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From a students point of view, one benefit of a studio over someone holding classes in a space somewhere, should be having options and flexibilty. So all teachers on a single classcard seems preferable to me, and might bring in students that wouldn't come otherwise, while not stopping anyone from attending the same class on an ongoing basis if that is what they want. Also gives you the option of maybe doing unlimited monthly or yearly plans, which may appeal to some people. I realize there is a possibility that not forcing people into signing up for a class may cause some to come less often that if they had paid for a specific session. But forcing people into signing up for a specific class session will also make others not come at all. So that is a tradeoff to be made. Then there's the whole expiring vs. non-expiring classcard question. (Personally, I don't generally buy expiring classcards bacause of my schedule. But if I do, it will only be one with a fair amount of flexibility.)

As an example, there is a studio nearish me (close enough I'd go sometimes but far enough it wouldn't be my regular place) that I have never tried because they have the model where you sign up for a specific class. For a long time the website did not even have one unified schedule so you could see all the classes, but a bunch of individual pages for each instructor and it was tedious to even figure out what classes one might be interested in. All different routines and rules. Some did allow a certain (varied) number of makeups in other classes there, some did not. Drop ins (very expensive) were allowed some classes not others, but they recommended you always call to make sure the class was really happening since no one was coordinating all these teachers and making sure there were subs or posting anything on the website about changes. It didn't feel like a studio. So confusing and inconvenient, I never bothered checking out any classes there. They've at least kind of made one schedule on the website now, but everything else is the same and I still haven't bothered.