Trauma in Tunisia

peachyprice

And there you have it, from March 2015

Hersetta wrote: »

Often the safest time to go places is immediately after there has been an incident as security is incredible.


You also find that places don't tend to get attacked more than once (LONDON, pARIS, MADRID) as security is so tight they look elsewhere to softer targets.


The gunmen are dead and so in your hotel I would say Tunisia is safer right now than a lot of places.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5202223

Oh how wrong they were.

leylandsunaddict

Mersey wrote: »

Jet2 were slow to catch up with Thomson et al who sent 10 planes within hours.


The sight of a Jet2 rep refusing pleas of flights on TV seems to have spurred them into action.


No company likes bad publicity.


Yes legally they are not obliged to offer refunds - unless the FCO advises against all travel - but almost all are now doing so.

Thomsons had customer staying in the affected hotels. Jet2 and Thomas Cook didn't. At least 3 of the hotels there are exclusive to Thomson in the UK, so a lot of affected customers. It's only right that those airlines with customers who were directly affected got the airport slots and facilities before those that didn't. Jet2 and Thomas Cook both sent repatriation flights out the following morning.

silvercar

Yet until the FCO warns otherwise, people cannot get their holiday changed (unless they pay £50pp) or a total refund so equivalent alternatives will probably have been taken up by the time that may happen.Its tantamount to holding people to ransom!

Seriously? Being held to ransom when you have the option of paying £50pp to go somewhere else.

If you believe that either you won't be safe or you will be too nervous to enjoy your holiday, you have the option to pay £50pp and go somewhere else.

gettingtheresometime

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Don't submit to terrorism - if ordinary people stop holidaying in Tunisia the terrorists will have won and the country will collapse. It's probably one of the safest countries to visit at the moment, anyway.

Sorry but there is no way would I go to that area in the foreseeable future.....personally am worried what will happen this friday

stephb34

I'm sure Jet2 were doing their best, they are nowhere near as big a company as Thomson. It will take some organising to get planes to Tunisia to get passengers home when they normally only fly there twice a week usually.

Mersey_2

leylandsunaddict wrote: »

Thomsons had customer staying in the affected hotels. Jet2 and Thomas Cook didn't. At least 3 of the hotels there are exclusive to Thomson in the UK, so a lot of affected customers. It's only right that those airlines with customers who were directly affected got the airport slots and facilities before those that didn't. Jet2 and Thomas Cook both sent repatriation flights out the following morning.

Sadly, not the whole truth and that's why Jet2 received the bad publicity.


To quote one of the British holidaymakers:


"We had bullets flying over our heads and you say no Jet2 customers were affected?!"


Jet 2 agreed to fly them home, 30mins after Sky News showed that clip, but denied there was any link(!)

Alan_Bowen

Both Thomson and Thomas Cooks are now offering a free transfer to another holiday for the whole of the summer season. However if many people accept the offer, and I expect they will, the likelihood is that many more holidays will be cancelled by the operators themselves as it is not economically viable to send half empty flights out to Tunisia

Goldiegirl

Rambosmum wrote: »

OP also has young children to consider.

And like she/ he says it's about being able to relax, which considering how the attack happened is likely to be difficult.

And unless you live in London I suspect people did cancel their trips there immediately afterwards. Plus the language barrier, health care costs and difficulty getting home, I can understand why. People avoided the US after 9/11 and they aren't brown!

Not sure what being brown means?

But anyway I travelled to the US 6 weeks after 9/11, and didn't think for a minute to cancel my holiday.

Likewise, I'd be happy to travel to France right now.

Terrorist attacks can happen anywhere in the world, and I'd feel just as safe in the US or France as I would at home. These acts of terrorism are aimed at the whole population of a city or country.

However, I personally would not travel to Tunisia at the moment. The reason being is that Western tourists are being directly targeted. Being a western tourist, I would not put myself in the line of fire. Sadly, I'd have to cancel my holiday - if I couldn't get a refund or transfer my holiday, I'd take the financial hit.

I went to Sousse about 25 years ago, and had a lovely holiday, and called at Tunis on a cruise a few years ago, and had a good day there. But I won't return any time soon.

Pollycat

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Not sure what being brown means?

Someone accused the OP of being racist.
The post - and others quoting it - have since been removed.

Batman_100

Alan_Bowen wrote: »

Both Thomson and Thomas Cooks are now offering a free transfer to another holiday for the whole of the summer season. However if many people accept the offer, and I expect they will, the likelihood is that many more holidays will be cancelled by the operators themselves as it is not economically viable to send half empty flights out to Tunisia

I guess we'll have to wait until early next week when holiday flights to Tunisia recommence to see how empty or full those flights are compared to usual passenger loadings. I guess many airlines and tour operators will use the first weeks figures to decide whether to continue flights for the remaining 4 months of the season.

If just checked the Thomas Cook website and they're still advertising holidays in Tunisia flying out on Saturday so I imagine they've got plenty of seats and rooms to fill. But we'll have to wait and see exactly how many.