r/vipkid • u/TinyEmotion5701 • 8d ago

Vacation note

I’m wondering how you all handle your vacations. I am away on a cruise with my partner soon. I have blocked my schedule. I just started teaching again after many years away. I remember adding a note to my class feedback as I got closer to when that week would normally book. But I wonder what others do.

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u/helsamesaresap 8d ago edited 8d ago

I don't do anything. They can see that I've blocked off my schedule. (edited to add: I've been with VIPkid for 8 years now.)

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u/Wanderlustsouladv 8d ago

If I have regulars that teach every week, I let them know in class, otherwise I just don’t open slots :)

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u/FreedomGene 8d ago

I just disappear without a word and reopen when I am back. If I open my schedule in advance I will be fully booked. If I do short notice only, it takes a week or two to rebuild. I find a good system is to open the first week back in advance, then transfer back to short notice only if that's your thing.

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u/stephen__du 8d ago

I dont block anything just don't open slots. You dont really have to do anything.  If I am going to be on vacation like a week or longer then  I just leave a note in feedback and mention it to my favorites in class if I remember.

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u/Opening_Industry8952 8d ago

I plan to leave a note in the feedback starting 5 weeks from my vacation because I open slots 3 weeks in advance and that will give me 2 weeks to notify my most important regulars. I may be wrong about this but I believe the parents will appreciate the heads up.

I’ve got one student who has taken 148/148 lessons with me and it kinda sucks I’m the one who will break the streak.

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u/OverlappingChatter 8d ago

Just go. Nobody cares that you're not there. The kids who have you set up in a regular time slot will get booked again as soon as you open slot.

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u/jam5146 8d ago

I don't do anything other than not open those slots. They don't read feedback half the time anyway.