief reception and class hosts.
- Set the launch date and named owner.
- Prepare the expiring-pass segment and reminder.
- Book the 30-day review.
Owner: __________________
Launch: ________________
30-day review: __________
Implementation guides
Open only the setup pages this program needs.
These links point to the current Reward Loyalty 5.x documentation.