Skyline Society ยท 16 August 2026

Where things stand

Six things are fixed and live on your site and booking page as of today. One thing we found is quietly costing you a lot. And your audience answered the question you asked them in July โ€” we finally read all of it.

Done today โ€” already live

The expensive one

Your booking page tells customers this, right before they pay:

Your current booking policy "All sales are final and non-refundable. We accept cards and Buy Now, Pay Later with a 2.9% fee. To avoid this surcharge, we gladly accept fee-free payments via Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, or Apple Pay. One reschedule is permitted with advance notice."

That one sentence is why nothing adds up. Here's July:

Where we lookedJuly totalOf the real number
Your own tracker$13,166.91100%
Setmore$6,67351%
Stripe$2,164.0516%

About $11,000 of July never touched your card processor. That's not lost money โ€” you were paid. But it means no records, no deposit protection, no Afterpay, and no way to prove what's working.

Here's the part worth knowing: the 2.9% isn't coming out of your pocket. Your checkout adds it on top โ€” a $600 booking charges the customer $618. So sending people to Zelle doesn't save you the fee. It saves them the fee, and costs you the deposit, the records, and Afterpay.

Our suggestion Take the fee line off entirely and just price it in โ€” $618 instead of "$600 plus $18 fee." Same money to you, and nobody has a reason to ask about Zelle. Apple Pay still works; it's built into the card checkout already.

Two lines that contradict each other

These sit one above the other in the box customers tick to agree:

"One reschedule is permitted with advance notice."
"Cancellation and rescheduling is not permitted once the appointment is booked."

Both can't be true, and as written it wouldn't hold up if someone pushed back.

The old policy was strict because it had to be โ€” you were collecting nothing, so the only thing stopping a no-show was a stern sentence. Now that a real deposit is in place, you can afford to be generous.

What we'd suggest instead The $100 deposit is non-refundable โ€” that's what holds your time on the roof. One free reschedule with 48 hours' notice. Cancel more than 7 days out and the balance is refunded. Inside 48 hours, the deposit is kept and the balance becomes a credit good for 90 days. Fairer to read, easier to say yes to, and it actually protects you โ€” because now there's money behind it.

What your audience actually said

In July you posted a video asking people to vote โ€” 1๏ธโƒฃ Same-Day Elopement or 2๏ธโƒฃ Micro-Wedding. It became the best thing you've ever posted: 49,100 views, 1,263 shares, 379 comments.

We read all of them.

373comments recovered
228from viewers
145were you, replying

The vote

Elopement 33 Micro 23 Both 7

Elopement wins on raw count, 59% to 41%. But that's not the whole story.

The people who wrote sentences wanted micro-weddings

"1" is the easy thing to type. The comments that got the most agreement were almost all micro-wedding, and they arrived with details:

"Micro weddings!!!!"
"i like it. i think its a good idea. i would do it โ€” bkuz i don't think I want a big wedding."
"#2. 10 guest champagne toast and a small cake"
"I think both are great ideas, honestly. Offer both options! Both super intimate with 6โ€“8 friends."

The strongest read: offer both. Elopement is what most people click. Micro-wedding is what the serious ones describe.

The number that needs your answer

People told you how many guests they wanted to bring:

Guests asked forHow many asked
21
51
63
104
121
201
"Micro wedding but at least 20โ€“30 people"
"How about 15? (Peeped you on Peerspace.)"

Most cluster right at 10 โ€” which is exactly your limit, so your packages are well aimed. But a real slice want 12, 15, 20, even 30, and today you have to turn them away.

Is 10 a hard limit, or a comfortable one? If there's any room above it, there's money sitting there. If there isn't, that's fine โ€” but then the site should say so plainly, so nobody arrives hoping.

And the most common question of all

"both but how much would it be"
"How much would it be for number 1"
"Info please! This is exactly what we are looking for!"
"More information please and thank you"

Price was the single most asked-about thing. You answered every one of these personally, in DMs โ€” 145 replies. That's the work the website should be doing for you. Both packages exist in Setmore and are bookable today. Neither appears anywhere on your site.

What we need from you