I "had" a show scheduled for tonight. The host and I have been talking and emailing for about a month about the show and the guests. I mailed out her invitations and she was so excited about the show. She said she had lots of people coming, blah blah blah. We talked on Thurs and I reminded her to call everyone on her guest list to remind them. She was calling them on Friday, Sat. She would see most of the people at Church on Sunday. She lives in another town that I'm not familiar with so I've made two trips down there trying to find the Church (we were having it at her Church). The first trip was unsuccessful because of bad directions off the internet. My husband and I went again yesterday and found it without a problem after she gave me better directions. She gave me the directions on Sat morning and knew I was coming down yesterday to find it. I also met my director to borrow her stock pot for the recipe.
Last night the host called me at 10:00 p.m. to cancel. She said her whole family is in Florida............OK DID THEY JUST LEAVE AT 9:00!!!!??? She said she only had 3 people coming and one said they weren't buying anything. She said she forgot her family would be out of town and they were the main ones coming. She has a large family apparently.
I mailed out the invitations, used a ton of gas to make two trips down to find the show location and then a trip to another town to meet my director to borrow her stock pot. I know I can expense the postage and gas but it's the principal.
Should I put something in my hostess letters that I require a 48 hour notice for cancellations. Should I include that if they cancel I would like to be reimbursed for postage. I doubt anyone would ever reimburse me but it's worth a try.
Just wondered what everyone on here does in a case like this. This is the third time a host has cancelled at the last minute. The first time was at 1:15 a.m. on Sat morning and the show was at 11:00 a.m. She lied about sending out the invitations (that's when I started sending them myself) and nobody was coming. The second time the host called me AS I WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR. It was 5:00 and I was going to be at her house at 5:30. She called to tell me she had 2 people coming.
I know things come up but tonight's host knew her family was in Florida for the past week and never mentioned it. She did reschedule for Oct 14 but I refuse to send out anymore invitations. She'll have to call them herself about the date change.
Does anybody put anything in their hostess letters about cancellations???
Last night the host called me at 10:00 p.m. to cancel. She said her whole family is in Florida............OK DID THEY JUST LEAVE AT 9:00!!!!??? She said she only had 3 people coming and one said they weren't buying anything. She said she forgot her family would be out of town and they were the main ones coming. She has a large family apparently.
I mailed out the invitations, used a ton of gas to make two trips down to find the show location and then a trip to another town to meet my director to borrow her stock pot. I know I can expense the postage and gas but it's the principal.
Should I put something in my hostess letters that I require a 48 hour notice for cancellations. Should I include that if they cancel I would like to be reimbursed for postage. I doubt anyone would ever reimburse me but it's worth a try.
Just wondered what everyone on here does in a case like this. This is the third time a host has cancelled at the last minute. The first time was at 1:15 a.m. on Sat morning and the show was at 11:00 a.m. She lied about sending out the invitations (that's when I started sending them myself) and nobody was coming. The second time the host called me AS I WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR. It was 5:00 and I was going to be at her house at 5:30. She called to tell me she had 2 people coming.
I know things come up but tonight's host knew her family was in Florida for the past week and never mentioned it. She did reschedule for Oct 14 but I refuse to send out anymore invitations. She'll have to call them herself about the date change.
Does anybody put anything in their hostess letters about cancellations???