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Things don't always have to go that far, there are methods of applying and gaining compensation for a holiday that has not lived up to expectations, or to the advertised standard without taking out full legal actions.

Holiday compensation falls into three main categories, it's best to know what it is that you're looking for before you start trying to get compensation.

Loss of Value

You will be granted the amount of money that is the difference between the value of what was promised and the value of what you received. There is likely to be a difference between your perception of the loss of value and that calculated by the travel agent. If the problem only started when you reached the resort for example you probably won't be able to claim compensation for the full package cost of the holiday as flights tend to make up about 60% of a holiday's cost.

Loss of Enjoyment

Loss of enjoyment is slightly more difficult as it represents compensation for disappointment and inconvenience and is likely to be a relatively small sum. It is difficult to put a price on disappointment, particularly one that the travel agent will agree with.

Out-of-Pocket Expenses

Out of pocket expenses are when a change to the holiday may have led to you having to pay for transport, food or accommodation that you shouldn't have had to pay for. You will struggle to get compensation for this unless you keep the receipts of everything that you feel you shouldn't have had to spend money on. If you did keep the receipts include copies of them in your correspondence to substantiate the amount that you're claiming.

If at the end of the compensation process you don't feel like you have received a satisfactory response from your travel agent then you can use the ABTA arbitration service. ABTA is the association of British travel agents and the arbitration service is operated independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the result is binding. As a very last resort you can consider court action.

If your complaint is that the holiday was wrongly described, and the tour operator must have been aware of the misleading description or turned a blind eye to it, report the matter to the Trading Standards department of your local authority.

Lastly is the importance of purchasing decent insurance to cover the cost of resolving problems that may occur on your holiday. Hopefully, of course, there will be no need for any compensation if you get a package holiday but it is best to be prepared just in case something goes wrong.

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Hosea Mudrick recommends that you always take out travel insurance. He's recently opted for single trip insurance from from AA Travel Insurance as he is travelling less these days.

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