School trip

[MommyMel]

My daughter signed up for a trip to France with school but now doesn’t want to go I have paid about £300 will I get my money back if she backs out

You need to check what the school said about cancellations but, assuming she's not ill but just decides she no longer wants to go, you'll probably lose your money if it means they'll be left with an empty place.

You may even be liable for the full cost if you haven't yet paid it...

Ask the school whether there is a waiting list too. Sometimes if there is a waiting list then you may get some back if another child is wanting to take the vacant place.

Ask the school. Check what you signed. If they can't resell the place I doubt it.

I think I would not accept this from a secondary age child. Why does she not want to go? Is she going to pay you back? Suggest she does. That may concentrate her mind.

Read the small print but it's unlikely. I agree with bubbles (assuming no bullying or other valid reason why she would be nervous about going); your DD needs to understand what an expensive change of heart this is.

I would assume not, but it's worth asking as they may be able to fill the space in which case your chance of at least some of your money back is better

If it’s close to the departure date then no. We pay a deposit to hotels/coach/airline just like you would with a regular trip and those deposits are only refundable on health grounds.

She was going with her friend but she backed out.

Try and encourage her to go - I paid for a very expensive school trip a couple of years ago and my DD has a wobble about going. Thankfully I talked her into it and she had a fabulous time and still talks about it now,

Surely she has other friends going?

I think that not going because a friend has refused to go is a bit juvenile. I think she will be fine if she gives it a chance. The teachers will know what has happened and she is not going to be on her own is she? Surely she knows others who are going? It is presumably only for a few days!

Both my girls went to South Africa to school for a term when they were 13 on a school exchange. Without us parents. They boarded and knew no-one when they arrived. It was a wonderful experience and being up for it makes you a more rounded person.