Company Tells Customers Who Paid $13,500 for Glamorous Yurts That It's Bankrupt, the Yurts Are Unavailable, and Refunds Are Impossible

In the lead-up to the United Kingdom's famous Glastonbury festival this summer, well-heeled partiers shelled out for fancy "glamping" yurts — those tent-like dwellings with ancient origins in Central Asia that have been appropriated by hippies in recent decades — and the people who took their money are now telling them they're out of luck. As the Times of London reports, customers who booked Glastonbury tickets and exotic accommodations through Yurtel, a purported pioneer in the yurt rental space, were informed that their expensive reservations would not be honored for the June festival because the firm was going out of business. The company told its buyers, who each spent a minimum of $13,500 for packages that included the rounded tents, chauffers, and tickets, that "any ticket and accommodation bookings" they'd made through Yurtel would not be fulfilled because it shuttered on May 8 due to insolvency and was in the process of liquidation. "Tickets to enter the festival," Yurtel sa ... Read full article.