Travel Advice

Travel Advice

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Travel Trust Association

For your peace of mind and complete confidence in your travel experience with us, we are members of The Travel Trust Association (TTA) Q997X. All holidays booked with us (excluding flight only or all reservations where we do not collect payment ) are covered by a bonding requirement (a condition of membership), which provides your financial protection in the unlikely event of our insolvency. TTA is synonymous with travel protection, and its code of conduct covers standards of service and complaints. It also guides its members on sustainability and health and safety issues and works closely with the government to ensure the industry and the public get a fair deal.

 

ATOL

The ATOL scheme financially protects the flight-inclusive package holidays we provide since we hold an ATOL licence granted by the CAA. Our ATOL number is 2885. When you buy a flight-inclusive package holiday from us, you will receive an ATOL Certificate. This lists what is financially protected, where you can get information on what this means and who to contact if things go wrong. We, or the suppliers identified on your ATOL Certificate, will provide you with the travel services listed on the ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative). In some cases, where neither the supplier nor we can do so for reasons of insolvency, an alternative ATOL holder may provide you with the services you have bought or a suitable alternative (at no extra cost to you). You agree to accept that, in those circumstances, the alternative ATOL holder will perform those obligations, and you agree to pay any outstanding amount you will pay under your contract to that alternative ATOL holder. However, you also agree that, in some cases, it may not be possible for the CAA to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in which case you will be entitled to make a claim under the ATOL Scheme (or against your credit card issuer, where applicable). Where you book with us via an agent, payments you make to that agent will be held by the agent on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust at all times but subject to the agent’s obligation to pass on such payments to us for so long as we do not fail. In the unlikely event of our failure, any of your payments held at that time by the agent or any payment subsequently accepted from you by the agent is and continues to be held by the agent on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust without any obligation to pay that money to us. Suppose we, or the suppliers identified on your ATOL Certificate, cannot provide the services listed (or a suitable alternative, through an alternative ATOL holder or otherwise) for reasons of insolvency. In that case, the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust may make a payment to (or confer a benefit on) you under the ATOL scheme. You agree that in return for such a payment or benefit, you assign absolutely to those Trustees any claims which you have or may have to arise out of or to relate to the non-provision of the services, including any claim against us, the travel agent (or your credit card issuer where applicable). You also agree that any such claims may be re-assigned to another body if that other body has paid the sums you have claimed under the ATOL scheme. Where you book a package holiday from our brochure, which does not include a flight, or where you book accommodation only, we provide security through a bond held by the TTA.

IATA

IATA represents, leads and serves the airline industry. Its Passenger Agency Programme provides a system for the accreditation of travel agents to meet specific industry standards and financial criteria. Benefits of this programme include:

· Confidence that IATA-accredited travel agents meet industry standards and set financial and security criteria

· Unbiased advice and the option to purchase tickets on a wide range of airlines