WIBTA for not giving one of the girls on my bachelorette trip a refund after dropping out of the trip at the last minute.
I have a bachelorette trip next weekend, and one of my girls is backing out because she feels like we're no longer close. She is asking me if it's possible to get a refund. I will call her keke.
Keke (30 and I (30) have known each other since high school, that is, over 10 years. We used to hang out a lot. In the last couple of years, she has been flaky, but I still value her friendship. I got engaged last year and decided to have a bachelorette trip. Everything for the most part, has been booked and paid for ahead of time. This past weekend, she asked to meet up. We meet up, and she tells me that she has been feeling that we're not as close and that if she goes on this trip, she'll feel awkward because she doesn't know the other girls. The whole point of this trip is so everybody can get to know each other before the wedding. She brought up how I haven't invited her to my house. I recently bought a house, and I'm not ready to host guests. Nobody outside of my family has been inside my house. I tried to reassure her, but she was adamant about no longer going on the trip. Her reason for not going on a trip is not money-related. It would cause a strain to return her money for the Airbnb because it would force everyone else to pay more last-minute, which is not fair. The is only one activity that she would be able to get a refund for since that will be paid in cash in person. All of our other activities are nonrefundable. I'm really not sure what to do. At most, I can give her $80. I don't want to be in the hole for the rest.
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