I made that mistake a few times and have been stood up or stood someone else up since they ran late. Now I ask for confirmation by phone the morning of our date. I also tell them we need not talk but he may leave a message so I know he hasn't forgotten in his busy schedule. I now allow confirmation via text since being caught up with meetings or other people makes it easier.

Can you or can't you is up to you. You are an independent contractor who pays the bills. I'm sure your sitting in a very nice hotel and had breakfast via room service. Since we understand gracious appreciation you also tipped. Now you need to meet your expenses.

Hope things work out for you today

Kisses Haley

I think it is ok to ask the guy to:

1) Reconfirm the day before; and
2) Call/text/email an hour or two before to get your location (another reconfirmation).

Miss any one, and you are free to rebook.

And it seems appreciated.  One thing though each lady is so different in how they handle things.  I like to let a lady know when I am leaving for a date when I have to travel some distance.  So many will say, ' just call me when you get to point x.  And on returning dates, just show if they have a standard incall place.  I would much rather let them know I am on the way.  I think its polite at least.  

Another reason to confirm is to make sure I have the right date and time.  I have messed up the time once.  Totally embarressing, I was early lol

Dear Victoria:
It is okay to cancel if someone does not call on the day of the date to confirm or email and does not call you within 90 minutes to confirm their intent on seeing you. Not that you want someone being a pest but you need to have enough communication that you know you can reserve that spot because now you have people that you have turned down. Also you next question is how do you get compensated with you prorated compensation. Not that you would want to but it is not like you can report him to a credit bureau if he doesn't pay you but you can put him on a do not see list if you deem it necessary because of his unprofessional behavior.
Finally, I am also wondering how long does it take you to screen because if the guys belong to a verification service were you can verify him quick then you could have accepted those dates earlier. However if they didn't then you have to wait for certain pieces of correspondence that you deem critical and necessary. Thus putting you in a conundrum with what your next move should be.

I was to call & get the location in the morning for a 1 PM appt.   So she doesn't pick up, respond to my emails, never, nothing...   I had a single vacation day & blew it on a no show!  

She is a well reviewed provider.  I see she's still working in a city an hour North of my city, so guess she's alright.  A simple message would have been appreciated.   I will never risk my vacation time with her ever again.

doesn't respond by the end of the day, the date is cancelled.

Ladies should not be waiting and guessing if they have an appointment or not. Guys need to be more considerate of a lady's time.

Damn! If I had seen this earlier, I would have run out to LaGuardia and caught the first flight to Chicago.

There were weird circumstances, and I've seen her a few times before and was always happy seeing her.

Shit happens. In my experiences with her, it'll take too long to go into, but let's just say she was doing a tour thru here, we didn't pan out, and when I went to where she lives a couple months later she made it up. Oh yeah! She made it up alright, lol!

But as far as your deal, what? Are you supposed to sit by the phone, hoping he calls? If he can't commit and re-commit to the time and place, bump his ass. He only has himself to blame. He can't write a bad review for something that didn't happen, and if he tried and succeeded, you come to me.