- Mar 20, 2010
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This Saturday I was completely booked. I had to turn down 3 of my regulars because I already had 6 appointments scheduled, which is 2 more than I regularly take. Well, my first appointment no-showed. It was a first-time client, and the receptionist didn't tell her of my cancellation policy. Of course when I answered, they didn't pick up the phone. Why would they?No biggie, I still had 5 more coming in. The second appt on my books was a regular, and they showed up right on time. Took care of them, and quickly got over my no-show.When my next appointment was coming up, I had a walk-in referral from one of my friends. I told her that I had an appointment supposed to come in, but if they didn't show up I could take her, and to leave her number. She did, and sure enough, my next appointment no-showed. I shrugged it off, a little permassageplanet.neted, and called the walk-in. Cool deal, at least she made up for it. I thought to myself, "Well, I've got 3 more coming in, I should be right as rain."So like an idiot, I sat there all day at the salon, waiting for no-show after no-show. 3 MORE NO-SHOWS IN A ROW!!! That's 5 in one day! I always make a call the day before to verify the appointments, but 2 of those had scheduled the day before, so no need to confirm. The others didn't pick up the phone when I called, so I left messages for them.So I had 5 no-shows in one day, and had to turn down 3 of my regular clients. I lost all that money, and my time, by just sitting there like a useless duck. I've decided to strengthen my cancellation policy. From now on, on Saturdays, I will require the appointment to be pre-paid via credit card. If they ask on the phone why they have to do this, I will inform them that due to no-shows, and to be fair to my regular clients who DO show up, I am having to do this to insure that the client comes in.I'm just tired of being taken advaneforum.xxxe of on Saturdays. It seems this is the only day I have a problem with. Weekdays, people show up. Saturdays, they don't seem to care. So does anyone have any other options that I could try without having the client pre-pay?