Membership terms: one month, three months or a year — which suits you?

Anyone who trains regularly gets the best value with the annual membership — CHF 899 a year at laSuite, around CHF 75 a month. Anyone unsure whether they will stick with it pays for flexibility: the monthly membership costs CHF 139. Over twelve months the difference comes to CHF 769.

This sum explains why most people end up choosing the longer membership anyway. But it is only half the story.

What the terms cost at laSuite

• 1 month: CHF 139
• 3 months: CHF 359 (CHF 120 a month)
• 6 months: CHF 599 (CHF 100 a month)
• 12 months: CHF 899 (CHF 75 a month)
• 12 months for apprentices, students and pensioners: CHF 799 (with ID)
• 10-visit pass: CHF 299 for ten visits
• Single visit or day pass: CHF 34

On top of that there are two special passes for anyone who can only train at certain times: the weekend pass for CHF 499 a year (Friday from 6 pm to Sunday evening) and the night pass, also CHF 499 a year (daily from 10 pm to 6 am).

The flaw in the price question

Most people work out the monthly price and pick the cheapest option. That falls short, because the price per month says nothing about the price per session.

Take an example: someone who takes the annual membership for CHF 899 and trains twice a week ends up with around 100 sessions a year — just under CHF 9 a session. Someone who takes the same membership and stops after six weeks has trained twelve times and paid CHF 75 a session.

So the real question is not which membership is cheapest. It is: at which term will you realistically stick with it?

Who takes which term

The monthly membership suits you if you want to try the studio first, are training for a specific phase — preparing for the ski season, say — or do not know professionally where you will be in three months. You pay for that freedom, but you pay it with your eyes open.

Three months is the compromise for anyone who has trained before and knows they like it. The term is long enough for a routine to form and short enough that it does not feel like a tie. In our experience, this is the most honest choice for people returning to training.

Six months pays off if you want to train through the winter. Most people start in autumn and stop in spring once things pick up outdoors again. Anyone with six months ahead of them bridges exactly the phase when most people drop out.

The annual membership is the right choice if training is not a project for you but part of the week. Then the price per session is unbeatable, and you do not have to think about the question again for a year.

The 10-visit pass is not really a membership in the usual sense. It is for people who train irregularly — shift work, frequent travel, or as a supplement to a sport they already do.

What to do before deciding

Come in for a trial session first. It costs CHF 34 and is credited in full if you take out a membership afterwards. In that one hour you will see whether the atmosphere suits you, whether the equipment suits you, and whether the way home from work really does take you past the studio.

That sounds like a small thing, but it is the most common reason memberships go unused: the studio is in the wrong place. A studio you pass anyway beats any cheaper offer that means a detour.

At laSuite, your badge also gives you access round the clock, 365 days a year. That takes some of the edge off the term question: if you can train at any time of day or night, the usual excuses fall away — no time, too busy, already shut.

The honest advice

If you are unsure, do not take the cheapest membership — take the shortest one you are confident you will see through. A monthly membership you actually use is worth more than an annual one gathering dust in your wallet by March. And if you find after three months that it is working, you can always extend.

Come in and have a look. You will find the prices on our pricing page, and for everything else we are here during supervised hours: Monday to Friday from 10 am to 8 pm, Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm.