Diosabellisima,
It was pure hell, believe me.
“because the trip is after the layoff x amount of time, blah blah blah”.
Is insurance from an outside source really only 20 bucks or so? Now I know better and want to be better prepared for the next time!
My neighbor’s brother was getting married to his fiance of (something like 10-14+ years.) *This * they were getting married in Hawaii. He always backed out. Ok, THAT should be the first clue. She’s harping and he’s backing out. Duh.
So, those who could afford it bought the tickets from the Midwest to Honolulu and…well…GOSH…what a farking surprise…a week before or so…he backed out and it was another few months before he broke up with her for good ( then went on to marry someone he just met and start an instant family with and they are still married and his family is still annoyed with him over this.He has since left the state and possibly has a piece of mind for the first time in his life.)
My neighbor never saw this coming, those that went for reasons I don’t completely get, were bitter about the wedding not taking place and whined most of the vacation. My neighbor’s husband philosophy was Hey, I’m here, I better enjoy Hawaii.
Just thought I’d share.
No she’s not obliged to pay people for lost money.
People will hold this against her in the future though and remember they wasted $600 on the last wedding if she ever get’s married. She should expect this to influence people the next time they are invited.
Better check the fine print on your trip insurance. They **do not **cover cancellations for “any reason,” at least not the ones I’ve ever seen. They have a *very specific set of circumstances *where they’ll pay out, and if I know insurance companies, they are going to stick to that list like white on rice on a paper plate held by a polar bear in a snowstorm.
My cite is buying trip insurance before one of my visits to my boyfriend, because my grandma was due for surgery shortly before then and I wanted to be able to cancel the flight if I had to in order to make it to her deathbed and/or funeral.
Wait, the whatnow?
What is that I don’t even
Just outside of an Urbana bottle, but missing a g.
I missed that gem the first time around. If only I’d continued to miss it.
Yup, like I’ve said a few times since that post: there’s also private trip insurance you can opt into, additional coverage you can buy, etc. In fact, this is why I said it is so important to read the contract you’re entering for coverage. Thanks for reiterating my point for me though, I suppose.
In general, I think that most people aren’t going to choose to go to a wedding when they’re flat broke, can only get out of work through an act of God and live a zillion miles away. It’s not the bride’s fault that one of her invitees has no common sense. And the bride can’t be expected to think of every single individual circumstance someone might be in and how it might affect them should she not get married. What if someone’s pregnant and might not be able to attend if they postpone it? What if someone’s Uncle is sick and might die if they postpone the wedding? Sure, if this were, say, the mother of the bride or groom or someone similarly close, those would be considerations, but if they weren’t such close family, the bride shouldn’t be expected to think about that. Similarly, people invited to the wedding are in no way obligated to come. Yes, it’s a more significant social event than, say, going to your friend Sally’s barbeque, but at the same anyone with any iota of compassion or common sense should understand that if you don’t have the money or time to do so, you’re just not going to be able to attend.
[Hijack warning]I think the last sentence in the quote above sums up my feelings. While I love the SD, I think one of its biggest pitfalls is that, even in the most benign threads, anytime you post something you have to expect that someone will come in and say, “Well, she should’ve thought of [unlikely situation]. It’s her fault that she didn’t.” I seem to recall a thread I posted long, long ago about being irritated that a plumber didn’t want to speak to me because he asked for “the man of the house.” Most people agreed it was annoying; however, there were some people who came in and said, “Oh, yeah, well did you ever consider it from the plumber’s perspective? Huh? What if your tone of voice was off? What if he’d had a bad experience with a woman the day before? Didn’t think of that, did you? Well, you should’ve.” This thread kind of reminds me of that one. [/Hijack]
1)It’s an invitation, not a subpoena. Anyone who receives a wedding invitation is entirely free to decline.
We bought refundable tickets for our honeymoon in Costa Rica, in case of some kind of unusual weather emergency – or just finding a better price closer to our departure date. We actually did find a better price on a different airline and saved $800 between the two of us. It was incredibly easy to apply for the refund.
Later, we found out one leg of the original ticket (the one we refunded) was changed to have a stop in Atlanta AKA Hell’s Own Airport, rather than being non-stop! Didn’t we feel clever!
Why would you quote that to me? Why?
On which site(s)? I’ve never seen insurance that broad offered.
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Oh my god. If I ever get married, I am *totally *subpoenaing my guests.
I’ve been searching through my email to see if I can find the name, but I can’t. When I went to Peru last year, I had super comprehensive travel insurance because, at the time, there were all kinds of riots and shit going down all over Peru and I wanted to be prepared in case shit went down. I’ll be damned if I can find it, though. I remember I saw a link at the bottom of some Latin American airline I was booking with, saying they offered super minimal travel insurance through company X. I instead just went straight to company x’s site and booked a higher level plan through them. Now, I admit that in that case, it was more than $15 :). My $500 flight (great deal) and 9 days in Peru were all covered for most things for about $65. (Total trip cost was under $1000, meals and everything included).
I’ll keep searching for it, though!
A singing summons-o-gram!
I’m just the messenger, ma’am. Sign here, please!
*
exits with fingers in ears to the Looney Tunes theme music*
He wanted you to fully enjoy the Springer mentality!
“On again…off again…pressing forward despite obvious doubts?”
Well, she shouldn’t get married in the forseeable future.
Best wishes,
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