If I can �t make it on the fixed day, I suggest having the lesson on one of the following days. If that �s not possible, obviously i won �t charge for the cancelled lesson.

You cannot expect to get paid for something that you have not delivered!

 

I do it exactly the same way as perma.

 

Hugs - Silke

 

Of course, if you can �t give the class, you can �t get paid for it. I do as the student wants it. I give him an other lesson if his/her schedule allows it or he doesn �t pay. But I think that cancellation should be really the last choice. You as a teacher should do anything to be available at the class.

I missed the previous post re cancellations so, for what it �s worth, I provide a cancellation policy for clients before the contract starts. This details the charges that apply if a client cancels a lesson.  Charges range from 100% of the lesson fee for less than 2 days � notice to 0% for 3 weeks � notice.  As my clients are all corporate with invoices settled monthly by the employers, there �s no problem about payment.  I state in the policy that if I have to cancel a class, I will offer to give a free additional class at a mutually convenient time.  I don �t, however,  feel obliged to fit in a client if I don �t have a spare slot.  If I had private individuals though, I would probably bend over backwards to accommodate them, especially if the cancellation was because of children �s illness.  As for teenage clients, I �d be much more circumspect.  I don �t like being taken for a ride!