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How late a day can be called off

"Free up to 48 hours before" is a sentence that needs working out every time. This does the working out: the hours become a date and a time on your calendar.

Your cancellation clock, in real dates and hours

Terms are written in hours before. Put in when the trip starts and read them as the dates and hours they are. Each line says where the term comes from.

Trip starting Tue, 22 Sept 2026, 10:00, local time on the lake.

Booked direct

  1. Until Sun, 20 Sept 2026, 10:00 Cancelling costs nothing. Checked Aug 2026, from running these trips
  2. From Sun, 20 Sept 2026, 10:00 to Mon, 21 Sept 2026, 10:00 Cancelling loses the deposit. Checked Aug 2026, from running these trips
  3. On Tue, 22 Sept 2026, the day itself The full amount is due. Checked Aug 2026, from running these trips

Moving the date instead

  1. Until Mon, 21 Sept 2026, 10:00 The date moves at no cost. After this it stops being a change of date and counts as a cancellation. Checked Aug 2026, from running these trips

Booked through a platform

  1. Until Mon, 21 Sept 2026, 10:00 The published term is usually free cancellation up to this point. Check the one on your confirmation. Checked Aug 2026, from running these trips

Weather sits outside this clock. A day called off for weather is moved at no cost whatever the date, so the hours above are about you changing your mind, not the forecast changing it for you. Checked Aug 2026, from running these trips

Hours are shown exactly as entered, local time on the lake, with no time-zone conversion. Terms differ from one operator to another: read the ones on your own confirmation. Where these terms come from

Tell me your date The reply to a request says these terms before you commit.

Read your own terms, not these

The terms on this clock are the ones for a day booked direct, and the ones the large platforms usually publish. Each line says where the term comes from and when it was checked. Other operators set their own, and the terms that bind you are the ones on your confirmation: read those, and use this clock to see what they mean in dates and hours.

Weather is a separate matter. A day called off for weather is moved at no cost whatever the date, so none of the hours above apply to it. The rest of what early and last minute mean here is in how far ahead you need to book.