Travel Republic Accommodation change

jimmyR1

I booked & paid in full ( Via Paypal) for our holiday to Egypt with Travel Republic on the 25/07/14 which included Flights , Hotel , Transfers + a organized excursion (Quad Biking) departing on the 09/08/14 for 14 nights ..however I received a voicemail telling me to log on to my booking there is a Major change to my booking three days before (06/08/14) They told me there is a misprice & they are changing my Hotel of equal standard (not according to tripadvisor it wasn't) or I could cancel (not the Flights the transfers or excursions I may have booked)
or pay the extra monies required to stay in the Hotel I had already paid for in full. under protest & several phone calls to travel republic and price negotiations I had to pay £456.00 extra I am trying to claim this money back through Paypal at this time of writing .I will never use Travel republic again. It seems that they can do whatever they like under their T & C's .I will post an outcome soon .I would like to let other people know the pitfalls of booking a holiday with agents even if they are Atol & Abta Bonded Like travel republic are ..you basically have no rights as a consumer unless it is sold as " A package Holiday " comments welcome thankyou

Alan_Bowen

We have been warning people that you can find half your holiday disappearing on sites like this for years, exactly because they are not packages but single contracts for each piece but no one takes any notice because they think it is 'moneysaving' to buy like this. As you have discovered to your cost, frequently it isn't. I have no idea what Paypal will do, the Consumer Credit Act may not apply as you didn't use a credit card to pay Travel Republic, who probably are not the supplier of the hotel anyway. Best of luck, it sounds like an expensive lesson to learn.