Withdrawing from a lad`s holiday

agrinnall

I thought it was only girls who fell out like this?

jackieblack

agrinnall wrote: »

I thought it was only girls who fell out like this?

Unless it's over a girl

stephb34

Fimbo77 wrote: »

Looking for some advice here and have carried out a search but can`t find what I`m looking for.

Basically my son booked a lad`s holiday in about April or May of 2015. The holiday is actually in June/July this year. Five of them booked but now my son and his pal no longer want to go as they have fallen out with the other three!

He was only 17 when he booked (does that make any difference legally) so one of the other in the group had to act as Leader as he was the only 18 year old.

They all paid a desposit ages ago and I realise that my son will lose that. However, he went to Thomson`s today and was told it would cost another £200 and a £50 admin fee to pull out. He was also told that the Leader had to be present as the Leader`s name is the one on the booking?

I had a look at Thomson`s cancellation policy as it says "loss of deposit if cancelling 70 days or more from departure" which they qualify for?

My main concern is are Thomson`s trying to take advantage of a couple of daft laddies?. By the time they pay the £200 and the admin fee and include a £100 deposit, that`s nearly covering the price of the holiday (I think the total was something like £550 each).

Also, why can`t my son withdraw from the holiday without the Leader being present? He took his passport down to the shop today to prove who he was.

i`m actually going to take him back down tomorrow to discuss with Thomson`s but I thought fore-warned is fore-armed lol

Any advice well appreciated!

How did you go on in the shop?