Welcome to the community of forest therapy guides! Please read the following payment policies and additional information.
We understand that plans and life circumstances change. Our aim is to be fair and supportive when these changes lead to a cancellation or transfer request. However, it is also important that we consider how this cancellation or transfer impacts our ability to fill a course. If the training has a waiting list, people may not be able to rearrange their plans with limited notice. This can leave us with a course that is only partially filled, which represents a financial loss to ANFT.
If you feel you may want to transfer or cancel your registration, but are not sure, we encourage you to find clarity earlier rather than later. This will help you get the maximum refund, help us to accommodate your transfer request, and help us to fill our courses.
Please be aware that a maximum of one transfer is permitted per the policies below. After one transfer is processed tuition paid is non-refundable and non-transferable. All transfers are subject to availability of enrollment capacity. We encourage you to find a training that you would like to transfer to when notifying us of your change in plans. This is called an Immediate Transfer and will reduce any administrative fees.
All amounts in the policy are in USD; exchange rates current at the time of refund apply.
30 days or more prior to the start of your course
You are eligible for a tuition refund minus $500 administrative and transaction fees. You also have the option of transferring your tuition paid, plus a $200 administrative fee, to another training currently on the schedule. If you decide to defer the training to an uncertain future date, your tuition cost may go up to match the publicized tuition at that date.
29 days and up to 1 week before the start of your course
You are not eligible for a tuition refund at this late stage. However, you do have the option of transferring your tuition paid, plus a $200 administrative fee, to another training currently on the schedule. If you decide to defer the training to an uncertain future date, your tuition cost may go up to match the publicized tuition at that date.
One week or less prior the start of your course and any time after your course starts
You are not eligible for a tuition refund or transfer of your tuition at this point.
All non-refunded tuition will go towards covering any financial loss of a spot in the training (with maximum of 30 students) that you’ve taken up despite your absence of attendance.
We understand there may be unforeseen complications arise regarding verifiable travel bans in different regions or countries that could change and affect your ability to attend an in-person Training immersion you’ve registered for. If you should find yourself in this situation let us know as soon as possible by notifying admissions and we will extend the opportunity to apply your entire paid tuition to future immersion with no admin fees. In other words, you will suffer no loss to paid tuition and incur no additional cost or fees. In this case you are only responsible to pay any price difference in future immersion tuitions if any.
The following policies apply to situations other than unforeseen complications mentioned above:
Please be aware that a maximum of one transfer is permitted per the policies below. After one transfer is processed tuition paid is non-refundable and non-transferable.
45 days or more prior to event: you may request a full refund of any tuition paid minus a $100 administrative fee, or transfer your full tuition paid to another immersion program within a year of your original event date, by paying $100 administrative fee.
44 days or less prior to event: Your tuition is not refundable and non-transferable.
ANFT accepts no responsibility for refunding non-tuition costs paid to third parties, such as air fare.
We understand there may be unforeseen complications arise regarding verifiable travel bans in different regions or countries that could change and affect your ability to attend an in-person Professional Development retreat you’ve registered for. If you should find yourself in this situation let us know as soon as possible by notifying admissions.
The following policies apply to situations other than unforeseen complications mentioned above:
45 days or more prior to event: you may request a full refund of any tuition paid minus a $100 administrative fee
44 days or less prior toevent: Your tuition is not refundable and non-transferable.
ANFT accepts no responsibility for refunding non-tuition costs paid to third parties, such as air fare.
Each training has a unique agreement with the venue which makes it difficult for us to establish a refund policy that works for all situations. Please understand that it is our intention to refund you any money that we receive from the venue due to your cancellation. In the case that you need to cancel your enrollment in an immersion our hope is that we are able to fill your lodging and/or catering space, and then are able to pass as much of the fees back along to you immediately.
Covid -19 Policy: ANFT will not be responsible for refunding food, travel, and lodging if a participant cannot travel due to travel restrictions because of COVID.
If you pay the venue directly for lodging and catering be aware of their refund policies which you are subject to. In case you need to cancel contact the venue about a refund directly. ANFT accepts no responsibility for refunds by the venue for lodging and meals.•
If you paid an ANFT Trainer for your lodging and catering, then you are eligible for a full refund if we are able to fill your spot or the venue provides a refund for your lodging/catering. Your refund will be issued after the training start date.•
If you paid an ANFT Trainer for your lodging and catering, and your spot is not filled, then there will be no refund of lodging/catering fees.
Self-Paced Professional Development Courses
Tuition payment for all self-paced Professional Development Courses is non-refundable and non-transferrable
Cohort Based Professional Development Courses
30 days or more prior to the start of your course
You are eligible for a full tuition refund, minus a $75 administrative fee. Professional Development course tuition is not eligible for transfer.
29 days or less prior to the start of your course
You are not eligible for a tuition refund or transfer of your tuition balance
On or After the start of your course
You are not eligible for a tuition refund or transfer of your tuition balance
Be advised that any program may be cancelled 45 days prior to the start of the program if the minimum number of confirmed registrations has not been reached. We make our best effort to apply this timeline to immersions as well, however immersions may be cancelled at any time if the minimum number of confirmed registrations has not been reached. Please consider this possibility when purchasing airfare. ANFT recommends the purchase of travel insurance to protect your investment in airfare should a situation like this occur. If this does occur, full tuition refunds will be issued or applied to another program if you prefer. ANFT accepts no responsibility for refunding non-tuition costs paid to third parties, such as airfare.
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