I hate to vent about a host, but I totally need to!! What the heck?! Do I just cancel for her, or what?! Lemme back up... I have a host that booked off of a $1000+ party back a few months ago. Her daughter used to be a consultant so I feel like she should know how this works, but through the process of attempting host coaching, she has put me off completely. In fact, for her first date, when I called her for coaching call #3 a few days in advance, she said, "that's this Saturday??" So, needless to say, she rescheduled. Well, now her party is supposed to be this Sunday, June 1st, and I can't keep her on the phone for more than 5 seconds. She won't return my e-mails, her home phone is never answered, and at work she's always "too busy". This morning, I talked to her briefly, and she told me that as far as she knew, the party is still on. What the heck is that supposed to mean?! She invited these people, didn't she?! She told me she had! She promised she would call me tonight to iron out the details, such as the address of the party (yeah, I know), number of RSVPs, recipe selection, etc. When she hadn't called (go figure), I tried her evening number which rang and rang with no answering machine. This weekend my husband wants to go visit his parents and go to a baseball game, so they need to buy tickets and don't know if I'll be there or not. So, thus, my dilemma. Do I cancel for her?? I've heard of people leaving messages for hosts saying that if they don't call back within a certain amount of time, they are going to be taken off of the calendar, but how do I tell her that when there's nowhere to leave a message? E-mail? Call her at work? She's the one that answers the phone, so I would be talking to her directly. Grrr... Part of me wants to just tell her that she's wasting my precious time, when she's serious about hosting, she's welcome to call me, and that I might consider rebooking her... help!!