Paying for UK Accommodation, Retaining Maximum Consumer Rights

Keep_pedalling

born_again said:

visidigi said:

Pay by credit card - ONLY.
Try to find & book full refundable agreements.

If you do those two things I don't see you'd be at any more risk than buying anything else...

Take not of what the OP said..

>>>I am looking at a UK-based large group accommodation for 11 months from now,<<< S75 may not cover it. It may cover the OP, but if there others people are not part of the immediate family then they will not be covered.

OP would be best to describe just what this group is?

Far better if it is a group of families to each book their own. If it is something like a school/club trip then they need to speak to their card provider and get the correct advice. Chargeback would cover deposit if they went bust and is not effected by not being family.

Add in using CC makes it OP's debt and should anything happen they will have to refund people. As any refund would go to credit card. So Op would have to ensure they have funds in another place to refund people.

The OP is looking at booking a single property, it is not possible for individuals to book their own share.

sheramber

. I want to book one place, and to have the lowest chance of losing the deposit for that place, if things went poorly. In particular, mot of the guests joining my booking group will be travelling internationally, and I'm worried there could be a travel restriction for them, but not for me, so the booking would be pointless / unchangeable!

But would the OP have a claim if the cottage was available but he did not want to go as guests from overseas could not travel to UK?

Keep_pedalling

sheramber said:

. I want to book one place, and to have the lowest chance of losing the deposit for that place, if things went poorly. In particular, mot of the guests joining my booking group will be travelling internationally, and I'm worried there could be a travel restriction for them, but not for me, so the booking would be pointless / unchangeable!

But would the OP have a claim if the cottage was available but he did not want to go as guests from overseas could not travel to UK?

No, only insurance would cover that and that sort of cover is probably very difficult to obtain at the moment. 

born_again

Keep_pedalling said:

The OP is looking at booking a single property, it is not possible for individuals to book their own share.

Are they?
>>It'll be from a site like cottages.com, Secret Norfolk, or Norfolk Cottages (I think these are all the same company at the top). Point is -- they're all properly registered companies.<<
No mention of single or multiple properties.

More questions that answers.

user1977

born_again said:

Keep_pedalling said:

The OP is looking at booking a single property, it is not possible for individuals to book their own share.

Are they?
>>It'll be from a site like cottages.com, Secret Norfolk, or Norfolk Cottages (I think these are all the same company at the top). Point is -- they're all properly registered companies.<<
No mention of single or multiple properties.

More questions that answers.

They refer to "place" singular so I expect it's one unit they're wanting to book.

Keep_pedalling

born_again said:

Keep_pedalling said:

The OP is looking at booking a single property, it is not possible for individuals to book their own share.

Are they?
>>It'll be from a site like cottages.com, Secret Norfolk, or Norfolk Cottages (I think these are all the same company at the top). Point is -- they're all properly registered companies.<<
No mention of single or multiple properties.

More questions that answers.

Not really, those companies specialise in renting holiday properties and you pay for the whole property. Perhaps somewhere like Centerparcs might be a better option.

mattyprice4004

The only way you’ll cover people not being able to travel to the UK is via insurance - and that’ll be hard to find as the scenario is very likely. 

Half your party not being able to make it is your problem, not the property vendor’s unfortunately so you’d have no claim from them.