It has been a thoroughly miserable summer for British holidaymakers!  Poor standards in holiday contracts, complete failures to provide consumer rights under the Package Travel Regulations, mass holiday sickness, reports of salmonella, e coli, cryptosporidium and other diseases, the collapse of Zoom, and now the collapse of the XL Leisure Group, stranding many holidaymakers both here in the UK and abroad. Read More

This is the lead article found in the Travel-Zine produced by HolidayTravelWatch. It makes comment on the growing threat to travel consumer rights and calls on politicians to recognise the silent revolution in selling package holidays.  This issue is very important to the Consumer, particularly where they suffer detriment in their holiday contracts.  Many holiday complaints involve reports of holiday illness/sickness, holiday accidents, changes to holidays, flight changes and poor customer service   - Travel Consumer Rights Under Threat – 30.6.06.pdf Read More