Drop In Dance Winnipeg Moves to the Next Level with 27/7 Bookin

Last Updated on 30 April, 2026

A welcoming, come-as-you-are dance community that makes it easy to join a drop-in class or commit to a full series that builds toward a recital.

1. Introducing Drop In Dance Winnipeg

Led by Maria Grant, Drop In Dance Winnipeg is a dance studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba that offers both flexible drop-in classes and structured programming. As Maria shared, they run “a pretty robust schedule of adult dance series that end in essentially a recital,” alongside youth programming that also culminates in a recital.

They also support studio space usage, with a need to manage room scheduling and rentals alongside an active class calendar.

2. Why They Chose WellnessLiving

After exploring lots of different providers over the past several months, Maria decided it was time to move on from Arcata, where ongoing issues were impacting both staff workflows and customer experience.

The biggest pain points were reliability and unexpected billing behavior: “I’ll set an intro pass, I’ve set it not to renew, but it does renew… and then the customer’s charged when they’re not expecting to be charged.” That meant more refunds, more frustration, and lost processing fees. She also described staff access problems that kept resurfacing: “Every other week, there’s something at the front desk that they don’t have access to that they used to have access to.”

For Maria, WellnessLiving represented a chance to get back to stable, predictable operations, with a setup designed to be “set it, forget it.”

3. What They’re Building

With WellnessLiving, Maria’s focus is on creating a smoother client journey and reducing the amount of manual admin required to run series, drop-ins, and rentals. During onboarding, the team mapped out a plan for:

• Cleaner registration, waivers, and contracts, with everything stored directly on the client profile so clients can access and sign from anywhere.
• Series setup that fits how Drop In Dance Winnipeg runs programs, including options for clients to register for a full session, or (if needed) splitting programs so clients can enroll in the first half or second half without staff manually adding them to each class.
• Space booking and rental management using assets (Book a Spot) so rooms can be assigned to specific services and also booked separately when available.
• A smooth transition from Arcata, including data migration and a clear contingency plan if stored payment methods can’t be transferred.

To support true mobile-first self-service, Maria also opted to add a branded Achieve app, so clients can handle registration, waivers, and purchases directly inside Drop In Dance Winnipeg’s app experience.

4. What Success Looks Like

Success for Maria is a platform that runs consistently in the background while her team focuses on the studio community. That means no surprise renewals, fewer refunds, stable staff permissions, and an easier way to manage a schedule that includes drop-ins, recital-based series, and rentable spaces.

As she put it early on, she’s “excited to get all set up and switched over,” and she’s already planning ahead with dedicated staff training so her front desk can confidently support clients as the studio transitions to WellnessLiving.

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