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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not see the issue here.

Like the lawyer above said this is a contract issue.

They can not keep the non refundable deposit if they do not hold camp.

Calleva should not be keeping $75 of the deposits either if they are not holding camp. The $150 for next year? Who knows if they will hold camp next year. But that's fine if a family chooses to have them keep the deposit to hold a spot.[/quote]

It’s absolutely a contract issue.  But that’s precisely why it is perfectly legal in most cases for them to keep the contract.

In most cases, the contract says both that the deposit is non-refundable and they may have to and can cancel camp because of an act of god.  Some contracts will expressly reference a pandemic or similar.

These perfectly legal contract terms place the risk on the customer in the unlikely event something like a pandemic requires canceling camp.

Because it is bad business and arguably “unfair,” even if perfectly legal, many camps are offering refunds or credits.  But that is a business decision so as to not piss off customers, not because they have to - unless possibly they used a poorly written contract.[/quote]

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