Ebho
you for the information on the atnmiistradors. As for your daughter; I hope she receives her salary, and manages to find alternative employment quickly. We forget how not only consumers are affected by airline failures but staff and their families are just as badly affected. @ DebraWow, that sounds like a nightmare. I am glad you are home, and it must have been a complete shock after arriving at the airport. I will be honest, I think it's highly likely that you will be able to get any compensation did you take out travel insurance, and if so, have you tried contacting them? Other than the credit card company they are your probably only option.Please read this post about your money from airline failures. Let us know how you get on so that we can all learn from our experiences.
Hawaii
you may not have seen the travel trade press in that RyanAir are alcviety moving against anyone booking their flights anyway BUT via their website and have cancelled booking made via screenscraping websites. So, a consumer can ONLY book via their website. Although they are (very) cheap RyanAir are begining to lose the plot a bit. Also not all travel agents carry an ATOL there is no need for them to do so, unless they are tour operating that is, self packaging. Otherwise ABTA and if they choose to, an IATA licence is enough. Now, there are even several variations of ATOL's depending on what you do. Indeed, rthe rules are so complex that not even all travel agents understand them, so heavnes help the general public.
Ebho you for the information on the atnmiistradors. As for your daughter; I hope she receives her salary, and manages to find alternative employment quickly. We forget how not only consumers are affected by airline failures but staff and their families are just as badly affected. @ DebraWow, that sounds like a nightmare. I am glad you are home, and it must have been a complete shock after arriving at the airport. I will be honest, I think it's highly likely that you will be able to get any compensation did you take out travel insurance, and if so, have you tried contacting them? Other than the credit card company they are your probably only option.Please read this post about your money from airline failures. Let us know how you get on so that we can all learn from our experiences.
Hawaii you may not have seen the travel trade press in that RyanAir are alcviety moving against anyone booking their flights anyway BUT via their website and have cancelled booking made via screenscraping websites. So, a consumer can ONLY book via their website. Although they are (very) cheap RyanAir are begining to lose the plot a bit. Also not all travel agents carry an ATOL there is no need for them to do so, unless they are tour operating that is, self packaging. Otherwise ABTA and if they choose to, an IATA licence is enough. Now, there are even several variations of ATOL's depending on what you do. Indeed, rthe rules are so complex that not even all travel agents understand them, so heavnes help the general public.