With only 19 days to go we have had to make some tough, and to me personally distressing, decisions.
The numbers for July are far too low to allow us to continue with our event, as you may know BOBW relies completely on ticket sales to cover the intrinsic costs, such as getting the event organized, then appearance fees, airfares, accommodation etc.
So now is the time for hard decisions, and for this we need a response from you:
1) Do you wish the event to be re-scheduled for November 2009? If so a minimal non-refundable* deposit will be required.
2) If you have an existing booking, do you wish to transfer to November 2009?
Talk with you soon,
Adele, Brian & Ken
*Refunds will be given if the event does not go ahead but ONLY if the event does not go ahead (ie, you can’t get a refund if you just change your mind about attending).
The deposits will help us to get the event organised and give us an idea of how many will be attending.
June 28th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Sorry to hear the July event has been postponed – was looking forward to coming.
“If so a minimal non-refundable deposit will be required”
How will this help the event btw – just a question here, not sounding mean or anything
One more thing – will Erin Chambers still be at this event if it does happen in November, cause thats the reason I wanted to go?
June 29th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
I can’t speak for BOBW but there are always costs that have to be paid up front before an event takes place, eg, they have to pay for flights for guests and stuff so I imagine that has something to do with it. If enough money doesn’t come in from ticket sales well before the event, they have no money to pay for all the advance costs.
Just a guess, but it makes a lot of sense
June 30th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
This is unfortunate news. Both my sons have been keenly waiting for dates, etc to be confirmed for quite some time now. For us personally, news of prices was key information that took way too long to be released. I’m sure they’d be keen to attend a postponed event. However, I don’t like the idea of a “minimal non-refundable deposit” if that means I’m going to be penalised because not enough people wanted to go. Fair enough if I cancel my booking.
July 4th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
The reasons behind a minimal deposit, and I think Em answered beautifully are:
1) It gives us an idea of likely numbers to budget on,
2) It helps BOBW with the costs of getting the event organised
July 4th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Alison, unfortunately we can’t set prices until we have a firm idea what guests we have coming because we need to make sure we can cover our costs.
July 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Hi Allison, to clarify, deposits WILL be refunded if the event does not go ahead, but not if you just change your mind about attending.
Thanks
July 6th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Thanks for the reply and the clarification. I totally understand all the reasons you’ve provided. I just wasn’t clear on what the terms of the “non-refundable deposit” were. As I said, fair enough if I cancel my booking.
July 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Dean, I hope you’ve been back to see that Erin Chambers has signed on for the November event!
July 16th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
YAY! Thank you very much – now to start saving