What happens if I have technical difficulties during an Online Experience?
If there are any technical difficulties such as video or audio issues that prevent guests from participating in an online experience, they're entitled to a refund.
Online experiences hosts
If you have any technical difficulties that prevent you from leading it, such as video or audio issues, you’ll need to refund your guests. To send a refund:
- Go to your Calendar
- Find the specific instance you want to cancel
- Click Cancel experience
- Click Zoom difficulties as the reason
- Confirm cancellation
You won’t be penalized for canceling due to technical difficulties and your guests will all receive a full refund. You can message your guests to let them know their refund is on the way and they can rebook your experience at a different time.
Note you will only be able to refund an instance up to the end time of that instance. For example, if your instance is from 10:00-11:00 AM, you will only be able to cancel and fully refund your guests up till 11:00 AM. After 11:00 AM, you won’t be able to cancel assuming the experience took place as planned. If you miss this window and the guest needs to be refunded, please reach out to Community Support for assistance.
Online experiences guests
If you have any technical difficulties that prevent you from joining an experience, such as video or audio issues, you can request a refund in the Resolution Center. To request a refund:
- Go to the Trips tab
- Find the specific instance you want to request a refund for
- Click Show details
- Click Send or request money
After you request a refund, you can rebook the same experience for a different time.
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