FAQs

Short answer $0!We maintain low commission rates, and for you early adopters, membership is completely free!We handle merchant fees for you. In addition to these fees, our overhead costs encompass advertising, marketing, website hosting, and a significant amount of administrative and IT work. Our fee is set at 6.5%. After accounting for the 2.9% plus $0.30 merchant fee—paid to Stripe when processing online transactions—we leverage the remaining funds to work our magic.Just a reminder: you have the flexibility to set your prices and availability as you wish on this site. If you need to increase your prices to accommodate the commission, feel free to do so.*Full disclosure: We do charge the school a small fee at the time of booking as well. However, for this fee we provide them with a wealth of benefits and complimentary resources, including:Comprehensive vendor & venue listsPlanning assistanceQuick and straightforward vendor and venue research with verified reviewsA social media-based network for sharing schedules, plans, voting, and organizing fundraising activitiesAdditionally, we will host an annual raffle for each community, with the proceeds going to a winning school to help support their event.

We kindly request that you refrain from booking schools that reach out to you outside of our platform. Doing so undermines the very purpose of our site, which is to simplify the process for both schools and vendors by allowing them to view all overnight bookings in one convenient location. By staying within this system, schools are more likely to keep you on board, and pass down your info to future classes, ensuring everything remains organized for all. This is why listings are free for you and our commission rates are kept low.Additionally, we would like to remind you that off-platform bookings violate our usage policy, and we may remove your listing if we find that such bookings have taken place.That said, if schools have already booked you early, there is no need to go through us. Simply mark your calendar as unavailable.

If the school or you need to modify any essential aspects of your booking, such as the start time or location, please reach out directly. It is possible we may need to cancel a booking and start over. We do not permit  time, date, location, and service changes through messaging or subsequent vendor/client contracts that amend these . This policy is in place to protect you by ensuring that schools only book you when they are fully prepared to commit to the time, date, location, and service. This way, they cannot easily make changes later, which could lead to missed opportunities or availability issues for you. Once they are ready to proceed, they can reserve your services rather than doing so based on a casual initial email or text message before securing the necessary ability to book.

Yes, in order to list on our platform, we need you to be fully insured for your type of business. Please be ready to send us a COI with your business liability provider naming us as additionally insured.

A Brief Overview of Contracting with SchoolsWhile it's not mandatory to have a contract with schools in order to be “booked” on this platform, it is highly recommended to send them a RIDER once all the details have been finalized. Here are some key points to consider before committing to a contract:Parking arrangementsLocation of the event on campusService provisions—will it be at the event or managed by the school?Availability of water and electricityIndoor or outdoor settingOvertime proceduresPresence of a green roomEnsuring clarity on these aspects will help pave the way for a successful collaboration.You may send them a Contract/Rider via a file for them to return or a link via the message board. Please do not send clients contracts changing the DATE>TIME>SERVICE> or LOCATION! See *REQUEST CHANGES question below.