Zoom Tan vs Planet Beach

Published prices from official sources

These 13 lines come from published sources and are grouped by what they actually are. Averaging a penalty charge in with service prices is how misleading "average" figures come about, so they are separated here.

Individual owners set menus within a brand-set band. Read them as examples, not a rate card.

Market ranges: what everyone else charges

This table is market context, not a brand price list. Use it to judge whether a quote you have been given is average, cheap or steep for the U.S. in 2026.

National planning ranges. A quote outside these bands is not automatically wrong - check what is included before judging it.

Where you live changes the price more than anything else

Rent and wages flow straight into the menu. Applying published metro cost bands to the $11 national median for uv bed - level 1 gives the following planning ranges.

Derived by applying regional cost-of-doing-business multipliers to the $11 national median. Treat as a sanity check on a quote you have been given.

Why your quote differs from the menu

Ask about these when you book, not at checkout. Every one of them is easier to decline over the phone than halfway through a service.

• Enrolment or annual fee+$15–$60

  Charged on top of the monthly rate at many chains.

• Membership tier+$15–$70

  Each tier unlocks a different set of beds and spray inclusions.

• Lotion purchase+$25–$90

  The largest and least-expected line on a first visit.

• Bed level+$8–$40

  Level 1 through level 5 is the primary price ladder.

• Contract term and freeze ruleschanges the contract, not the price

  Minimum terms and freeze policies change the true cost.

Related cost breakdowns: Airbrush Tan Cost, Spray Tan Cost and Spray Tan Price Components Guide.

What people get wrong here

All five are common, avoidable and quantified. None of them require haggling — only asking one question at the right moment.

1. 1Not asking what is required versus optionalcosts $20–$70

   Some finishes are effectively mandatory but quoted on a separate line.

2. 2Forgetting tax and gratuitycosts $20–$30

   Together they add approximately a quarter to the menu price.

3. 3Comparing headline prices across different scopescosts $20–$70

   Two "haircut" prices can include completely different work.

If you want the policy detail behind these: How To Compare Salon Prices and What Is An Airbrush Tan.

Seven questions that prevent a surprise bill

Read these out. It takes under two minutes and it is the gap between a quote and a surprise. The last one matters most — a written quote settles any dispute at checkout.

1. "Is there a first-visit offer or a package rate I should know about?"
2. "What is the precise price for uv bed - level 1 at my hair length and density?"
3. "If this runs longer than booked, does the price change?"
4. "What is your cancellation window, and what is the charge if I miss it?"
5. "Are taxes added at checkout, and do you have a card-payment surcharge?"
6. "Can you email or text me the quote before my appointment?"
7. "What add-ons do you normally recommend for this service, and what does each cost?"

Finally: get the quote on paper. A text or email costs the salon nothing and removes any argument at checkout.

Menu price versus final bill

This is the gap that surprises people. Starting from a $26 base, here is where the money goes by the time the card is out.

An illustration built from the ranges on this page. Your tax rate and add-on choices will differ.

Plan for the total, not the base. The $17 gap between the two is the part people forget when comparing two salons.

Prefer not to do the arithmetic? You can work this out for your precise service.

Twelve months of uv bed - level 1, priced out

A single $11 appointment is easy to justify. Maintained twice weekly in season, uv bed - level 1 becomes a $528 annual commitment at the national median — and that is the number worth deciding on.

Assumes 40 visits a year. Change that number and every figure in this table shifts with it.

Before hunting a reduction, check the cadence. Going from 40 to 32 visits per year keeps around $106 in your pocket at the same quality of work.

Break-even points for monthly plans

Ignore the marketing and do one division. If the plan costs more than your realistic monthly visit count × $11, it loses money. The table shows the crossover for common plan prices.

Excludes enrolment and annual fees. Add those before comparing plans over twelve months.

Use the quoted rate rather than the market one and run your own break-even.

Gratuity, converted from percentages into money

Two rules do most of the work: tip on the service before tax, and tip the person who performed it.

• Do not tip on membership dues, booth rent, deposits, annual fees, gift-card loads or cancellation charges — no service was performed.
• If more than one person worked on you, ask reception how tips are split before assuming the lead provider receives all of it.
• Assistants who shampoo or rinse are often tipped on a separate line, typically a few dollars.
• Salons that add an automatic service charge should say so when you book. Spot one on the bill, ask whether it goes to the provider before adding more.

Worth comparing before you commit

Before deciding, it is worth seeing where this sits against the nearest alternatives on both price and what you get for it.

Questions people actually ask

Sources and how we checked them

Every published figure above traces to one of these. Where a source describes a single location or a time-limited offer, that scope stays attached to the number rather than being generalised.

1. Official membership page
2. Official membership store
3. Official pricing and specials
4. Official U.S. brand website
5. Official UV service
6. Official spray-tan preparation
7. Official spray-tan preparation and aftercare
8. Official spray-tan preparation
9. Official offers page
10. Brick NJ official services
11. Brick NJ Mystic Tan service
12. Official brand and services page

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