The Great ' Which companies class adults as younger than 18?' Hunt

nazli319

Thomas Cook charge 12 and over as adults for all inclusive holidays yet and under 18 cannot consume any alcohol so they make a huge saving on them.

They do the same for all their excursions yet state for insurance purposes they have to 16/18 for certain activities.

Crackers!

Maureen43

I take on board all views expressed here but if you take the whole "child/adult" issue out of the equation it could (in a perfect world) work like this:

Restaurants: Offer large, medium and small portions
Flights: A seat is a seat and anyone sitting in one should be charged the same (in my opinion). Those on parents' laps should not be charged for.
Holidays: A bed is a bed...see above Children in cots should be charged at a lower rate.
All inclusive holidays: A flight and a bed are as above....but a reduction should be made for those under 18 who cannot drink alcohol and/or cannot take advantage of 18+ activities on offer.
Theme parks: Different prices dependent on height not age, especially since certain rides are only available for those over a certain height
Zoos and other attractions: No child price, but a reduction for purchases of 2 or more tickets.

What do you think?

Nusso1435

It's adult fare on a train at 16! I've recently been through the ringer on this one, as have a 15yr who was accepted into 6th form college a year early. Each time he gets on the train, and purchases a child ticket (because at 15 he's still considered a child) he's told to purchase an adult ticket, because they don't believe he's only 15!! He carries his student pass and passport around with him, but is told "they are fake", so in the end had to get the train service to produce a special pass for him, just so that they could get their heads around the fact that it's possible for a 15yr old to have finished school! the whole process was exhaustipating :eek::eek::eek::eek:

nashly

Would be easier if it was consistent... ie 16 on trains unless you're a student, 18 on my local bus but 16 on the other bus service we can use, 15 at the cinema just out of town but 14 at the one in town, over 12 at local eateries but over 10 at my local carvery pub, honestly its difficult to keep track. I think that in the eyes of the law you are an adult at 18 and that is when you should pay adult charges or do away with all discounts for specific groups and charge everyone less and allow people to have smaller meals if they wish.

jellyhead

mynameisclare wrote: »

I don't think that one's really unfair - a 15 year old will be tall enough to go on all the same rides as an adult, and probably a 12 year old too. Maybe they should do it by height rather than age though!

My 7 year old could go on the adult rides at Alton towers ... he didn't want to though!

I remember paying for him at the age of one to enter a theme park that charged by height. It's fair enough, I can see that Alton Towers is geared more for people who are 1.4 tall but I'm glad I can still pay child price for a 7/8 year old who will not be going on The Smiler!

There was one theme park (was it west Midlands Safari Park?) where you bought different types of ride wristband, so if you had a tall child but they didn't want to use the adult rides then you could buy them a wristband that only covered the smaller rides - that was a good idea

Billie-S

With my 2 girls (now late teens,) the cinema often insisted on I.D. to let them into a 15, but then when I took them to a PG or a U or a 12 certificate, they charged full price adult for them. Same with other places: they insisted on I.D. to prove they were old enough to get into certain things that young kids weren't allowed into, yet wanted to charge them as an adult for non age-related things.

Rip off merchants! Changing the rules and moving the goalposts to suit them!

Lozz

Nusso1435 wrote: »

It's adult fare on a train at 16! I've recently been through the ringer on this one, as have a 15yr who was accepted into 6th form college a year early. Each time he gets on the train, and purchases a child ticket (because at 15 he's still considered a child) he's told to purchase an adult ticket, because they don't believe he's only 15!! He carries his student pass and passport around with him, but is told "they are fake", so in the end had to get the train service to produce a special pass for him, just so that they could get their heads around the fact that it's possible for a 15yr old to have finished school! the whole process was exhaustipating :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Wait until he does turn 16, I have 3 post 16 kids all in full time education and they have 2 friends staying this weekend, they had a xmas party to go to tonight at their youth club, for the 5 of them the train fare was just over £50, needless to say there was another 2 car journeys that could have been avoided as the train was going there with or without them. Train fares for 16 year olds still in year 11 are madness.


Lozz x

MrsE_2

Noofywoo wrote: »

First Choice All Inclusive from 12, but my daughter who was 14 at the time was refused to do Archery as it was an adult activity (even though she would have been supervised)

I think this ones wrong too. In AI hotels 12+ year olds don't use or get the same as adults (booze) but have to pay the same.
Either they are adults or not & as they can't have booze (I'm not suggesting they should) then they shouldn't have to pay the same.

Mr_Toad

Billie-S wrote: »

With my 2 girls (now late teens,) the cinema often insisted on I.D. to let them into a 15, but then when I took them to a PG or a U or a 12 certificate, they charged full price adult for them. Same with other places: they insisted on I.D. to prove they were old enough to get into certain things that young kids weren't allowed into, yet wanted to charge them as an adult for non age-related things.

Rip off merchants! Changing the rules and moving the goalposts to suit them!

So take the ID used to get them into the 15!

It proves that they're old enough for the 15 and young enough for a child ticket.

Carriannelouise

I understand my child is my responsibility and I have to pay for her, this is fine. i do agree that where children cannot go on rides etc they should not pay, similarly if a child is having a smaller meal then they should pay less.

one thing that i find totally unfair is that a family of four (2 adults + 2 kids) sometimes pay less than a family like us, 2 adults and 1 child i.e. we took our daughter to see a panto in the seats at the back we paid £48.00 for the three of us (2 adults 1 three year old) however a family ticket for 2 adults and 2 kids sat in any area inc. front row was £42.50. i asked about the family ticket and was told this was only available to families of four and all four must attend. so i paid extra for not only less but worse seats!!!

Not at all fair.
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