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You blocked off two hours for a client. You turned away another booking to hold that slot. You prepped, showed up, and waited.

They never came.

No-shows are one of the most frustrating and expensive problems in any service business. A missed appointment is not just lost revenue for that hour. It is the opportunity cost of every other client you could have booked instead.

The good news is that most no-shows are not intentional. Clients are not blowing you off. They forgot. Life got busy, the appointment slipped their mind, and they never thought to cancel. That means the fix is simpler than you might think: remind them.

Specifically, remind them by text.