Texas Resort Tries to Manage Extreme Heat From Climate Change With a Too-Hot-to-Stay Refund Guarantee

Guests at Collective Retreat Hill County can opt to purchase Sensible Weather Guarantee policy before they check in to protect their hard-earned vacation from being ruined by extreme heat. If the temperatures get very high and break the threshold predetermined by Sensible Weather during the guests’ stay, they’ll be notified by text that a refund is underway. According to Sensible Weather, guests don’t need to go through the rigmarole of filing a claim, or even cancel their stay or activities, to be refunded.

Before purchasing a Sensible Weather Guarantee policy for your next vacation, whether for rain or heat, make sure to look at what the conditions are. How hot does it need to be for you to get a refund? Or how many days of rain do you need to endure before you can get your money back? If you know you can’t bear anything above 100 degrees, there’s no need to sign up for a policy that will only refund you if the thermometer hits 105.

Protecting your vacation against poor weather is becoming more normal. Some hotels even offer rain refund. The Intercontinental Singapore, a five-star hotel in the city state of Singapore where it rains very frequently, now offers its guests a “Rain Resist Bliss” package. The package allows guests to be reimbursed one night of their stay if any of their planned activities are canceled due to wet weather.