Hi, my wife Cleta (Rabby on here) was able to get a response from Florence. She said that she thought our "travel agent" said that we would contribute our deposit. I assume she was referring to Jim Ruos, although we never told him that. I accept that in all the confusion there could easily be a misunderstanding. Flo said that we would be put on "the list" for receiving a refund. On a related note: We were notified by our CC (Cap 1) that our Fantastico deposit refund has been applied. Merci, Chloe, and we will be returning in '18 - hopefully sooner than later.