Can a dance studio rent out rooms by the hour?

Yes. With Floorwork a dance studio can open its rooms for hourly rental to outside instructors, companies, and freelancers. You set an hourly rate, choose whether renters book instantly or need approval, and they reserve and pay online for the open hours your studio is not using.

How does payment work for rentals?

Payment is collected online at the time of booking through Stripe, with your studio as the merchant of record. Your studio name appears on the renter card statement, the money is in before the floor time is used, and you are not chasing anyone for payment afterward.

How does Floorwork stop a rental from double-booking a class?

Rentals draw from the same availability as your classes, rehearsals, and private lessons. A room that is in use at a given hour is simply not offered to a renter for that hour, and any booking removes that slot from availability immediately, so two bookings cannot land on the same room at the same time.

Can I control who books my studio space?

Yes. Each room can be set to request-to-book, which requires your approval before a reservation is confirmed, or to instant booking for renters you already trust. You also set the cancellation and refund window once, and the system enforces it on every booking.

How much does studio rental booking cost?

Room rentals are included in Floorwork at $199 per month per studio, not a separate add-on. Additional studio locations are $49 per month each. You keep the rental income minus standard Stripe processing and the platform application fee.

Use case: room rentals

Studio space rental booking for dance studios.

Floorwork lets a dance studio rent out its rooms by the hour to outside instructors, companies, and freelancers, with real-time availability and online payment, so empty floor time becomes a second revenue line without double-booking your own classes.

The empty-floor-time opportunity

Most dance studios are dark for large stretches of the week. The competition team rehearses at night, recreational classes run after school, and the floor sits empty all morning and midday. That idle space is fixed cost you already pay rent on, and it is the easiest revenue a studio can add without hiring, teaching, or buying anything.

There is real demand for it. Freelance instructors need somewhere to teach private lessons, small dance companies need rehearsal space before a show, choreographers need a mirror and a sprung floor for a few hours, and fitness or yoga teachers want a clean room for a pop-up. The studios that capture this turn hours that earned nothing into a steady second income.

The reason most studios do not bother is the friction. Fielding texts about availability, chasing payment after the fact, and writing rentals into the same calendar as classes is a recipe for a double-booking, an awkward refund, or an unpaid renter. Floorwork removes that friction so renting a room is as simple as a student booking a class.

How hourly rentals work on Floorwork

Room rentals run on the same booking and payments engine as your classes, so there is nothing new to learn and no second tool to reconcile. You publish bookable rooms, set your rules, and renters reserve and pay online.

Set hourly and peak pricing: Price each room by the hour, with a higher peak rate for evenings and weekends if you want. Renters see the real price before they commit, so there is no back-and-forth over a quote.
Choose instant or request-to-book: Let trusted renters book a slot instantly, or require your approval first for new ones. You stay in control of who is on the floor without having to answer every message yourself.
Show real-time availability: Renters see the open hours that are actually free, drawn from the same schedule as your classes. The calendar reflects bookings the moment they happen, so two renters cannot grab the same slot.
Take payment online up front: Payment is collected through Stripe at the time of booking, with your studio as the merchant of record. Your studio name appears on the renter card statement, and you are not chasing anyone for money after the fact.
Define clear refund windows: Set the cancellation policy once, in plain terms, and the system enforces it. A renter who cancels inside the window keeps to the rules you published rather than negotiating each time.

No double-booking against your class schedule

The single biggest risk in renting out a room is letting an outside booking land on top of your own class, a rehearsal, or another renter. Floorwork avoids that by running rentals on the same availability as everything else your studio schedules. A room that is teaching ballet at 4pm is simply not offered to a renter at 4pm.

Because there is one source of truth for what is happening in each room, you never reconcile a rental calendar against a class calendar by hand. Add a class, a private lesson, or a rehearsal and the rentable hours update automatically. Take a booking and that hour disappears from availability for everyone else.

Honest note on scope: rentals share the booking engine that powers classes today, including hourly and peak pricing, instant or request-to-book, online payment with the studio as merchant of record, and refund windows. Deeper rental tooling such as standing weekly holds and dedicated renter agreements is on the roadmap rather than shipped, and we will tell you plainly which pieces are live when you onboard.

What is included

Bookable rooms on your own site: Renters browse availability and book on your domain, the same place students book classes. No vendor subdomain in the flow.
Hourly and peak pricing: Set a base hourly rate per room and an optional higher rate for in-demand evening and weekend hours.
Instant or request-to-book: Approve new renters before they get the keys, or let trusted ones reserve instantly. The choice is yours per room.
Online payment, studio as merchant of record: Stripe collects payment up front and your studio name is on the statement, so the money is in before the floor time is used.
One shared schedule: Rentals and classes draw from the same availability, so a booked hour is unavailable to everyone and double-booking cannot happen.
Simple, flat pricing: Rentals are part of the platform at $199 per month per studio, not a paid add-on. Additional locations are $49 per month each.

Keep reading

Studio rental booking FAQ

Can a dance studio rent out rooms by the hour?: Yes. With Floorwork a dance studio can open its rooms for hourly rental to outside instructors, companies, and freelancers. You set an hourly rate, choose whether renters book instantly or need approval, and they reserve and pay online for the open hours your studio is not using.
How does payment work for rentals?: Payment is collected online at the time of booking through Stripe, with your studio as the merchant of record. Your studio name appears on the renter card statement, the money is in before the floor time is used, and you are not chasing anyone for payment afterward.
How does Floorwork stop a rental from double-booking a class?: Rentals draw from the same availability as your classes, rehearsals, and private lessons. A room that is in use at a given hour is simply not offered to a renter for that hour, and any booking removes that slot from availability immediately, so two bookings cannot land on the same room at the same time.
Can I control who books my studio space?: Yes. Each room can be set to request-to-book, which requires your approval before a reservation is confirmed, or to instant booking for renters you already trust. You also set the cancellation and refund window once, and the system enforces it on every booking.
How much does studio rental booking cost?: Room rentals are included in Floorwork at $199 per month per studio, not a separate add-on. Additional studio locations are $49 per month each. You keep the rental income minus standard Stripe processing and the platform application fee.