Millions of travellers owed refunds for cancelled flights face months of chaos amid a crisis in the airline industry. Carriers and tour operators owe an estimated £7billion to holidaymakers whose trips have been ruined by the pandemic. Under EU laws, customers should get their money back within seven days. However, the number of cancelled trips … Read more
European travel chiefs are calling for the creation of ‘tourism corridors’ so holiday resorts can re-open in time for summer. Ministers from nine countries, including France, Italy, Greece and Spain, wrote to European Union chiefs on Tuesday warning the industry faces collapse if special measures are not rolled out soon. Ideas under discussion include an EU-wide … Read more
Holidaymakers with trips cancelled due to coronavirus urged to contact consumer watchdog By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:11 BST, 14 April 2020 Holidaymakers who have been denied refunds on trips cancelled due to coronavirus are being urged to contact a consumer watchdog. Money Mail … Read more
Private jet full of super-rich holidaymakers is sent back to London after the group landed in France and tried to get to their villa by helicopter during coronavirus lockdown Seven men in their 40s & 50s and three women in their 20s landed in Marseille Their three helicopters waiting to take them to Cannes were … Read more
Holiday booking fraud is on the rise with more than £7million fleeced out of victims last year More than 5,000 British holidaymakers reported losses from booking scams Most related to sale of airline tickets targeting people visiting Africa and India Other cases involve payments to stay at upmarket villas that don’t even exist By Jennifer … Read more
Boris Johnson last night begged Britons to cancel their Easter getaway plans amid fears the sunny weather will jeopardise the lockdown. However, just hours after his plea, dozens of cyclists were spotted riding in close proximity in London’s Regent’s Park. Police chiefs have warned that people breaching the coronavirus lockdown rules face being fined. Forces plan … Read more
Police in Benidorm had run-ins with Brits as they tried to disperse large groups who had spent much of the day drinking take-away alcohol on the streets. Officers armed with batons had to break up one group at around 3pm on Saturday afternoon. Reinforcement arrived as two local police officers struggled to get them to … Read more
Britons have been told to leave Italy and go home as the country shuts down everything in a drastic bid to stop a coronavirus outbreak. The nation is grappling with the worst epidemic in the world outside China and more than 10,000 people have now caught the infection there. 631 have died. The UK Foreign … Read more
British holidaymakers booking trips to Disneyland Paris could save up to hundreds of pounds by using the resort’s French, German and Italian websites. But the money-saving hack all depends upon when you want to visit, which hotel you want to stay at and if you want meals to be included. This is because each country’s … Read more