Stanford Invitational Tournament

Refund Policy

Refunds are provided only with purchase of cancellation protection - our Tuition Protection Plan - which must be purchased at the time of registration. Stanford Debate incurs a variety of irrecoverable costs related to contract guarantees to various Stanford University departments and the need to make firm commitments to our summer staff, and as a result, we are unable to offer refunds of any payments made unless our Tuition Protection Plan has been purchased for a given camp registration at the time of initial enrollment.

We understand that sometimes families must cancel their registration due to unforeseen circumstances, but we are unable to issue refunds in such cases without purchase of the protection plan. In essence, all cancellations are of course 'unforeseen,' and this is not a reason on its own we can accept for refunds. For this reason we do recommend that all families purchase our protection plan or make alternative arrangements via their choice of private providers for travel insurance or other means that are appropriate given specific needs that vary from family to family.

Our tuition protection plan provides a refund (including the normally non-refundable deposit but not the protection plan premium itself) if camp enrollment is cancelled by written notification prior to the start of the program as according to the refund schedule below. No refund is provided if the cancellation request is received two days or fewer from the start of camp, or of course after camp has begun, even with our tuition protection plan. The cost of the tuition protection plan is 10% of the total cost of the program, before any discounts.

The Tuition Protection Plan can only by purchased on initial application, and can't be added at any later date. The Tuition Protection Plan can't be canceled or removed from your registration for a camp session after your initial signup, and in no circumstance is the Tuition Protection Plan premium itself refundable.

This written refund cancellation policy is always binding and no verbal communication from SNFI staff may override the written policy.  Only Executive Director Rich Boltizar may issue a written waiver to these policies.  All requests for a waiver must be submitted in writing for review, and any waiver review decision is unappealable.

The amount of a refund with the Tuition Protection Plan is determined by the time of cancellation notification as outlined below:

 

Voluntary date changes: Changes from one camp session to a different camp session in the same camp season (summer) may be accommodated only on a space-available basis and are subject to a $100 processing fee.  In the event of a voluntary date change, the base deposit amount ($400 per week) paid to hold a place in a given calendar week of camp is always non-transferrable to a different calendar week of camp if the request to change is made April 15th or later.  For example:

 

Program dates and venues are tentative until all arrangements are confirmed with the campus (which can occur as late as late spring): If SNFI must change the fundamental character or dates of a program, we will notify camper families enrolled in that session as soon as we are aware of the change and can confirm updated details. Once we notify you, you will have 10 days to decide whether to keep your enrollment in the program or cancel for a refund. If you cancel in writing within 10 days of us notifying you of the change of dates, we will fully refund your tuition payment (and any other incidentals you may have purchased, such as airport shuttle fees, etc.). If you do not notify us in writing of your wish to cancel within 10 days of the date change, then you agree that your enrollment will be transferred to the new program dates and that our standard refund/cancelation policies and Tuition Protection Plan policies apply from that point forward.