Camp Kids Place in Arlington

[Anonymous]

I have mixed feelings about Camp Kids Place attempt to open. I appreciate that they are making a rolling decision week by week, and attempting to stay withing health and safety guidelines for Phase Two. But keeping 25% of payment if they do have to close seems unreasonable when no services are rendered. It seems like offering a credit for 2021 would be much fairer, especially to parents who have booked multiple weeks and now may need to make alternate childcare arrangements such as a nanny. It seems like most camps are either offering full refunds or providing credits for 2021?

[Anonymous]

I love this camp, and my kids love this camp. I appreciate that they are trying to open, and not throwing in the towel as so many have and deciding to close for the summer. They are in a catch-22. If they want to be ready to open, they have to spend money, which means less of a refund if they don't open. The camps that have given total refunds decided to close before they had to hire staff, etc. I think what camp kids place is doing, of planning to basically keep about $80 per registrant per week is fair and consistent with what other similarly situated camps are doing. The other alternative is to decide to cancel for the summer. This would put more money in my pocket, but would also leave me without childcare and with devastated children.

[Anonymous]

I have mixed feelings too. Nova hasn't even entered Phase 1 and in Phase 2, social gathering are limited to 50 individuals or less. I just don't see how camp can happen, even later in July. Is it worth it to be able to only host of few weeks of camp at the end of the summer? They will potentially be keeping quite a bit of money if the keep each campers deposit for several week of camp.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this camp, and my kids love this camp. I appreciate that they are trying to open, and not throwing in the towel as so many have and deciding to close for the summer. They are in a catch-22. If they want to be ready to open, they have to spend money, which means less of a refund if they don't open. The camps that have given total refunds decided to close before they had to hire staff, etc. I think what camp kids place is doing, of planning to basically keep about $80 per registrant per week is fair and consistent with what other similarly situated camps are doing. The other alternative is to decide to cancel for the summer. This would put more money in my pocket, but would also leave me without childcare and with devastated children.

I agree with everything you wrote.