Would you travel to Florida if you and your friends had already made a significant, nonrefundable purchase?

Let’s say that during the tail-end of the Obama administration, you and your large, diverse, and geographically dispersed group of friends paid a significant sum to attend a meaningful event together in Florida. Since the event was a ways off, you and your group did not immediately make travel arrangements, you only paid a significant amount for the event itself. Then the pandemic happened, and the event was postponed to a future date. Then the STOP Woke Act happened and you and/or some of your large group of friends have now taken up an anti-Florida position.

Regardless, the event is coming up, and the money is spent. You could effectively cancel the event with the understanding that the group will not be refunded; move the event elsewhere, which would mean paying twice; or you can go forward with the event, knowing that the people who don’t attend will lose their money and maybe the affinity of your friend group may be weakened by people’s feelings about attending.

What would you do?