If you must cancel or change your reservation, you may be eligible for a partial refund. Our cancellation and trip date change policy is firm. We operate under stringent federal regulations which restrict the number of guests per trip and the number of trips per season. When we accept your reservation, we may be turning others away from booking that trip. We do not overbook, so we do not have others to take your place if you choose not to do your trip. Once you sign up for a trip, we lose the ability to sell your reserved seats to other individuals or groups. We incur substantial expenses before each trip departs. In the event of late cancellations, Kern River Outfitters cannot recover costs, nor can we make refunds. We regret that we cannot make exceptions for personal emergencies, and strongly recommend purchasing trip insurance. If you must cancel at the last minute and do not have vacation insurance, try to find a friend to take your place. Our cancellation table is listed below.