A trainer's availability directly impacts earnings. Clients paying premium rates expect white-glove service, including responsiveness at unconventional times like 10 PM messages. Limiting hours to avoid early mornings or late nights means reduced income.
I can tell you now from experience, also working with hundreds if not thousands of PTs at this point, the more available you are, the more money you're going to make. If you're precious with your time or you're not going to work at this certain hour, or you don't want to get up early, you don't want to go to bed late, you are reducing your income. So if a client messaged me at 10 PM at night, I would answer it because they're paying for it. This is where the expectations come in. Really depends on where you want to play. If you want to be charging high amounts, that's the white glove service, right? White glove service is you're going to be more available. And you might say, well, there needs to be some boundaries in that. And yes, I get that. But understand, if you are going to be charging a premium, people expect a premium.
