A court has ruled that the travel agency should return the down payment to newlyweds who canceled their honeymoon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the 18th, Judge Dong-hee Kim of the Incheon District Court announced that the plaintiff prevailed in the lawsuit for refund of the down payment paid by Mr.
Judge Kim ordered Company B to return the 400,000 won travel deposit and delay damages received from Mr. A.
A, who was about to get married, paid a down payment of 400,000 won to Company B and booked a honeymoon, but requested to cancel the trip due to the spread of Corona 19.
However, when the down payment was not returned, a lawsuit was filed against Company B to return the down payment, and the court upheld Mr. A's hand.
Judge Kim said, "Corona 19 can be considered to be included in 'natural disasters' (the reason for canceling the contract) stipulated in the standard terms and conditions for overseas travel. There is room to see that it also applies to orders.”
"Considering the quarantine period and travel period, it is judged that it would have been impossible to achieve the purpose of the trip," he added.