Is it fair to ask for a refund?

[Anonymous]

No refund.

And unless specifically medically indicated I don't see why this would require canceling the entire trip.

[Anonymous]

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What happened to bringing books and reading at the beach? Sounds like DC is overly helicoptered and is now ruining the vacay for the whole family.

Well, can you picture a 6 year old sitting on a beach in 95C heat and reading books for longer than 30 minutes?

I can't and I need 8 hours to fill.

So, you'd rather cancel vacation for other 3 kids than find a way to entertain 1 kid on the beach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No refund.

And unless specifically medically indicated I don't see why this would require canceling the entire trip.

I do. Baby of the family can't get in the water and helicopter can't bear for her to have to watch her siblings having fun without her and the spoiled fits that will ensue if they go. Better to cancel and make everybody else in the family suffer than cause distress for snowflake.

[Anonymous]

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Then teach your child to enjoy the nature! WTF? Is it so difficult to hang out with your kid for the week? Go for walks, wade in, look for sea glass, set up an umbrella and play games. The possibilities are endless.

The possibilities are NOT endless. If you have to fill 8 hours with a 6 year old in 100 degree heat. If you've been there you'd know that walks on a beach under a burning sun in 95+ degrees are not fun. Staying in the house defeats the purpose of traveling.

And I'm not going to put myself in a position where I have to entertain a kid all day every day for a week - make up activities and games to fill time. I have a life too, you know.

So the only possibility is if the child can be in the water. I'll order a waterproof cover and wait and see what the doctor will tell us.

[Anonymous]

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So, you'd rather cancel vacation for other 3 kids than find a way to entertain 1 kid on the beach?

No, the other kids are not mine. If we don't go the other families still will go. So it will not impact them in any way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Then teach your child to enjoy the nature! WTF? Is it so difficult to hang out with your kid for the week? Go for walks, wade in, look for sea glass, set up an umbrella and play games. The possibilities are endless.

The possibilities are NOT endless. If you have to fill 8 hours with a 6 year old in 100 degree heat. If you've been there you'd know that walks on a beach under a burning sun in 95+ degrees are not fun. Staying in the house defeats the purpose of traveling.

And I'm not going to put myself in a position where I have to entertain a kid all day every day for a week - make up activities and games to fill time. I have a life too, you know.

So the only possibility is if the child can be in the water. I'll order a waterproof cover and wait and see what the doctor will tell us.

Well, as the responses are showing you, this is an optional cancellation, not a true emergency. Because you are electing to avoid going rather than having an actual emergency that bars you from going, there is no way that you should ask for a refund or ask the other families to cover the costs because you don't want to be bothered to find alternative ways to entertain your child. Frankly, if I was one of the other families and you asked for a refund, not only would I not cover for you, but I would probably not want to include you on vacation plans in the future as you seem like a difficult person to deal with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Then teach your child to enjoy the nature! WTF? Is it so difficult to hang out with your kid for the week? Go for walks, wade in, look for sea glass, set up an umbrella and play games. The possibilities are endless.

The possibilities are NOT endless. If you have to fill 8 hours with a 6 year old in 100 degree heat. If you've been there you'd know that walks on a beach under a burning sun in 95+ degrees are not fun. Staying in the house defeats the purpose of traveling.

And I'm not going to put myself in a position where I have to entertain a kid all day every day for a week - make up activities and games to fill time. I have a life too, you know.

So the only possibility is if the child can be in the water. I'll order a waterproof cover and wait and see what the doctor will tell us.

wow. just wow.

[Anonymous]

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So, you'd rather cancel vacation for other 3 kids than find a way to entertain 1 kid on the beach?

No, the other kids are not mine. If we don't go the other families still will go. So it will not impact them in any way.

i thought you posted you had two other children 13 and 16. I think we are being played here....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So, you'd rather cancel vacation for other 3 kids than find a way to entertain 1 kid on the beach?

No, the other kids are not mine. If we don't go the other families still will go. So it will not impact them in any way.

i thought you posted you had two other children 13 and 16. I think we are being played here....

No. It's confusing. My only child is 6. The other kids belong to the other families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Then teach your child to enjoy the nature! WTF? Is it so difficult to hang out with your kid for the week? Go for walks, wade in, look for sea glass, set up an umbrella and play games. The possibilities are endless.

The possibilities are NOT endless. If you have to fill 8 hours with a 6 year old in 100 degree heat. If you've been there you'd know that walks on a beach under a burning sun in 95+ degrees are not fun. Staying in the house defeats the purpose of traveling.

And I'm not going to put myself in a position where I have to entertain a kid all day every day for a week - make up activities and games to fill time. I have a life too, you know.

So the only possibility is if the child can be in the water. I'll order a waterproof cover and wait and see what the doctor will tell us.

if i went to FLA in June (almost hottest part of year) - i would go to the beach early in the day and late in the day. cast or no cast. find something else to do during the hottest part of the day.

but again - this all digresses from the original question about refund. no its not fair

[Anonymous]

Well, as the responses are showing you, this is an optional cancellation, not a true emergency. Because you are electing to avoid going rather than having an actual emergency that bars you from going, there is no way that you should ask for a refund or ask the other families to cover the costs because you don't want to be bothered to find alternative ways to entertain your child. Frankly, if I was one of the other families and you asked for a refund, not only would I not cover for you, but I would probably not want to include you on vacation plans in the future as you seem like a difficult person to deal with.

Agree!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
So, you'd rather cancel vacation for other 3 kids than find a way to entertain 1 kid on the beach?

No, the other kids are not mine. If we don't go the other families still will go. So it will not impact them in any way.

i thought you posted you had two other children 13 and 16. I think we are being played here....

No. It's confusing. My only child is 6. The other kids belong to the other families.

So you don't even have other kids to deal with? Take the kid and hang out with him! WTF!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:. Frankly, if I was one of the other families and you asked for a refund, not only would I not cover for you, but I would probably not want to include you on vacation plans in the future as you seem like a difficult person to deal with.

Can you contain yourself and not make personal insults and labels? It's just a discussion.

Hopefully, my friends are more understanding than you. When the other family decided to join us we could have said "no" too. Because we already booked a house and it's a little tight for so many people. We could have said they were "difficult" because twice before they said they would not be going. But yet we agreed. Because this is what friends do for each other. And because things happen.

[Anonymous]

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So, you'd rather cancel vacation for other 3 kids than find a way to entertain 1 kid on the beach?

No, the other kids are not mine. If we don't go the other families still will go. So it will not impact them in any way.

i thought you posted you had two other children 13 and 16. I think we are being played here....

No. It's confusing. My only child is 6. The other kids belong to the other families.

So you don't even have other kids to deal with? Take the kid and hang out with him! WTF!

But, but..she has a life, which others should pay for, don't you know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Then teach your child to enjoy the nature! WTF? Is it so difficult to hang out with your kid for the week? Go for walks, wade in, look for sea glass, set up an umbrella and play games. The possibilities are endless.

The possibilities are NOT endless. If you have to fill 8 hours with a 6 year old in 100 degree heat. If you've been there you'd know that walks on a beach under a burning sun in 95+ degrees are not fun. Staying in the house defeats the purpose of traveling.

And I'm not going to put myself in a position where I have to entertain a kid all day every day for a week - make up activities and games to fill time. I have a life too, you know.

So the only possibility is if the child can be in the water. I'll order a waterproof cover and wait and see what the doctor will tell us.

wow. just wow.

I'm the PP the OP was responding to and that was my exact response when I read this. On a family vacation where there is apparently nothing more to do than swim and enjoy the ambient nature (but definitely don't actually DO anything to engage with nature), she has better things to do than spend time with her kid. Yikes

OP, the possibilities ARE endless, you either lack the imagination to see that or just don't want to go on this vacation and you want the kid's arm to use as an excuse. So does this mean you'd also be forfeiting the airfare to FL, too?