Package Travel Regulations

Package Travel Regulations compliance is an important legal requirement for all travel businesses selling package holidays in the UK. Referring to compliance with CAA or through an

In the dynamic landscape of the travel industry, understanding and adhering to the how your consumers’ monies are protected with Protected Trust Services (PTS) and

This week the European Commission began to reveal potential plans discussed in a Package Travel Directive Consultation. After almost 2 years of chaotic changes in the travel industry around the world during Covid, the state of travel has settled, and the world is beginning to adapt.   Though the UK officially left the EU in…

With the recent impact of Covid on travel in the last few years, a lot of things have needed to adjust. From travel restrictions to refunds, businesses creating safer packages, and a highlight on what was previously not working in the industry. In reaction to a lot of the demand for a changed, simpler, and…

The New Package Travel Regulations - July 1st 2018 As of July 1st 2018, the government’s interpretation of the EU Package Travel Directive is live and in force. The New Package Travel Regulations will result in a further 10 million consumers per annum being protected. The old Package Travel Regulations left a large gap in…

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By law, under the Package Travel Regulations (PTRs), consumers have the right to experience the holiday that they booked and paid for. For this reason, it is important that full descriptions are given on each package holiday in all formats, whether it's websites, brochures, verbal descriptions, email descriptions, or client-facing itineraries. If the holiday does…

Do UK Tour Operators and Travel Agencies Only offering UK trips need to be Package Travel Regulation compliant? There seems to be substantial confusion about whether a tour operator needs to be Package Travel Regulation compliant under the PTR 1992 if they are based in the UK and only supplying tours in the UK. To…