Holiday compensation

Grumpy_chap

SaintOli said:

Grumpy_chap said:

SaintOli said:

Unclear as to why it isn’t reasonable? We paid for a 1 week holiday and covered that holiday with insurance. If we miss (more than) 1/7th of it through no fault of our own, surely we are entitled to that proportion being refunded?

Well, you paid £7k for your family (how many people is that?) to have a one-week holiday.
One night of that holiday got sacrificed because of the delay.
You would not get £1k back.

Let's assume your family is 4 people and £100 per person per night for the hotel. 
7 x 4 x £100 = £2,800 accommodation costs.
The remainder (£4,200) is flight costs.  You still got that, albeit a day late.
The 1/7th part would be 1/7th of the accommodation, so £400.

Why the assumption of £100 pp per night? The holiday was 5 people, sold as a package for £7000. How the travel company divides the cost is up to them, but through the delayed flight they did not deliver 1/7th of the booked holiday. 

The nightly rate used as an assumption is for illustration purposes only.
What nightly rate would you have used for the hotel?

They delivered more than 1/7th of the holiday.  The whole package comprised:
 - Flight to holiday 
 - 7 nights hotel 
 - Flight home 

They only failed to deliver 1 night hotel.