Membership terms (sample)

Before your first charge

Memberships are sold at the desk or by phone, never online. Before you pay, you get in writing the price, the date you’ll be billed each month, what’s included and exactly how to cancel, and the full contract with the notices below. You sign the contract before your first charge, and a copy is emailed to you.

Monthly memberships

8 classes a month and Unlimited are month-to-month contracts: they renew on the same date each month until you cancel. There’s no sign-up fee and no long-term contract.

Cancel at the desk, by phone or by email, any time before your next billing date. There’s no fee and no letter to write; cancelling is as easy as joining.

Unlimited members can freeze their membership for up to two months a year, for travel, injury or anything else.

If prices change, we email you at least 30 days before the new price applies.

10-class packs

A pack is a single payment for ten classes, used within four months. Nothing renews. Unused classes can be refunded within 30 days of purchase.

Texas health spa rules

Texas regulates businesses that sell memberships for exercise instruction or facilities as health spas (Occupations Code chapter 702). A registered studio holds a certificate of registration from the Secretary of State for each location and, unless exempt, posts security.

Texas membership contracts must include the notices below, in at least 10-point type that is bold, capitalized or underlined. A real studio confirms its status with the Secretary of State and its lawyer before selling memberships online.

1. 1.NOTICE TO PURCHASER: DO NOT SIGN THIS CONTRACT UNTIL YOU READ IT OR IF IT CONTAINS BLANK SPACES.
2. 2.IF YOU DECIDE YOU DO NOT WISH TO REMAIN A MEMBER OF THIS HEALTH SPA, YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT BY MAILING TO THE HEALTH SPA BY MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DAY YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT A NOTICE STATING YOUR DESIRE TO CANCEL THIS CONTRACT. THE WRITTEN NOTICE MUST BE MAILED BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 2715 CINDER MILL WAY, SUITE 140, KATY, TX 77494.
3. 3.IF THE HEALTH SPA GOES OUT OF BUSINESS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE FACILITIES WITHIN 10 MILES OF THE FACILITY IN WHICH YOU ARE ENROLLED OR IF THE HEALTH SPA MOVES MORE THAN 10 MILES FROM THE FACILITY IN WHICH YOU ARE ENROLLED, YOU MAY: (A) CANCEL THIS CONTRACT BY MAILING BY CERTIFIED MAIL A WRITTEN NOTICE STATING YOUR DESIRE TO CANCEL THIS CONTRACT, ACCOMPANIED BY PROOF OF PAYMENT ON THE CONTRACT TO THE HEALTH SPA AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 2715 CINDER MILL WAY, SUITE 140, KATY, TX 77494; AND (B) FILE A CLAIM FOR A REFUND OF YOUR UNUSED MEMBERSHIP FEES AGAINST THE BOND OR OTHER SECURITY POSTED BY THE HEALTH SPA WITH THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE. TO MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST THE SECURITY PROVIDE A COPY OF YOUR CONTRACT TOGETHER WITH PROOF OF PAYMENTS MADE ON THE CONTRACT TO THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE. THE REQUIRED CLAIM INFORMATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE NOT LATER THAN THE 90TH DAY AFTER THE DATE NOTICE OF THE CLOSURE OR RELOCATION IS FIRST POSTED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S INTERNET WEBSITE.
4. 4.IF YOU DIE OR BECOME TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED AFTER THE DATE THIS CONTRACT TAKES EFFECT, YOU OR YOUR ESTATE MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT AND RECEIVE A PARTIAL REFUND OF YOUR UNUSED MEMBERSHIP FEE BY MAILING A NOTICE TO THE HEALTH SPA STATING YOUR DESIRE TO CANCEL THIS CONTRACT. THE HEALTH SPA MAY REQUIRE PROOF OF DISABILITY OR DEATH. THE WRITTEN NOTICE MUST BE MAILED BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: 2715 CINDER MILL WAY, SUITE 140, KATY, TX 77494.

About these notices

The wording above is from Texas Occupations Code §702.304(a). Part (B) of the third notice, the refund claim against security, is only included when the studio has posted security with the Secretary of State.

General information for a concept site, not legal advice.