Fatpacking Cancellation Policy
Cancellations do occur, often for very good reasons. However as a trip approaches, Fatpacking must pre-pay and commit to various expenses in anticipation of your participation. Since many of these expenses are often not recoverable, we must adhere to the following policies.
- Deposits are not refundable. At the discretion of Fatpacking, deposits may be applied to a future trip if cancellation occurs more than 30 days before a trip. After that time, they may not be applied to future trips.
- If the trip has been paid for in full, and cancellation occurs 30 days or more before the first day of the trip, the entire cost of the trip minus the deposit is refundable. After that time, no part of the trip cost is refundable.
- Once a trip has begun, no part of the trip cost or deposit is refundable. In certain circumstances, such as a family emergency, a participant may be allowed to apply part of the trip cost towards a future trip at the discretion of Fatpacking. Fatpacking is not aware of any insurance company that will underwrite trip insurance for someone who requires or chooses to be evacuated from a trip in progress.
- If a participant must be evacuated for emergency reasons, they do so at their own expense, and forfeit the entire trip cost. Fatpacking guides are obligated to help evacuate participants for emergency reasons.
- If a participant chooses to leave a trip while it is in progress for a non-emergency, they do so at their own expense, and forfeit the entire trip cost. Fatpacking guides may help evacuate participants for non-emergency reasons, but are under no obligation to do so.
- Covid: Given the ubiquitous availability of a Covid vaccine, if you cancel your trip (or we cancel your trip) because you are unvaccinated and test positive for Covid, you forfeit all funds you submitted. Furthermore, your funds will not be applied to any other trip and they will be forfeited in their entirety.
- We are not responsible for any force majeure, acts of God, travel bans, war, pandemic or any other unforeseen event that causes you to cancel your trip. Fatpacking may choose to allow your funds to be applied towards another trip, but are under no obligation to do so. You should consider trip insurance for these possibilities.
- We are not responsible for any force majeure, acts of God, travel bans, war, pandemic or any other unforeseen event that causes us to cancel your trip. Should this happen, Fatpacking will apply your funds towards another trip but is under no obligation to issue a refund. You should consider trip insurance for these possibilities.
Trip Insurance
Trip insurance can give you peace of mind. You might consider trip insurance.
The company that underwrites Fatpacking's liability insurance recommends TravelInsured.com. Fatpacking does not endorse (or not endorse) this company. However, please note that one of our participants found that collecting on a fully valid claim was overly and unnecessarily difficult and obstacle laden even though the company did eventually pay the claim. Participants have anecdotally had better service with Allianz.