Dear Queenie,
I do private tutoring and very often a student will miss a session and then the parents don’t want to pay. That is a financial loss for me, because I could have been working with someone else in that time if I hadn’t reserved it for the one who didn’t show up.
Queenie, shouldn’t they have to pay for missed sessions?—Cheated
Dear Cheated,
Of course they should pay if they miss a session without sufficient advance notice. But you will have to make it clear to the parents from the start that this is your policy and how much advance notice you will expect. And inform your current students’ parents of this new policy at least a month before you put it into effect, to give them a chance to adjust to it.
