Refund policy

THE ART OF WRITING CRAFT CLINICS

Cancellations made 7 or more days before the scheduled class will receive a full refund.
Cancellations made 3–6 days before the class are eligible for a credit toward a future session.
Unfortunately, no refunds or credits can be issued within 48 hours of the class.
If The Art of Writing needs to cancel a class for any reason, you will receive a full refund or the option to transfer to another date.


THE ART OF WRITING RETREATS

CANCELLATION BY YOU AND REFUNDS:

SYDNEY, ROME AND FLORENCE
Because our retreats are small, carefully curated and involve advance commitments, we ask participants to read the following with care.
  • Up to 60 days before the retreat begins
    Cancellations will receive a full refund, less the non-refundable deposit.
  • 30–59 days before the retreat
    We are happy to offer a 50% refund, or a credit toward a future Art of Writing retreat, should you prefer.
  • Within 30 days of the retreat start date
    Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds, as places are limited and most costs are already committed.
  • Transferring your place
    If you are unable to attend, you are very welcome to transfer your place to next year or to another writer. Please let us know in advance so we can assist with the details.
  • If we need to cancel
    In the unlikely event that The Art of Writing needs to cancel a retreat, you will receive a full refund or the option to transfer to a future date.
We truly appreciate your understanding. These policies help us continue to offer thoughtful, high-quality retreats in beautiful and carefully chosen locations. Please understand we have turned other writers away to hold your place, secured our venue, lunches, teachers, special guest lecturers as well as their travel arrangements so it’s difficult for us to recoup our losses after cancellations.

To cancel your registration email clifford.lisa@hotmail.com.

CANCELLATIONS, CHANGES, AND POSTPONEMENTS BY THE ART OF WRITING:

The Art of Writing reserves the right to cancel or change a workshop, or retreat at any time
due to insufficient registration numbers or illness. In such instances, all Art of Writing writers will be reimbursed their full payments or full payments can be forwarded to our next retreat in Florence or Brisbane.

FOOD, DIETS & ALLERGIES:

If you have any food allergies, let us know. We will be happy to offer gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian options.

If you have any questions before registration, feel free to drop us an email at
clifford.lisa@hotmail.com


More Terms and Conditions below because we’ve had a pandemic and if that can happen, anything can happen.

Due to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic, The Art of Writing may be subject to unexpected and last-minute cancellation or restrictions on travel and convening imposed by the Florentine city and Italian national governments. Such restrictions may occur in the period leading up to the beginning of the program and even during the period the program convenes. Given pandemic circumstances, our policy will always be to follow the appropriate legal and public health guidelines and follow guidance for the best reasonable outcome of all parties. Our approach to handling cancellation under these circumstances will be:

  1. If the city or national government consider the pandemic conditions unsafe or impose restrictions or conditions that make the program impossible or impractical to host in a reasonable manner before the commencement of the program, a full refund of the tuition minus a €70 bank processing fee, will be offered. Alternately, participants may apply any pre-paid funds toward tuition of the next opportunity for the Art of Writing to convene safely, up to one year from the program date, and still receive a refund at the end of that year period should no alternate programs be offered.
  2. If the program is required to discontinue after it has started due to pandemic restrictions, a pro-rated amount of the remaining tuition, (measured in whole days) will be made to the participants.
  3. Under either 1 & 2 conditions above, all parties agree that no refunds or compensation shall be made for travel, meals or other expenses incurred by the participants on their own behalf. Furthermore, the whole or partial amount of the tuition shall constitute the total extent of any refund or liabilities between the Art of Writing and that no other compensation shall be due either party.