Gutted

[johnboy]

I was due to fly out to florida on sunday, but as im sure you have seen the news about XL going bust,

That now means im not going, weve been looking forward to it so much, now its all gone.

Fortunatly we booked through a travel agent as a package, so are covered by ATOL, but we will still be about £600 out of pocket.

Have been trying to book something else through Thomson, who have been great.

not happy

[aztecbandit1]

Sorry to hear that John, i've just read about that in one of the papers you must be well p'd off :(

Hope you find something mate and enjoy wherever you end up :)

[johnboy]

Sorry to hear that John, i've just read about that in one of the papers you must be well p'd off :(

Hope you find something mate and enjoy wherever you end up :)

Thanks Chris, we are looking to go away, Thomson have said we can book a holiday with them, and they will claim the refund for us, and we will get back any money which is left.

[aaronabbott]

same thing here a girl at work was going to egypt with her partner late this afternoon cost her £1100 but she paid by debit card and not credit card so she'll not get anything back,she only found out this morning

[Lexus2D]

Awww Nooo so close 2 goin 2, im gutted 4u thats awfull

Didnt know u would be flying with them hope u get sorted ASAP :)

[dave1]

Sorry to hear that John, i've just read about that in one of the papers you must be well p'd off :(

Hope you find something mate and enjoy wherever you end up :)

Thanks Chris, we are looking to go away, Thomson have said we can book a holiday with them, and they will claim the refund for us, and we will get back any money which is left.

Gutted for you. I can imagine how you feel. If you paid by credit card you shouldn't lose out financially.

[Parthiban]

Sorry to hear that mate, seems to be affecting a few people.

I hadn't actually heard about this, but we own a villa in Orlando and have had lots of guests emailing me to say their plans may be changing.......

Can they not get you flights on another airline as compensation (or potentially your travel insurance)?

[aztecbandit1]

Sorry to hear that John, i've just read about that in one of the papers you must be well p'd off :(

Hope you find something mate and enjoy wherever you end up :)

Thanks Chris, we are looking to go away, Thomson have said we can book a holiday with them, and they will claim the refund for us, and we will get back any money which is left.

Hope it all works out John, i know you were really looking forward to this trip :( let us know how you get on mate :)

[dave1]

same thing here a girl at work was going to egypt with her partner late this afternoon cost her £1100 but she paid by debit card and not credit card so she'll not get anything back,she only found out this morning

Was it booked with XL direct? Even a debit card (Visa) can offer some protection as can some, though not all, travel insurance policies.

XL have a site to look at your options.http://www.xl.com/

Hope this may be of some help to anyone unfortunate enough to have been booked with these companies.

Regards Dave

[Gord]

Hope you find something mate and enjoy wherever you end up :D

[DJ Wozza]

Really sorry to hear this John, I hope you get a full refund.

[johnboy]

We booked through an ATOL agent and paid by credit card, ATOL will only cover the cost of the flights and the hotel, so the extras we booked, ie attraction tickets, insurance and prebooked seats, we dont get refunded, which is about £600, but am getting on to credit card to see what they can do.

Thanks for all your comments.

[johnboy]

have looked at bulgaria, anyone been ? , reviews seem to be mixed, sunny beach area !!

[Kazi]

have looked at bulgaria, anyone been ? , reviews seem to be mixed, sunny beach area !!

Bulgaria is good mate. Live like a proper king over their on about £50! Soooooooo cheap! :D

Sorry about your upset fella, my colleague at work has had to make other arrangements with other air lines as he's flying out next week!

[Mr Mole]

Sorry to hear this mate,hope you get something booked up soon.

XL :tsktsk: :tsktsk: :tsktsk: :tsktsk: :tsktsk:

There is always sunny Scotland if you cant find anywhere

[Steviewevie]

Hope your credit card company can help you out further, fingers crossed that you get a happy ending :)

[sparkystav]

Gutted for you mate, hope you sort it out.

Stav

[Lexus2D]

As u r all set & ready 2 go b nice 2 drop on a cheap last minute deal

If not ull av 2 come with me

[spikes]

i had flight booked with xl for cyprus for wed 17th, managed to get new flight but 10 hours difference, so lucky as sorted early yesterday and still fly from bristol,most flights i could get were gatwick so would have been a bit of a drive :)

[84Stoney]

Unlucky mate. Must be gutting for ya. Hope you sort something out.

[johnboy]

As u r all set & ready 2 go b nice 2 drop on a cheap last minute deal

If not ull av 2 come with me

we have found a last minute break to Bulgaria, if not im wiith you

[Dave-Ellen]

Hpe u enjoy it Mr M

[johnboy]

Hpe u enjoy it Mr M

Thanks Dave

[Gord]

Enjoy your holiday John :D

[aztecbandit1]

How did your hol go John? hope you had a good time mate :D but i've still not had my postcard