I like many watched BBC Watchdog this evening and witnessed the distressed consumers who had booked a holiday through Avon Travel Agency Limited, to be told on arrival at the airport that the travel agency had not paid for the tickets.
I don’t want to be a scare mongerer, but as consumers we can learn a lot from these poor consumers experiences. If you look at the companies website in Google, it smells fishy. The title of the website is “homes for sale apartments dating at avontravelltd.com” – does this sound like a respectable travel agency?
The ATOL number was ‘6437’ according to a previous archive of the website back in 2006, this no longer exists according to the ATOL database, so this makes me wonder how easy it is for a travel agency to be registered by ATOL and the rest.
My Advice
- Call the airline or travel operator before […]
Published by Darren Cronian
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