Contest charges on credit card. Credit card company recommended to wait til day of no check in. Obviously the service you paid for wasn’t available. That’s ur easiest and best bet. We just did this over a condo in Maui. State shut down but condo still said no reimbursement. We got our money back!I was just told by the people that we had a rental agreement with (midsrent.com) that obviously they could not rent their house to us anymore due to the coronavirus and Maryland's stay at home order. This makes sense and is completely understandable. The issue I have is that they are refusing to refund our money. They said they "might " give us half of our money back because cancellation will happen outside of 30 days (our contract allows us to cancel up to 30 days and get 50% refund). I understand this is a trying time for many families but they technically cancelled the rental, not me. My question to everyone is has anyone else had their rental cancelled and had the owner refuse to refund their money? Am I being unreasonable?
I've been waiting for the USNA to issue some kind of word on whether 2020 Graduation is "on or off'. DD has been advised that graduation won't be as usual this year. She has also been surveyed for her preferences for smaller ceremonies, but unless I missed something the USNA has not advised Parents/Family that CL2020 graduation will not be open to them.
I have zero doubt that the USNA will do its best to recognize USNA Class of 2020 in this difficult year. That said, it would sure be nice if they'ed provide us with word on whether there will be a graduation ceremony in Annapolis that parents are invited to attend. There are plane tickets and accommodation rentals to address. The plane tickets are easy; it will be the vague terms of Vrbo contracts that will be difficult. We've prepaid about $4K on a house for 9days in May, our window for a full refund passed back in January. DW has tried to start a conversation on what portion the fee should be refunded, but, in the absence of notice from the USNA that graduation is canceled (for family), DW stopped short of specifically canceling the rental in her communication, and the owner has not replied (probably for the same reason).
If the USNA issued a statement that CL2020 graduation (involving family) is "OFF"; we could get the process of figuring out this $$$ stuff started. In the meantime, us parents see our notice to property owners getting closer to our rental periods with refunds likely shrinking in the bargin.
I guess I should ask. Did l miss something? Has the USNA provided notice to Parents that 2020 graduation is off?
VRBO, aka Home Away is probably the biggest.and would instead book with one of the other two ‘big name’ companies.
Hey, @Just Dad, head over to this forum for discussion...
Commissioning Week Statement from USNA
USNA CANCELS ALL PUBLIC COMMISSIONING WEEK 2020 EVENTS ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy formally announced April 10th the cancellation of all Commissioning Week 2020 public events due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This was a very difficult decision to come to,” said 63rd Superintendent...www.serviceacademyforums.com
BTW...My youngster is upset to not see the Firsties, too. NOT as devastating as Firstie news, but know that they are super special people, just yanked away
Thanks for the vector 19, I've been trying not to post non-admissions stuff over there, but it looks like a better place form my questions.
Your post has me remembering May 2017. DD had completed plebe year and was home here in Seattle. She flew back USNA for 3 of the 10days of leave she had because a graduating Mid had asked her to be a "First Salute". I get it, and thank you. She hasn't been easy to have around these last couple of weeks, and I sometimes forget how much that place and those people mean to her. THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER.
I was able to cancel my AirBnB this morning for a full refund. I feel bad for the homeowner, really. If there was any way I could have delayed my reservation to a later time I would have done it, but the host was only renting through the month of May.