… AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
Please read carefully – thank you.
We are delighted to offer our members a wide range of trips, visits and events. You will be aware that for many of them, especially Cultural Visits, Parties and Cocktails, we have a Cancellation Policy (CP) which applies when you sign up. In future, we will be adding a note of the cost to the Club for an individual to participate in an event (e.g. CP CHF 38 ).
This costing occurs for many reasons; because the organisers have to buy tickets well in advance to take advantage of a group rate; to hire a guide; to buy fresh produce or to secure a venue. It’s essential that we know how many people to expect, so we can also fix a price!
When you sign up to attend an event, you are effectively giving your word that you will pay for your place. The Club honors your word by purchasing tickets on your behalf. Sometimes, we have a waiting list of ladies who can take your place if you are unable to attend, but quite often, we don’t.
It isn’t the business of the event organizer to find someone to cover for you if there is no waiting list – that’s your job! The Club will have bought your ticket in good faith, and you will be expected to pay for it whether you turn up or not.
If you sign up for an event, PLEASE make a note in your diary. The LAC doesn’t send you a reminder if you have bought tickets to a ballet… and the volunteer event organiser probably doesn’t have time to
do this either! We just expect you to turn up (as you would to the ballet…)
If you find, for whatever reason, that you are unable to take up a place that you signed for, please let the event organiser know – it seems like basic courtesy – and there might be a chance that there’s someone on the waiting list! Otherwise, find someone to take your place, or you will be charged.
So – if you sign up and fail to show up, please don’t be surprised or offended if you receive an email and a payment slip from our Treasurer. You shouldn’t expect the other members of the Club to cover the cost of your error, after all.
The Board