A tanning salon without overlaps: every sunbed gets its own calendar
Tanning salon booking without double-booked sunbeds: a calendar column per device, lamp-change blocks, reminders and 10-session packages that count down.
Who it's for → Beauty & grooming → Tanning studio
For tanning studios
Booking software for tanning studios — bookings without sticky notes by the sunbed.
Clients book themselves, online, 24/7. You do your work — the calendar fills without a single phone call. No commission per booking.
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Appointa for tanning studios — in practice
A tanning studio runs on short sessions of ten to twenty minutes, so many fit into one day — and demand climbs in spring and before big occasions. Clients often buy several sessions at once and want to know how many are left, and sunbeds need regular servicing. Appointa handles even the shortest slots, hides a sunbed while it's being serviced and, on the Premium plan, counts used sessions.
Ten sessions paid upfront
A client buys ten sessions upfront. You sell the visit package — part of the Premium plan — on their card, and each time they book, the appointment is covered and one visit deducted. You see how many are left and the expiry date; so does the client, in the Appointa app.
Lamp service on Wednesday
Add the sunbed as an equipment resource and mark tanning services as needing it. When the technician is due, enter a block with a reason, and nobody can book that sunbed online during it. Existing appointments aren't cancelled, but Appointa warns you about them so you can move them.
Summer is the quiet season
In July and August clients tan at the seaside and sunbeds go quiet. On the Premium plan you create a promo code for that period, with a per-client limit, and share it with regulars. The discount applies automatically when booking online, and the code stops working once the period ends.
Bookings 24/7, no phone calls
Your page appointa.hr/s/your-salon works while the salon sleeps. Put the link on Instagram and your Google profile — clients pick the service, person and time themselves.
Fewer empty slots
An automatic reminder the day before, through the channel the client has — in the app, by SMS with the add-on enabled, or by e-mail. If someone cancels, the waitlist offers the slot to the next client right away.
The whole team's calendar
Shifts, holidays, days off — everyone sees their own, you see everything. Regulars? A recurring appointment in two clicks.
Clients who come back
Visit history, a loyalty programme and promo codes. Reviews are published by you — on your page, not on a marketplace.
You start with these services ready
The demo and a new account come with a ready-made price list for “Tanning studio” — change anything in a couple of clicks.
| Service | Duration | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Tanning bed 10 min | 10 min | 6 € |
| Tanning bed 20 min | 20 min | 10 € |
| Spray tan | 30 min | 25 € |
| Stand-up tanning | 15 min | 9 € |
| Collagen session | 20 min | 15 € |
The price list is a starting template from the Appointa catalog — names, durations and prices are yours the moment you sign up.
The questions that come up first
How does a client know which sunbed is theirs?
Alongside the internal name, give each sunbed a name for clients, e.g. “Sunbed 2”, which they see on the booking confirmation and in the reminder. You can also add up to five photos of the sunbed, which the client sees in the Appointa app in their appointment detail. For online bookings, Appointa assigns a free sunbed itself.
A session lasts ten minutes. How are times offered then?
Offered times start at opening and step forward in increments equal to the service duration. With opening at 8 am and a ten-minute session, the client sees 8:00, 8:10, 8:20 and so on until closing; with a twenty-minute one, 8:00, 8:20, 8:40. If a staff member's shift starts outside that sequence, that time is offered too.
Lots of clients walk in. Can I keep them in my client list?
Yes. For a quick entry you click an empty slot in the calendar, choose the service and save — the appointment is marked as a walk-in. If you want the client to stay in your list, add them as a new client with a name and an email or mobile number, then book the appointment from their card. From then on they get reminders, and their sessions show in their history.
My clients are older — they won't use apps.
They don't install anything — they book through a regular web page. And the ones who'd rather call? You add their appointment in a couple of clicks and everything else works the same: reminder, history, calendar.
How long does setup take?
Open an account in 5 minutes; the wizard walks you through opening hours, services and your team. Import existing clients from Excel — no retyping.
What about no-shows?
Mark the appointment as a no-show and Appointa keeps the history per client. Day-before reminders cut most no-shows anyway.
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