UPDATE:
The HU Germany Summer Meeting is postponed to September 16-19 2021, as you would expect given the current vaccination progress.

The Autumn Event is cancelled for 2021.
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Help us celebrate 20 years of Horizons Unlimited meetings and the 24th HU Germany Travellers Meeting! Hooray Jens! Great location in a fantastic riding area - Campingplatz Pfrimmtal - 35 km west of the Rhine river, about 50 km south of Mainz, just at the entrance of one of the best riding areas of Germany - the Pfälzer Wald! A proper campground with great facilities - even showers! Jens Ruprecht is hosting this event.

"...it was a fantastic weekend and I'll definitely be back again"

UPDATE:

We have been communicating with our local organisers and event venues, and monitoring regional and global developments, including travel bans and local restrictions on events. Our fingers have been firmly crossed that a few months of sacrifices would allow us all to get back to 'normal'.

Unfortunately, the worsening COVID-19 situation and outbreaks have slowed down the reopening process, further restricting the numbers of attendees at events and imposing new rules for attendees. Today we've been advised that the campground will only allow 100 people maximum (previously 150). This means that no one will be allowed to just 'show up', and we will be responsible for enforcing security at the gate to turn people away, some of whom may have come a long distance. There will be a maximum of 30-40 people allowed into the presentation barn for slide shows, a maximum of 10 people per firepit, masks worn whenever inside, one person at a time in the washrooms, etc.

The friendly atmosphere that we cherish for HU events will be difficult or impossible to maintain if the organisers have to be the 'police' for the event.

As we consider risks and impacts, we are also aware that the HU demographic skews a wee bit older, and our deepest wish is that your well-being remains intact. Also, we are concerned about our organising team who have to run it and keep people happy AND safe while staying safe themselves. After discussing with our local organizers, past participants and the venue, we've reluctantly concluded it's not possible to hold the event this year. Therefore, we have made the difficult decision to postpone HU Germany to September 16-19 2021. Jens and the team are eager to welcome you back!

We appreciate that some of you will have made travel arrangements and incurred other costs, and we hope that you can change those plans. The campground and restaurant will be open, so if you have made reservations you can still visit.

If you want to keep your registration to the new date, we will carry it forward for you. No need to do anything. Many of you will be aware that the income from events helps to fund the website hosting and other fixed costs of keeping Horizons Unlimited going. Carrying your registration forward will help us out a LOT. Thanks!

For refunds, PLEASE REPLY to your original Registration Confirmation email to make it easier for us to find, or if you can't do that, please email a request to: events-c ((a}} horizonsunlimited.com with the subject "Refund for Germany 2020 please".


This may change at any moment, so stay in touch through the HUBB forum or social media. We will be providing updates as needed on the 1st and 15th of every month, OR as needed. Stay updated here on this thread or the overall COVID thread here: https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/covid

Please direct your questions to:events-c ((a}} horizonsunlimited.com

Or post general comments of interest to the event on this thread.

We will send emails announcing changes only to everyone already registered for an event with all needed details.

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Susan Johnson

Inspiring, Informing and Connecting travellers since 1997
www.HorizonsUnlimited.com