As more people look to book holidays and head abroad in the coming months, a list of the best firms to travel with has been compiled by Which?
Exodus, Explore and Discover Egypt were the only three firms given the top rating of green+ as they were the only ones able to guarantee refunds in the event a customer was told to self-isolate prior to travel, according to its new holiday checker tool.
The consumer group compared the booking policies of more than 80 of the UK s package holiday providers and rated each as red, amber, green or green+, depending on how they perform against criteria set by experts.
Holidaymakers advised to avoid 22 travel firms over failure to offer Covid refunds
This is the first time Which? has advised consumers against using named companies based on research into more than 80 organisations
4 August 2021 • 6:00am
Fully vaccinated EU and US citizens will be allowed to enter England without having to quarantine, as of last Monday
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Holidaymakers are being advised to avoid 22 travel companies because of their failure to offer refunds for Covid-disrupted trips, under the first-ever blacklist by consumer group Which?.
Major firms including Teletext, Lastminute.com, Love Holidays and On The Beach are among the firms to avoid because of failings over refunds or a lack of transparency over repayment policies, including holidays cancelled by Test and Trace pings.
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It is Alfred Marshall who is usually credited with identifying the idea of “supply and demand” – the Victorian academic having explained the concept in his 1890 tome Principles of Economics. Now yes – it is possible that you will never have read a duller opening statement to a travel feature. But bear with us. This is relevant. Because rarely has there been a time when the normally simple process of booking a holiday has been as subject to Marshall’s twin financial streams as it is now – or will be in the coming months.