I would say 24/hr. I know that sometimes my sleep gets turned around, yet, If I have you on my Calendar that far in advance, I know I would answer you back ASAP. I check my emails about 3 times a day.
Unless a lady is on a Caribbean Cruise or some where she does not have internet connection, like me in Mexico...........I would honestly expect a response that day. I am curious to what other people have to say.........Kelley WhitThis is a problem that I've had come up a few times, and I need some etiquette advice.
I often make dates a month or so in advance. When that's the case, I usually email to confirm a week or two before to make sure the girl hasn't forgotten, to let her know I haven't forgotten, and to make sure something else hasn't come up that will interfere with our date. Sometimes I'll find out that the date has to be cancelled. Finding this out a week or two before gives me time to find a substitute. This is important to me since I have to rearrange things to create availability for dates, and it's a huge disappointment and waste when I do that and then there's no date.
My question is this: How long after I email asking to confirm should I wait before concluding that the girl is bailing, and I should look for a substitute date? Is two days enough? Should I send two or three emails, and give her a couple of extra days to respond? What do you think?
I would say 24/hr. I know that sometimes my sleep gets turned around, yet, If I have you on my Calendar that far in advance, I know I would answer you back ASAP. I check my emails about 3 times a day.
Unless a lady is on a Caribbean Cruise or some where she does not have internet connection, like me in Mexico...........I would honestly expect a response that day. I am curious to what other people have to say.........Kelley Whit
That'll give you a fair idea of whether or not she had a chance to access your email, especially if you sent it through the P411 system - clunky though it might be. Otherwise you don't know if she's cutoff from communications -- bad weather could knock out power and leave people trapped in homes for several days.
If she's been online but you don't have a response within 48 hours, then I'd move on. Would also reply back to her noting what you had to do and (nicely) why so she won't have reason to freak out when you don't show up.
Might also want to plan ahead how to handle it if she does reply after 60 hours yet you already have moved on to someone more squared away. Given she'd still have several days to find someone else there shouldn't be a cancellation fee, and perhaps instead the two of you can agree to retry on the next trip or dual availability.