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Membership fee for the gym? What hobby athletes should be interested in in the corona crisis

2021-01-27T14:19:54.710Z


Hobby athletes continue to worry about their training opportunities in the corona crisis. What happens to the membership fees if the gyms remain closed for longer?


Hobby athletes continue to worry about their training opportunities in the corona crisis.

What happens to the membership fees if the gyms remain closed for longer?

Will the

corona lockdown be extended

after February 14, and how long will the fitness studios in Germany * remain closed?

Many hobby athletes are currently asking themselves that, who may have had their

membership fees

reimbursed or credited

by the

fitness studio

and are now thinking about where they should train in the future.

There are also many members who continue to pay the gym fee because they want to support the local gym during the crisis and, for example, can make good use of the online courses at their favorite gym during closing time.

But how should things continue in the coming months?

Fitness studios closed due to the corona crisis: what about the membership fees?

Stiftung Warentest emphasizes: “If the customer has already paid for the whole year, he can

request

the 

reimbursement of the part of the fee

that is 

attributable to the Corona period

 (Section 326, Paragraph 4 of the Civil Code).

However, many studios also offer to extend the studio contract for the Corona period.

The

studio guest

 does

not have to pay anything for the period of extension. ”

 According to consumer advocates, the

legal situation

is as follows:

Fitness studios

cannot simply extend

contracts 

unilaterally.

The compulsory Corona break is no reason to add the canceled training times to the end of the actual term without consulting the customer.

The customer must be free to decide whether or not to consent to such a chargeable extension.

The best thing to do is to talk to the people in charge at the fitness studio and come to a mutual agreement.

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Corona lockdown until February 14th - members of fitness studios need patience

As for the opening of the fitness studios in the corona crisis, amateur athletes will probably have to continue to be patient.

A quick opening is currently not in sight.

In the past week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had in common with federal and state governments, among others, because of possible consequences of a

spread of the mutation with higher infection potential

decided the end of January provided

lockdown until February 14

to extend.

As before, experts also warn for the time after that to start too early with corona easing.

At the same time, calls for a

long-term

strategy in the corona crisis are getting louder.

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Schleswig-Holstein presents a step-by-step plan for future corona easing

An idea comes from this federal state: The black-green-yellow state coalition in Schleswig-Holstein has, as the news agency AFP reports,

submitted

a concrete

proposal for a stepped relaxation

plan in the event of an improvement in the corona situation in the coming months

.

As the government announced on Tuesday in Kiel, it provides for four levels, which are based on the known incidence levels 100, 50 and 35.

There are also additional considerations such as the situation in intensive care units, vaccination rates and epidemiological factors such as the possible spread of novel mutations.

The question of how long the incidence values ​​have to be reached continuously before a new level is activated also plays a role, reports AFP about the proposal: There are phases of seven or 21 days.

Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) spoke of a "proposal" to the federal government and the other federal states in the now beginning debate about a "perspective plan" for the coming months.

Kiel hope for nationwide uniform regulations.

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Debate about relaxation - what about individual outdoor sports?

The prospective plan presented by the state government in Schleswig-Holstein, which is now to be discussed, mentions not only many social areas but also the

sporting aspect

.

The suggestions based on the step-by-step plan intended for the future: If the incidence is below 100 for 21 days,

individual outdoor sports

could be allowed again, according to the idea.

If the incidence is also stable below 50 for 21 days, according to the proposal, a visit to the

gym

could be possible again, albeit with limited capacity, reports

RND.de

on the details of the proposal based on the step-by-step plan.

If the incidence were also stable below 35 for seven days, contact sports could be allowed again after 21 days in mass sports with the formation of fixed groups, according to another debatable step that is discussed in the plan.

According to AFP, Günther warned against exaggerated expectations of such a plan.

It is not about "a calendar" with fixed deadlines.

"Politics cannot and will not meet this demand," said the Prime Minister, referring to the unclear future developments.

It is about being “careful” and continuing to “focus” on people's health.

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No corona easing in sight - debate about long-term strategy

In addition, it is not about short-term steps, emphasized Günther, referring to the current situation.

"It's

not an opening strategy, nor

is

there any talk of easing at the moment,

" he added.

It is a matter of "giving citizens a clear direction" in the pandemic and "better explaining" the goals that are being worked towards.

A working group was set up on this at the last summit of the federal and state governments.

Interested parties can find all details about the Corona perspective plan presented by the Schleswig-Holstein state government at www.schleswig-holstein.de.

The state wanted to propose a “detailed plan for possible openings” in the federal government, according to the statement on January 26th.

(ahu) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.

Sources: Test.de;

AFP;

NTV.de;

RND.de;

www.schleswig-holstein.de

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