MADISON, Wis. — A Colorado-based travel company has agreed to refund $636,500 to more than 300 Wisconsin high school music students and their adult chaperones after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of their European tour last year.
Officials with the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said today that Voyageurs International, Ltd., canceled the trip on March 17.
The company withheld a $1,900 cancellation fee from each student and adult chaperone who had prepaid. The company said it withheld the fee due to non-refundable payments it had made to third-party vendors and general operating costs.
An investigation determined the company did receive substantial refunds from those…