Spring break trip to San Felipe cancelled
Campus Times
March 21, 1997
It was supposed to be a time when students could to get away and relax
for a few days and forget about the pressures of classes.
San Felipe, Mexico, sounded like a good place to go for some students
of the University of La Verne, but due to poor planning by L.A. Ski and
Sun Tours (LASST), organizers of the trip, the group of La Verne students
that was planning to go now has to find somewhere else to spend its spring
break week.
Anyone who was interested in the four day trip to Mexico was asked to
deposit $50 and pay the remainder of the balance by March 3. Four days before
the trip was to begin, students found out that the trip was over booked
and sold out.
A letter was sent by the company to the participants along with a full
refund.
Junior Jennifer Pashone was planning to go on the trip with some friends
when they found out they would be unable to go.
"We had to call them [LASST] to find out because we hadn't received
our conformation yet," said Pashone.
In the terms and conditions that were set, LASST stated that if a participant
was going to cancel, they had to do so in writing before Feb. 1 in order
to receive a refund but LASST only gave the La Verne students a few days
notice that their trip was cancelled.
"I'm really disappointed because they only let us know four days
before we were supposed to leave," said Pashone. "Now we're stuck
without a place to go."
Senior Tony Tong, who was the campus representative for LASST, offered
no comment about the cancellation.
A representative from LASST was unavailable for comment but a message
on the company's answering machine stated "Due to the high volume of
final payments received for after the graduation program and spring break
program we're closed this week Monday thru Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time to process all of those payments."
Jennifer Parsons also contributed to this story.