Article by Steven Mendelson
Since the beginning of the year, most of us were looking forward to enjoying our 2 weeks summer holiday abroad. However, following the 19th September 2008 crash of one of Britain?s largest travel companies, XL Leisure thousands of us were left stranded across European, Caribbean and African airports.
XL Air which is a subsidiary of the large travel group XL Leisure, had been put into administration causing their holiday heartbroken travellers to seek alternative flights while being hit with huge air fares and hotel bills because of delays of more than a week in getting home.
Out of the 90,000, only 63,000 of the stranded passengers were on package holidays, and so were covered by the ATOL bond (Air Travel Organisers? Licensing Bond). This scheme ensured that package holiday travelers would be repaid for their hard-earned losses. As a result British tour operators had to rebook those passengers on alternate carriers at no extra cost.
However, the remaining passengers who had booked direct, and were not ATOL-protected, had to arrange their own flights home. Some people outrageously paid ?500 for each family member in order to return home to the UK on top of any accommodation costs they had to pay while shipwrecked.
Accident Claim Centre has always advised that holiday makers should book through a travel agent in order to avoid being stranded abroad. One of Accident Claims Centre?s main areas of concentration is helping individuals with their holiday claims when booking via a travel agent. We employ Lawyers who have a vast knowledge in seeking compensation for holiday accident incurred outside of the UK.
This includes the following types of accidents:
Slip or fall at the hotel or resortFood poisoning suffered at the hotel whilst on a package holiday abroadAccident or injury suffered when you were on holiday at either the hotel or on one of its package toursSuffering an illness or food poisoning whilst at the hotel or travellingYour holiday was ruined due to unhygienic food preparation and you suffered food poisoning.
Accident Claim Centre?s strongly advise that travelers book direct with an airline is that they should pay by credit card and not directly out of their Bank account/Debit Card. This is because as the law stands, credit card companies are jointly liable for debts of more than ?100 meaning that they will have to help you where goods and services cost more than ?100. Additionally, in many cases a credit card company may be liable for the entire amount of the losses suffered. For example, in a case where one paid for a flight and didn?t even travel on the first leg of the trip due to the airline company going down.
Remember your priorities when booking your holiday!
1. Book through a Holiday Company. This ensures that you will be covered against most losses and accidents incurred while abroad. Accident Claim Centre will make sure that you are compensated with what you deserve!
2. If only booking a flight, book with a credit card. That way, it?s unlikely that you?ll liable for the charges if you are unable to fly because of the Airline?s fault. In the worst case, you?ll only have to pay up to ?100. Remember, if the credit card company is reluctant to take responsibility, Accident Claim Centre will make sure that they do.
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About the Author
Steven Mendelson is the principal solicitor of Mendelsons Solicitors, Manchester England and one of the panel solicitors of Accident Claim Centre. All work undertaken will be on a No Win No Fee basis which means that you will not be liable for any legal fees win or lose and if you do win you receive ALL your compensation in FULL.
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