{"id":3856,"date":"2020-03-17T01:38:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/?p=3856"},"modified":"2020-03-18T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T05:50:09","slug":"my-update-coronavirus-outbreak-planning-to-cancel-defer-your-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/my-update-coronavirus-outbreak-planning-to-cancel-defer-your-event\/","title":{"rendered":"[MY Update] Covid-19 Outbreak: Planning to cancel\/defer your event?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, Malaysia&#8217;s government has implemented a <strong>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaymail.com\/news\/malaysia\/2020\/03\/16\/pm-malaysia-in-lockdown-from-wed-until-march-31-all-shops-closed-except-for\/1847204\">restriction of movement order<\/a>\u2019<\/strong> starting from March 18 to March 31. Should you decide to postpone\/cancel your Peatix event as a precautionary measure, here are some guidelines to assist you:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Cancelling your event<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Before cancelling the event, we recommend that you first communicate this to your attendees, ideally citing reason(s) for the cancellation. You can message your attendees by logging into your account, going to your event page, clicking on the &#8220;<strong>Attendees<\/strong>&#8221; list and using the \u201c<strong>Message Attendees<\/strong>\u201d function.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message-1024x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3807\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/?attachment_id=3807\" class=\"wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message-1024x430.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message-650x273.jpg 650w, https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message-440x185.jpg 440w, https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/message.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To cancel your event, make sure you are logged into your account and select the event you wish to cancel. Click on \u201c<strong>More<\/strong>\u201d at the top right corner and select \u201c<strong>Cancel Event<\/strong>\u201d. Click \u201c<strong>Yes<\/strong>\u201d to proceed with the cancellation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Uudih7m9Y9yb7QAniU4v8Ws3ckoiGJ_M92VQGa7amJzwcQoQWvOCDIfEHZ6ulGkkrjpwspmzCag1owe7b_5cbehzhx8Pr1i6iYx8PTU7Hm5KQC0wxyTbbCt62kaNBqY0I52iKZVI\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Upon cancellation, all purchased tickets will automatically be <strong>refunded <\/strong>to the attendees and they will receive an email notifying them of the event cancellation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Cancellation fee<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Peatix <strong>will not charge a cancellation fee<\/strong> for events cancelled <strong>under these conditions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If you are cancelling an event with only free tickets<\/li><li>If you are cancelling an event where paid tickets have been sold in the last 50 days<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <strong>a cancellation fee of MYR 10 per transaction<\/strong> applies for <strong>tickets that have been purchased for more than 50 days<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should your event fall under the latter category or if you require further clarifications regarding the potential cancellation fees, please feel free to reach out to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/peatix.com\/contact\">https:\/\/peatix.com\/contact<\/a> and we will be happy to assist you from there.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Refund process<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The refund will be handled by the credit card company that was used for the purchase of the tickets. The process period may vary, depending on the cutoff date of the card used.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>Postponing your event<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To make changes to your event date &amp; time <strong>after<\/strong> your event page has been published, you can reach out to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/peatix.com\/contact\">https:\/\/peatix.com\/contact<\/a> and we will be happy to help with the necessary amendments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, before you decide to go ahead with a postponement for your event, please ensure you have the alternative date in mind, otherwise, we would strongly encourage that you cancel the event (following the steps above) and proceed with creating a new event page only upon finalising the updated details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re always here to help so reach out to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/peatix.com\/contact\">https:\/\/peatix.com\/contact<\/a> if you have any questions or require any further assistance.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, Malaysia&#8217;s government has implemented a \u2018restriction of movement order\u2019 starting from March 18 to March 31. Should you decide to postpone\/cancel your Peatix event as a precautionary measure, here are some guidelines to assist you:&nbsp; Cancelling your event Before cancelling the event, we recommend that you first communicate this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":3819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}