madas wrote:
You usually don’t have to put money down for a car rental - you should have reserved a room with a free cancelation policy and you should have paid the middle rate for flights so you could cancel them or bought the cheap insurance. You are just not a good traveler that’s on you.
Non-refundable flights and hotels are cheaper than refundable flights and hotels. So why would you pay more for something that, at that time, was extremely unlikely to be cancelled?
huh?? wrote:
madas wrote:
You usually don’t have to put money down for a car rental - you should have reserved a room with a free cancelation policy and you should have paid the middle rate for flights so you could cancel them or bought the cheap insurance. You are just not a good traveler that’s on you.
Non-refundable flights and hotels are cheaper than refundable flights and hotels. So why would you pay more for something that, at that time, was extremely unlikely to be cancelled?
First off, when travelling for an event, you should never book any kind of non refundable travel. The lowest refundable cost is the true cost of the travel. If you don't book that, you're a sucker.
Lastly, the meet hasn't been cancelled yet. You could still get lucky, in which case you probably saved enough for a steak dinner after the race. Enjoy fretting over the uncertainty of will they won't they for the next few weeks. I'd look for a backup meet with in driving distance, but with half a million americans testing positive a day by late jan, those may get cancelled too.
no body important wrote:
huh?? wrote:
Non-refundable flights and hotels are cheaper than refundable flights and hotels. So why would you pay more for something that, at that time, was extremely unlikely to be cancelled?
First off, when travelling for an event, you should never book any kind of non refundable travel. The lowest refundable cost is the true cost of the travel. If you don't book that, you're a sucker.
Lastly, the meet hasn't been cancelled yet. You could still get lucky, in which case you probably saved enough for a steak dinner after the race. Enjoy fretting over the uncertainty of will they won't they for the next few weeks. I'd look for a backup meet with in driving distance, but with half a million americans testing positive a day by late jan, those may get cancelled too.
I guess I could do the Kane Invitational in Cornell on 1/29 if the Terrier Meet gets cancelled. It's barely within driving distance, but stuff like this worries me:
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/12/14/1064197606/cornell-university-omicron-campus-shut-down-covidAnd yes, I'll be having the best steak dinner of my life after the race if they don't cancel it.
It's happening again......... wrote:
Hearing talk of BU mandating mask for all competitors while competing or going as far as possibly canceling their remaining indoor meets. Any truth to this?
Cancelling their remaining indoor meets is unlikely. Since that post, they posted info on their Valentine and Last Chance meets:
https://goterriers.com/sports/2021/10/19/2021-22-home-meet-information.aspxNo news yet on mask mandates while competing.
One more thing - in 2020, they announced that they would be cancelling their Dec.5 meet on Nov.24:
So that's a 12-day notice. If you apply that same timeframe, their next meet on 1/22/22 would have been cancelled yesterday.
But I wouldn't buy a flight yet - indoor meets have been cancelled due to bad weather:
huh?? wrote:
karen rodgers wrote:
go yell at republicans
Democrats usually cancel events and place restrictions, not Republicans.
Republicans have the lowest percentage of being fully vaccinated. Which in turn means they are the ones who are dying.
huh?? wrote:
karen rodgers wrote:
go yell at republicans
Democrats usually cancel events and place restrictions, not Republicans.
Republicans have the lowest percentage of being fully vaccinated. Which in turn means they are the ones who are dying.
347893 wrote:
huh?? wrote:
Democrats usually cancel events and place restrictions, not Republicans.
Republicans have the lowest percentage of being fully vaccinated. Which in turn means they are the ones who are dying.
A person dying in Louisiana doesn't cause a meet in Boston to get cancelled. The blame for that is squarely on the Democrats.
Ho Hum wrote:
I miss the annual Mini-Meets wrote:
So what about those of us who already signed up and paid for the BU Terrier Classic, bought the plane tickets, booked hotels, and paid for car rentals? Are we going to get our money back or somehow be reimbursed for this?
Yes, as a show of goodwill they will be giving all entrants a $2 voucher good for any participating Dunkin Donuts within 400 feet of the Citgo sign.
Cases in Boston have already peaked, so he won't be getting a $2 snack at Dunkin Donuts:
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/is-the-omicron-surge-peaking-heres-what-boston-doctors-say/2610932/He'll have to be vaccinated, though:
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/five-fast-facts-boston-s-indoor-vaccine-mandatehuh?? wrote:
ehehh wrote:
Let me get this straight...during an ongoing pandemic with two variants, you purchased non-refundable plane tickets, booked a hotel and car rentals for a an indoor track meet?
Indoor track meets were still held during the pandemic even before the vaccines were widely available.
What was he supposed to do, wait until the day before the meet, hope that there are available flights, cars, and hotels, and pay a premium for getting those services at the last minute?
You can and should reserve cars and hotels in advance without prepaying. For most hotels if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance they will not charge you anything.
There are also fully refundable plane tickets and travel insurance for these types of situations.
lpolly wrote:
huh?? wrote:
Indoor track meets were still held during the pandemic even before the vaccines were widely available.
What was he supposed to do, wait until the day before the meet, hope that there are available flights, cars, and hotels, and pay a premium for getting those services at the last minute?
You can and should reserve cars and hotels in advance without prepaying. For most hotels if you cancel at least 24 hours in advance they will not charge you anything.
There are also fully refundable plane tickets and travel insurance for these types of situations.
That's true for the cars. Non-refundable flights and hotels are cheaper than refundable flights and hotels, but that comes with a risk. Travel insurance isn't free either.
Koko the Gorilla wrote:
huh?? wrote:
Indoor track meets were still held during the pandemic even before the vaccines were widely available.
What was he supposed to do, wait until the day before the meet, hope that there are available flights, cars, and hotels, and pay a premium for getting those services at the last minute?
Sign up for a meet in Texas instead.
The Simplot Games (originally scheduled for Feb. 17-19) just got cancelled. The meet is in Idaho, which is more of a red state than Texas is:
https://simplotgames.com/fingers crossed wrote:
But I wouldn't buy a flight yet - indoor meets have been cancelled due to bad weather:
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5034199
Different year, same issue. Looks like this weekend's Terrier meet is going to get cancelled:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/blizzard-to-blitz-new-england-unleash-mid-atlantic-snow/1131524As of now, plan is women meet Friday and men meet on Sunday instead of Saturday.
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One of my athlete's is running Friday night. Schedule might change for start time in case that impacts anyone here. Didn't know about the move to Sunday for men. That is a good call if they do that.
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!