Students who canceled ill-fated spring break trip say they aren't getting refunds

The trip was arranged by JusCollege, which reassured students they would be safe on the trip despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Visitors at Clearwater Beach, Florida, on March 18, 2020.Chris O'Meara / AP file

April 2, 2020, 6:23 PM PDT By Ben KesslenYet 44 of the 70 young adults who took the trip returned to the U.S. with COVID-19, the disease associated with the virus, according to the University of Texas at Austin. The group traveled on a chartered plane to Cabo San Lucas about two weeks ago with JusCollege, a company based in Nevada that plans all-inclusive spring break trips. Originally, far more than 70 students were supposed to go, and not all of them attended UT Austin. As the coronavirus closed in on the U.S., parents around the country weighed whether to send their children on spring break with JusCollege. Karen Greenblatt's daughter, a sophomore at Indiana University, was planning to go on the trip with a sorority sister, but the Greenblatts grew concerned as they watched the news and learned of the virus' rapid spread. They reached out to JusCollege, which responded with reassurances that the trip was safe, Greenblatt said.