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    Preparation is always the key to a good holiday experience. Ensuring that you have considered destination, risks, health and travel insurance matters, contributes to a personal or family strategy for travel. This section contains simple and distinct areas of guidance, which is the result of our own experience of dealing with other holidaymakers, or drawing that experience from other sources. Use these areas to build on your strategy before you travel for that added value holiday experience. The sections can be accessed through the following links:

    Listed below are examples of the articles contained in the above sections, to access the full range of articles, click on the links above or choose from the category menu on the left. Please read our legal notice at the bottom of this page.

    Need a Holiday Complaints Contact Number? Use our ‘Calling Card’ – www.holidaytravelwatch.tel

    Monday, June 21st, 2010

    Many holidaymakers find that when they are abroad and have holiday complaints to make, they have difficulty in accessing information that is timely, free and of some assistance!  To counter this problem, HolidayTravelWatch has created its own ‘Calling Card’www.holidaytravelwatch.tel !  The ‘card’ is electronic based and contains all the necessary contact numbers that you will need, to obtain our assistance!  It also provides links and access to up-to-date holiday complaints and of course our useful ‘Holidaymakers Backpack™’, which links you to all the holiday complaints guidance and material that you will need, to kick-start any complaints or problems you may have!  All you have to do is to copy the link for the ‘Calling Card’ into your favourites on your PC or Mobile Phone, that way you are never far from help wherever you may be! Read More

    Aerotoxic or Sick Aircraft Syndrome | Holidaymakers Stories | Holiday Complaints | 2006 to 2010

    Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

    Here we illustrate to the serious effects upon air passengers of the condition of Aerotoxic or Sick Aircraft Syndrome!  We have reported significantly on this issue to CASA, EASA, Department for Transport, The UK Transport Select Committee and called for the establishment of a ‘no fault protocol’ to deal with this international problem!  These holidaymakers complaints reflect a very serious health problem, leaving many suffering with illness or sickness following their holiday experience!  We have only reproduced these stories from our e mail contacts.  These holidaymakers stories have been presented to the EU Commission in our campaigning reports!  The stories have been left largely unedited; they are in the words of the holidaymakers who have contacted us.  The names of travel companies have been removed because we consider the story or the experience of the holidaymaker is central! Read More

    Witheld Deposits & Deposit Claims | Holidaymakers Stories | Holiday Complaints | 2009

    Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

    Low cost deposits on holidays account for a number of deposit complaints we receive!  Holidaymakers complaints can be read on this page on their deposit claims and problems!  We have only reproduced these stories from our e mail contacts.  These holidaymakers stories have been presented to the EU Commission in our campaigning reports!  The stories have been left largely unedited; they are in the words of the holidaymakers who have contacted us.  The names of travel companies have been removed because we consider the story or the experience of the holidaymaker is central! Read More

    Travel Companies | Holidaymakers Stories | Holiday Complaints | 2009

    Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

    Too many travel companies are returning a poor service to their customers; read the complaints and problems of holidaymakers on this page with holiday companies!  We have only reproduced these stories from our e mail contacts.  These holidaymakers stories have been presented to the EU Commission in our campaigning reports!  The stories have been left largely unedited; they are in the words of the holidaymakers who have contacted us.  The names of travel companies have been removed because we consider the story or the experience of the holidaymaker is central! Read More

    Travel Agent Collapses | Holidaymakers Stories | Holiday Complaints | 2009

    Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

    2009 sadly saw many travel agencies go into administration; these holidaymakers stories illsutrate the hardship, complaints and problems they experienced!  We have only reproduced these stories from our e mail contacts.  These holidaymakers stories have been presented to the EU Commission in our campaigning reports!  The stories have been left largely unedited; they are in the words of the holidaymakers who have contacted us.  The names of travel companies have been removed because we consider the story or the experience of the holidaymaker is central! Read More

    Transfers | Holidaymakers Stories | Holiday Complaints | 2009

    Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

    Read how these holidaymakers discovered they had ‘acquired’ a holiday complaint when their holiday transport did not turn up!  We have only reproduced these stories from our e mail contacts.  These holidaymakers stories have been presented to the EU Commission in our campaigning reports!  The stories have been left largely unedited; they are in the words of the holidaymakers who have contacted us.  The names of travel companies have been removed because we consider the story or the experience of the holidaymaker is central! Read More

    Surcharges | Holidaymakers Stories | Holiday Complaints | 2009

    Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

    Read about the complaints and problems experienced by holidaymakers when surcharges are applied to their holiday!  We have only reproduced these stories from our e mail contacts.  These holidaymakers stories have been presented to the EU Commission in our campaigning reports!  The stories have been left largely unedited; they are in the words of the holidaymakers who have contacted us.  The names of travel companies have been removed because we consider the story or the experience of the holidaymaker is central! Read More