Mistake in Determining the Time of the Trip
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Question
If I arranged with a travel group to go with them around the country and have already paid them, and I wanted to go with them only to distant places in the north, the other places didn't interest me much because if I wanted, I could go there myself. The person in charge of the trips told me to arrive on the first day, meaning the first day of the trip (which was Friday), and I mistakenly heard "Sunday", meaning in the week. When I arrived, as mentioned, on Sunday, I discovered that the serious trips to the north had already been done. I told them on the phone beforehand that if I don't do the other trips, there's no point in coming, and they told me that I could choose what to do. The question is whether they should refund me the money or not. P.S. The advertisements stated that it starts on the 10th of Av, but since he told me "Sunday" (as I thought, as mentioned above), I thought it didn't include Shabbat, and it's Sunday.
Answer
Hello,
I discussed the matter with our teacher, the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita.
And he said that it is impossible to make a ruling without hearing both sides.
[However, based on what you asked, it seems that they cannot be obligated to refund the money].