So many event organisers, musicians, dance teachers, sound engineers losing thousands of dollars canceling events in the dance world. People in this industry really do live gig to gig.
I had thought it was a bit on the nose for organisers to ask before, but if an event you’re registered for is cancelled, please consider not accepting a refund.
Your couple of hundred dollars is a drop in the bucket for events that have already paid for flights, accommodation, visas, venue hire… not to mention still having to pay teachers a cancellation fee. A small Australian event has a budget of about $20 000, and most organisers are paying the bills from their own savings, before the registrations come in.
If you can, please do consider giving what you can from your registration refund.
Restaurants – a sector also severely hit by the COVID-19 – have come up with the neat idea of, ‘Dining Bonds.’ They’re vouchers basically where you pay now dine later. They also have little deals like, pay $75 and get $100 value. A nice idea to boost some cash flow. https://www.amny.com/coronavirus/dining-bonds-happy-hour-to-go-and-lots-of-delivery-how-to-support-the-food-industry-during-covid-19/