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ABTA ’
Feb 27th, 2021 |
By The Editor
Four people from Middlesbrough that tried to defraud Jet2holidays (click on the link to see images of the four enjoying their holiday) by claiming compensation due to gastric illnesses have been sent to prison by the courts. Christopher Byng (38), Barbara Byng (64), Linda Lane (36) and Anthony Byng (66), were convicted of contempt of court at Teesside Combined Court today after admitting to submitting false gastric illness claims which could have resulted in them getting a pay-out of tens of thousands of pounds, including
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Posted in Featured |
Comments Off on Fraudsters sent to prison
Tags: ABTA, Anthony Byng, Barbara Byng, Christopher Byng, Christopher Byng (38), fraudulent travel sickness claims, Jet2holidays, Linda Lane
Jan 30th, 2021 |
By The Editor
Holiday credit notes for those people who had their holidays cancelled because of the pandemic will have a longer shelf life.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Holiday refund note deadlines moved
Tags: ABTA, ATOL, CAA, holiday refund notes
Dec 16th, 2020 |
By The Editor
I can’t say that I am cheering from the rafters about On the Beach being named Best Online Travel Company.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Deserved? No.
Tags: ABTA, British Travel Awards, Competition and Markets Authority, On the Beach
Oct 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
If anything the role of any secretary of state is to go into bat for all electors and the population as a whole and how transport affects them.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on He’s not ‘batting for the industry’
Tags: ABTA, CAA, Grant Shapps, Mark Tanzer, Secretary of State for Transport, Transport Focus, Which?
May 7th, 2020 |
By The Editor
The way travel companies function has to alter. And the regulator needs to be independent of the industry.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Whose money is it?
Tags: ABTA, CAA, coronavirus, travel booking refunds
Apr 20th, 2020 |
By The Editor
From the outcry reported by the mainstream media about the reaction of ABTA you might have thought that Shapps had consigned holidays for all time into the fiery furnace.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on No summer holidays
Tags: ABTA, caronavirus, Grant Shapps, Summer holidays 2020
Dec 28th, 2019 |
By The Editor
ABTA says that staycations will continue to perform well and that Europe will continue to be host to the main destinations.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on ABTA’s holiday forecasts for 2020
Tags: ABTA, ABTA Travel Trends 2020, personalisation in travel, slow holidays, staycations, tourism pollution
Dec 19th, 2019 |
By The Editor
ABTA says that five million of us will be travelling abroad over the Christmas holiday period.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on The Christmas getaway
Tags: ABTA, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Christmas getaway, RAC
Sep 5th, 2019 |
By The Editor
UK airlines will still be able to operate flights between the UK and the EU until at least October 2020.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Flying to EU countries in 2020
Tags: ABTA, European airspace flights, Travelmole
Aug 2nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
For customers of LateRooms and Superbreak, what redress is there if you have booked with them and not yet undertaken your hotel stay or mini break?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on LateRooms and Superbreaks go bust
Tags: ABTA, bonding, Cox and Kings, LateRooms, Malvern Group, Superbreak
May 8th, 2019 |
By The Editor
According to ABTA, Action Fraud and getsafeonline, over 5,000 people reported to Action Fraud that they had lost a total of just over £7 million to holiday and travel related fraud in 2018.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Beware of the fraudsters
Tags: ABTA, Action Fraud, Getsafeonline, travel fraudsters
Apr 17th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Popular destinations closer to home include Majorca, Turkey, mainland Spain, Egypt, Tunisia, Cyprus, Malta, Madeira and that perennial favourite – the Canary Islands.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Where are you going this Easter?
Tags: ABTA, Easter 2019 destinations
Jan 3rd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Deal with a company that is bonded so that you don’t lose it if a problem concerns. Buy your trip on a credit card (not a debit card or with cash) so that you have redress in case of an issue and perhaps, most importantly, take out travel insurance.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Time to book that holiday?
Tags: ABTA, ATOL, travel insurance
Dec 26th, 2018 |
By The Editor
We start our survey of what the industry “experts” suggest by looking at ABTA, the main trade body for the British travel industry, and what it thinks will be the top twelve destinations to watch over the coming year.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Hot tips for 2019
Tags: ABTA, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Denver, Durban, Galicia, Japan, jordan, Madeira, Poland, Thessaloniki, Uzbekistan, Western Australia
Dec 20th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Wherever you are going – and particularly those using Gatwick – good luck!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on When is the “great” getaway?
Tags: ABTA, British Airways, Christmas getaway, Emirates, Gatwick, RAC
Oct 11th, 2018 |
By The Editor
I suggested that people might be taking both an overseas holiday and a short breaks in the UK. But Holiday Habits suggests that the number of Britons taking a holiday in the UK has fallen from an average of 2.1 to 1.8.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Staycations decline
Tags: ABTA, Holiday Habits, staycations
Oct 10th, 2018 |
By The Editor
The report tells us that Spain and Portugal remained popular which will surprise absolutely no-one. But holidays in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria became much more popular.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Holidaying abroad but spending less
Tags: ABTA, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, spain, Turkey
Sep 20th, 2018 |
By The Editor
It all seems like one long drawn-out East Enders plot with everybody lurching from one mess to another with none of the cheery win-through attitudes. Come to think of it East Enders doesn’t have that either!
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Brexit overload
Tags: ABTA, Bexit, passport controls, visa requirements
May 25th, 2018 |
By The Editor
News arriving at Just about Travel suggests that two of our very biggest tour operators are delaying payments to customers that are owed compensation due to delayed or cancelled flights.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Playing fair with holidaymakers
Tags: ABTA, CAA, EU261 claims, paying compensation
Dec 22nd, 2017 |
By The Editor
Today is the supposed to be the busiest day of the holiday period as we fly, drive or catch the ferry.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The Christmas getaway
Tags: ABTA, Canary Islands, Christmas holidays, Tenerife, Traveltek, Turkey
Nov 18th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
A swathe of figures show that British visitor numbers to the Sychelles, Dominican Republic and Cyprus show that we are not cutting back yet. So campaigns by Italy, Ras al Khaimah and Chicago will be pleased that we might consider them for holidays as well.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 18th November 2017
Tags: ABTA, Athens, British Airways, Chicago, Christkindlmarket, Cyprus., Dominican Republic, Festa del Calamar, FICO, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Greece, Italy, Jebel Jais, Madagascar, Ras al Khaimah, Salou, Seychelles, spain, World Tourism Barometer, World Travel Market, ziplining
Oct 17th, 2017 |
By The Editor
The judge, as he handed out the sentence, said that those submitting fraudulent claims can expect prison sentences.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on The chickens come home to roost
Tags: ABTA, Deborah Briton, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Paul Roberts
Aug 31st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: September 2017
Tags: ABTA, all-inclusive, All-Inclusive Holidays, Argentina, BA, Beijing, Beijing International airport, boarding cards, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Colombia, Denver, Gabriel García Márquez, Gatwick, Inca Citadel, JetBlue, Lonely Planet, Machu Picchu, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pablo Escobar, solo, solo travel, solo travellers, South America, Wales
Jul 29th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
With the summer holidays underway, Adian looks at where we are going, some of the problems and ends with Jet 2, the only travel company in the top 50 for customer satisfaction according to the ICS.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: July 29th 2017
Tags: ABTA, Barra, Blackpool, booking patterns, Dundee Airport, easyjet, Formentera, Ibiza, Institute of Customer Service, Inverness Airport, Islay, Jet 2, Jetlag, Mallorca, Menorca, Pavilion Theatre- Blackpool, Ryanair, Seattle, spain, Tenby, Thomas Cook Airlines, travel insurance, Turkey, Wick Airport
Jul 13th, 2017 |
By The Editor
In dismissing the court action, the judge accused them of “fundamental dishonesty.” He ordered the couple to pay costs of £3,744.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Thomas Cook wins in travel sickness case
Tags: ABTA, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Julie Lavelle, Michael McIntyre, Parque Cristobal Hotel, Thomas Cook
Jul 4th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Why are UK citizens making fraudulent claims and citizens of other European countries don’t appear to be doing so? What does that say about our legal system? Or the people involved in it or on the sidelines?
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on More on travel insurance fraud
Tags: ABTA, fraudulent insurance claims, TUI
Jun 23rd, 2017 |
By The Editor
Nobody wants to stop legitimate travel insurance claims. But the last nine months or so has seen an explosion in those people claiming fraudulently.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Don’t make fraudulent claims
Tags: ABTA, David Lidington MP, fraudulent insurance claims, Jet 2
Mar 28th, 2017 |
By The Editor
Three weeks ago, Travelzoo suggested that hotels could also be classified by how secure and safe they were.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Classifying hotels by how secure they are
Tags: ABTA, consumer confidence in hotel security, hotel security, Travelzoo