First Choice and Thomson See Surge in Customers Seeking Reassurance
Posted on: August 27th, 2010 Posted by Helen Young
Apparently leading travel agents First Choice and Thomson are seeing a huge surge of customers seeking advice and reassurance following the recent failure of holiday companies like Goldtrail and Kiss Flights. The companies are also reporting that people are seeking to book their breaks with larger, well established tour companies to avoid being left overseas.
This [...]
Brits Prepare for Bank Holiday Troubles
Posted on: August 26th, 2010 Posted by Dave Bond
This coming weekend, it seems like most Brits all have the same idea, and that idea is to get away on a holiday. New reports suggest that roads may be gridlocked due to the fact that some 52 percent of all Brits are planning some kind of holiday this coming weekend. Most of the trips [...]
Two British Climbers Rescued From Freezing to Death Thanks to Text Message
Posted on: August 20th, 2010 Posted by Stewart Perry
Reports now show that two British climbers were recently trapped on an Italian Alpine ledge in a freezing storm for more than 24 hours. They were later airlifted out of there by helicopter. However, the helicopter never would have known were to find them had it not been for the text message that the British [...]
More British Holidaymakers Left Stranded After the Collapse of Sun4U
Posted on: August 16th, 2010 Posted by Tiffany Phillips
It’s a story that too many people have heard this year. Another tour operator has collapsed and left some 1,200 British holidaymakers stranded abroad. This time the tour operator that went under was the Birmingham-based Sun4U.
This company, which specialized in Spain and Mallorca holidays, announced on its website that, as of Thursday night, it had [...]
Almost Two-Thirds of Goldtrail Customers Make it Home
Posted on: July 20th, 2010 Posted by Helen Young
It now seems that about two-thirds of the 16,000 customers that were stranded overseas due to the collapse of Goldtrail on Friday have been able to make their way back home to the UK. However, Goldtrail customers have also reported that some hoteliers have been demanding cash payments for rooms already paid for as part [...]
Travel Operator Goldtrail Collapses and Leaves Tourists Stranded
Posted on: July 19th, 2010 Posted by Dave Bond
It now seems that many Greece and Turkey holidays have been left in ruins. The Civil Aviation Authority is doing its best on trying to fly home 16,000 UK tourist that have been left stranded. This happened after tens of thousands of people saw their holidays ruined by the collapse of travel operator, Goldtrail.
The Civil [...]