I'm visiting Houston for the first time this week from Dallas and have heard many-a-
whore story about Houston's above average occurrence of last minute cancellations and ncns - especially for travelling providers so here is what I did:
After reading through p411's cancellation fee policy and emailing back and forth with p411 staff, I intentionally made a very obvious $150 cancellation fee if the session is canceled within 12hrs of the booked appointed. I also will only accept bookings through the official p411 appointment request system. Then when confirming the appointment, the gent MUST agree to the cancellation fee AGAIN just in case he missed it in my ad.
Granted I have not received very many bookings, but that is just fine with me as it seems most just want to waste provider's time anyway. I am very happy not to have to deal with the headaches surrounding a deluge of bookings only to end up with mostly last minute cancellations and ncns.
Having this system in place from the get-go has definitely filtered out the inconsiderate jerks who only want to play childish keyboard games
instead of have real BCD fun!
I've advised those who don't have a p411 to send me their references for pre-screening and then contact me during my visit for a short notice appointment.
Thanks for posting this! It has been something I wanted to discuss out in the open but wasn't sure where to post. Lucky I saw it!