What Is ATOL And Why Is It So Important
ATOL or "Air Travel Organiser's Licence" is a consumer protection scheme operated by the Civil Aviation Authority. It exists to protect the consumer from losing money or being stranded abroad in the event that a tour operator goes out of business. The ATOL licence scheme provides comprehensive consumer protection to over 28 Million people in the UK who buy flights or inclusive holidays every year.
In January 2008, the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) produced a guidance note in an attempt to end the confusion surrounding whether or not travel reatailers have to provide protection to their customers. It is our view that all travel retailers providing flight inclusive hoiday packages are required to hold an ATOL licence in addition to compying with the Package Travel Regulations Act 1992.
For clarification purposes Globallatedeals.com not only provides ATOL protection to its customers but also complies with the Package Travel Regulations Act. When you book with us you can be safe in the knowledge that your money is secure in the unlikely event of our failure. Unfortunately, some well known travel companies do not hold an ATOL licence and rely on other travel suppliers to provide such protection to their customers.
Our advice to you would be to ensure the company you are travelling with holds an ATOL licence. Globallatedeals.com is a trading name of The Global Travel Group plc, ATOL number 3973. For further details please visit www.caa.co.uk.
Should you require any further clarification in this regard, please contact us on our customer support number.
