# Class booking with pick-your-spot maps and a waitlist that fills itself.

Source: https://meetscarlet.com/features/class-booking/
Updated: 2026-11-10

MeetScarlet runs your class schedule inside your own branded app: clients book a class with their membership or a drop-in price, pick their spot on a map of the room, and join a waitlist when the class is full. When a spot opens, the next person is booked in and told. It comes with every plan, from $349 a month.

- Schedule: Weekly classes, each with a teacher, a room and a capacity

- Spots: An optional map of the room, up to 100 spots

- Waitlist: Booked in automatically when a spot opens, with 15 minutes to say no

- Paying: A membership, credits or a drop-in price

## Set up a class once, and it repeats

Each class has a name, a teacher, a length, a capacity and an optional room, and runs on the days and times you set each week, from a start date to an optional last day. You choose which memberships cover it and whether it has a drop-in price, how far ahead booking opens and when it closes.

A class in a room blocks that room, so an appointment or a second class cannot take it at the same time. If the teacher already has appointments then, the admin tells you before you save.

## Pick-your-spot maps

- Draw the room as rows of spots, such as reformers, bikes or mats, and name them or number them in one tap
- Clients pick their spot when they book, and can change it later if another is free
- Your desk can move a client to another spot from the class roster

Two clients can never take the same spot: every booking checks the class in one step, so a class cannot be oversold.

## A waitlist that fills the class for you

- When a class is full, clients join the waitlist in the app, up to the waitlist size you set
- When a spot opens, the next person is booked in and gets a notification, then has 15 minutes to say no without a late-cancel penalty
- Before booking them, MeetScarlet checks they are still covered by their membership; anyone who is not is skipped and told, never charged without asking
- Your desk can seat someone from the waitlist straight away, or remove them

## Late cancels and no-shows

For each class you set how many hours before the start a client can cancel for free. After that, a late cancel or a no-show can use up the class from their pack or credits. If you cancel a class, everyone booked gets their class back.

## When it is not the right fit

- You want people to book a class without an account. Classes are booked in your app with a client account; the no-account booking link is for appointments.
- You stream classes or sell on-demand video. MeetScarlet books in-person classes.
- You run classes across several locations from one schedule. Each MeetScarlet studio has one schedule.

## See how it's set up

The step-by-step guide your team would follow, on MeetScarlet Help: [Set up classes, spot maps and waitlists](https://docs.meetscarlet.com/classes/).

[Image: The Schedule tab in Classes view: a week of classes in columns, each with its time, name, instructor and how many are booked.]

## Questions

Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.

### Can clients pick their spot in a class?

Yes. You draw the room as rows of spots, and clients pick theirs when they book in your app. They can change it later if another spot is free.

### How does the class waitlist work?

When a class is full, clients join the waitlist. When a spot opens, the next person is booked in and notified, and has 15 minutes to say no without a late-cancel penalty.

### Is a waitlisted client charged automatically?

Only through their membership or credits. MeetScarlet checks they are still covered before booking them in; anyone who is not covered is skipped and told.

### Can a late cancel use up a class credit?

Yes. You set a free cancellation window per class; after it, a late cancel or a no-show can use up the class from the client's pack or credits.

### Can a class have a drop-in price?

Yes. Each class can have a drop-in price for clients without a membership that covers it.

## Keep reading

- [Pilates and yoga studios Your studio's own class booking app: pick-your-spot booking, a waitlist that fills open spots, class packs and credits. Built and published for you.](https://meetscarlet.com/industries/pilates-yoga-studios/)
- [Memberships and class packs MeetScarlet is a membership app for studios, gyms and salons: sell memberships, class packs, credits and minute packs in your own branded app. From $349 a month.](https://meetscarlet.com/features/memberships/)
- [MeetScarlet vs Mariana Tek MeetScarlet publishes its price: a branded app in every plan for $349 a month. Mariana Tek also includes an app in every plan, but prices each plan on a demo.](https://meetscarlet.com/compare/mariana-tek/)