If your school trip was cancelled...

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And the school said they would keep the fee you had paid against the next trip, would you be bothered or would you be 'outraged'

The children are in reception so will have plenty more school trips.

Yup, what Nutcracker said.

I would not trust them to remember they owed it to me.

I would expect a refund tbh.

wouldn't bother me saves paying next time. However DS is going into the last year of infants and still not been on a trip
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Be outraged out poverty, racesim and child murder

Just be sligtly put out by them keeping your money

It depends, the school may not have been refunded themselves. The coach company for example may have offered to postpone for another time as a good will gesture if it was short notice. As long as the child is going on the next trip I don't see an issue? (I am very skint, but would just see it as one less thing to pay next time)

No it should be refunded.It is not the schools money!!

Wouldn't have occurred to me to think it a bad thing. I think they should have added though that it you wanted the money back you could request it from the school secretary.

If the next trip has not been planned yet then the school should have given parents a choice. They could have offered a refund to those who wanted it or held the money as payment for the next trip.
I personally would want them to keep hold of it. Far less hassle.

I was going to say that people might be upset if they were skint and needed the money back, but then i suppose if the kids at gone on the trip they wouldn't get the money back,so would be no worse off. If they were struggling to put food on the table, then presumably they wouldn't have made the voluntary contribution for the trip.

Mulberry- but that's like the siupermarket saying i won't bother giving you any change .We'll just hold on to it til next time you shop

I would expect a refund, and would write a polite letter to the Head if it did not happen pretty quickly. I may not want my child to go on the next trip, and it is my money.

boneyjonesy Yes I suppose it is really. They should at least give people the option of having it back.

I think it's quite likely school has a credit note with eithe the coach or the venue and would struggle to refund, if so that could have been explained.