Booking a holiday to Turkey and the travel chaos thats about to happen

GotPrincess

Hi guys please give me some advide me and my partner are booking a holiday with one of the providers ( EasyJet, Jet2 or Tui etc ) to Turkey were going all inc as a package however I'm worried about the news about the air traffic control situation and the knock on effect it might have to holiodays outside europe ( Assume Euro cancelled flights will indirectly impact flights to turkey even tho its not in europecorrect me if im wrong )

What the best solution to safegaurd ourselves from a ruined holiday we can't book via credit card so we don't have that protection, we will book via a travel agent with good standing and protections.

Travel insurance will this cover us if say Easy jet cancel the whole holiday ( If booked as a package ) Or offer us alt flights where we lose days.

Sorry if its worded poorly but I could do with some advise before booking tomorrow

TELLIT01

If you book a package holiday and it's cancelled, the tour operator will refund the cost. 

GotPrincess

TELLIT01 said:

If you book a package holiday and it's cancelled, the tour operator will refund the cost. 

I did think this would be the case however whats the deal with if only the flight out or home is cancelled 

bagand96

GotPrincess said:

TELLIT01 said:

If you book a package holiday and it's cancelled, the tour operator will refund the cost. 

I did think this would be the case however whats the deal with if only the flight out or home is cancelled 

For the flight out, it's very rare for a traditional tour operator (i.e. TUI or Jet2) to cancel.  They usually operate them even if heavily delayed. easyJet are a bit more hybrid as the holidays part is an offshoot of the airline so they're  abut more at the whim of the airline.

In any event if the flight out is cancelled they'd have to offer you a full refund of the holiday, or an acceptable alternative (i.e. a flight the next day with a pro-rata refund of the holiday cost)


If the inbound was cancelled they'd have to get you an alternative.  They'd also have to accommodate and feed you (within reason) until that replacement flight.


Don't get too hung up on the tabloid drama.  The vast majority of holidays this summer will go ahead as planned.  Yes there may be some limited disruption, but there is most summers and will affect a small minority.

NoodleDoodleMan

EasyJet are pulling a range of flights according to recent reports - not sure how that'll impact on package holidays.

I'd be looking at Jet2 or TUI.