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Your package protects revenue. Does it protect your hourly pay?

A discounted prepaid session package guarantees you get paid even if a student no-shows. If a missed session also earns a free makeup rather than being forfeited, you still work that hour eventually — so the discount you gave to sell the package applies to every hour once they are all delivered, not just the ones attended the first time. This calculator compares your package to plain pay-per-session pricing on both revenue and effective hourly pay, so you know which one you are actually choosing.

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Compare package vs. pay-per-session

Enter a single-session price, a package size and price, then click Compare.

What this does and doesn't do

This applies the numbers you enter to one representative block of sessions — it does not track which specific student owes a makeup, does not schedule anything, and does not predict any one student's actual attendance. Treat the result as the arithmetic behind a pricing decision, not a record of any real student's account.

Common questions

Does a prepaid session package actually protect my income?

It protects your revenue: the student has already paid, so a no-show does not cost you that session's fee. It does not automatically protect your hourly pay. If your package promises a makeup for a missed session, you still work that hour eventually — the discount you gave to sell the package is paid on every hour once all of them are delivered, not just the hours actually attended the first time.

When does a package pay worse per hour than charging per session?

Whenever the package's per-session discount is deeper than your no-show rate and a missed session earns a free makeup. Under pay-per-session, a no-show simply frees that slot — you are not paid for it, but you also do not work it. Under a package with makeup owed, that slot is rescheduled rather than freed, so you work the same total hours as if nobody had missed a session, at the discounted rate.

So should I stop offering makeups?

This calculator does not tell you what policy to run — that depends on what keeps students booking with you. It tells you the arithmetic consequence of each policy so the tradeoff (guaranteed revenue vs. protected hourly pay) is a choice you make on purpose, not a side effect of a discount you picked to sound attractive.

What no-show rate should I use if I don't track one?

Use your best honest estimate from recent memory, or run the comparison at a couple of different rates (for example 5% and 20%) to see how sensitive the result is. The point is the relationship between your discount and your no-show rate, not a precise historical figure.

Is this scheduling software or tax advice?

No. It applies the numbers you enter to one representative block of sessions — it does not track which student owes a makeup, does not schedule anything, and is not tax, legal, or financial advice.

I already compare these in a spreadsheet — why use this instead?

A spreadsheet catches the revenue comparison fine. It usually misses the hours a makeup guarantee still owes on a missed session, which is where a discounted package can quietly pay worse per hour worked. See this calculator vs. a spreadsheet for a worked example.

I keep my discount at or below my no-show rate — isn't that safe?

It protects your revenue. It does not protect your hourly pay if you owe a makeup on a missed session — see how much you can discount a package before it costs you money for the worked example where a discount matched exactly to the no-show rate still costs $6.00 an hour.