Terms & Conditions

Please read the following terms and conditions carefully. They deal with your rights and obligations to us and ours to you. Please ensure that you are aware of the conditions relevant to your booking

Your Contract is with THG Limited trading as THG Holidays company registration 06129471 and we are a Member of ABTA membership number Y6433

Your holiday contract

When you make a booking, you guarantee that you have the authority to accept and do accept on behalf of your party the terms of these booking conditions. A contract will exist as soon as we issue our confirmation invoice. This contract is made on the terms of these booking conditions, which are governed by English Law, and the jurisdiction of the English Courts. You may however choose the law and jurisdiction of Scotland or Northern Ireland if you live there and wish to do so.
Booking confirmation and Documents

As most bookings are made over the phone there is a possibility that either you, your travel agent or us could misinterpret what was said. Consequently, we will send confirmation either via your travel agent or direct to you by post, fax or email. The confirmation will contain the names of the passengers that must be correctly spelt and identical to the full names shown in the passport, the dates and time of travel, departure and arrival points and other relevant information. As a condition of this contract, you are required to carefully check your written confirmation to ensure that it is correct and exactly matches what you booked. If it is not, you are required to contact your agent or us within 48 hours of receiving your confirmation to identify any inaccuracy and take a note of whom you reported it to. If you do not follow this procedure you have deprived us the opportunity of taking prompt corrective action and any consequential loss shall be your sole responsibility and not THG Holidays.

Approximately 10-14 days prior to departure you will receive your e-ticket together with your final itinerary. In the case of late bookings, changes or payments, this information may be emailed to you to ensure receipt. We strongly recommend that you check these details very carefully as flight timing may have been adjusted since you received your previous confirmations. All timings will be based on the local timing and using the 24 hour clock.
Your financial protection

We provide full financial protection for our package holidays, by way of our Air Travel Organiser's Licence number 9528 When you buy an ATOL protected fight or flight inclusive holiday from us you will receive an ATOL Certificate. This list what is financially protected, where you can get information on what this means for you and who to contact if things go wrong.

We will provide you with the services listed on the ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative). In some cases, where we aren't able do so for reasons of insolvency, an alternative ATOL holder may provide you with the services you have bought or a suitable alternative (at no extra cost to you). You agree to accept that in those circumstances the alternative ATOL holder will perform those obligations and you agree to pay any money outstanding to be paid by you under your contract to that alternative ATOL holder. However, you also agree that in some cases it will not be possible to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in which case you will be entitled to make a claim under the ATOL scheme (or your credit card issuer where applicable).

If we are unable to provide the services listed (or a suitable alternative, through an alternative ATOL holder or otherwise) for reasons of insolvency, the Trustees of the Air Travel Trust may make a payment to (or confer a benefit on) you under the ATOL scheme. You agree that in return for such a payment or benefit you assign absolutely to those Trustees any claims which you have or may have arising out of or relating to the non-provision of the services, including any claim against us, the travel agent (or your credit card issuer where applicable). You also agree that any such claims may be re-assigned to another body, if that other body has paid sums you have claimed under the ATOL scheme.
ABTA

ABTA: We are a Member of ABTA, membership number Y6433 We are obliged to maintain a high standard of service to you by ABTA's Code of Conduct. We can also offer you ABTA's scheme for the resolution of disputes which is approved by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute. If we can't resolve your complaint, go to www.abta.com to use ABTA's simple procedure. Further information on the Code and ABTA's assistance in resolving disputes can be found on www.abta.com. You can also access the European Commission Online Dispute (ODR) Resolution platform at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. This ODR platform is a means of registering your complaint with us; it will not determine how your complaint should be resolved.
Holiday Price, Price guarantee and Payments.
1. We reserve the right to alter the prices of any of the holidays shown in our Brochure or on our Web site. You will be advised of the current price of the holiday that you wish to book at booking stage and before your contract is confirmed.
2. When you make your booking, you must pay a non-refundable deposit of £150 per person or 15% of the holiday cost (whichever is greater) per person. Please note that the booking deposit may increase for flash sales or where there is a specific charge payable for accommodation or where a fare is based on a special airfare where it is necessary for us to issue the ticket immediately. The balance of the price of your travel arrangements must be paid at least 12 weeks before your departure date. If the deposit and/or balance is not paid in time, we may cancel your travel arrangements. If the balance is not paid in time we shall retain your deposit. If you have booked your travel arrangements directly with us you may make your payments by debit card, credit card or you can make a bank transfer to us. If you have booked via a travel agent they will advise you on payment methods acceptable to them
3. Surcharge: we have the right to apply a surcharge to your booking when there are Changes in (transportation costs, including the cost of fuel] [dues, taxes or fees chargeable for services such as landing taxes or embarkation or disembarkation fees at ports and airports] and [exchange rates] mean that the price of your travel arrangements may change after you have booked. However, there will be no change within 30 days of your departure. We will absorb and you will not be charged for any increase equivalent to 2% of the price of your travel arrangements, which excludes insurance premiums and any amendment charges. You will be charged for the amount over and above that, plus an administration charge of £1 per person together with an amount to cover agents' commission. If this means that you have to pay an increase of more than 10% of the price of your travel arrangements, you will have the option of accepting a change to another holiday if we are able to offer one (we will refund any price difference if the alternative is of a lower value), or cancelling and receiving a full refund of all monies paid, except for any amendment charges. Should you decide to cancel: 1) you must do so within 14 days from the date on your final invoice 2) We will provide a refund of insurance premiums paid to us if you can show that you are unable to transfer or reuse your policy. Should the price of your holiday go down due to the changes mentioned above, by more than 2% of your holiday cost, then any refund due will be paid to you. However, please note that travel arrangements are not always purchased in local currency and some apparent changes have no impact on the price of your travel due to contractual and other protection in place.
Special Requirements

At the time of booking or at any stage before departure you will be able to add special request to your booking such as high floor or low floor rooms. Please note that all special requests are non-contractual and cannot be guaranteed and will be allocated at the discretion of the hotel.

Please note that where a flight is included in you travel arrangements seats will be allocated by the airline in the class that you booked. Flight upgrades may be available subject to availability and we are more than happy to provide you with the price of upgrading.

If you do have any requests for specific seats these should be booked directly with the airline and again these are only requested and are not guaranteed.
If You Change Your Booking

If, after our confirmation invoice has been issued, you wish to change your travel arrangements in any way, for example your chosen departure date or accommodation, we will do our utmost to make these changes but it may not always be possible. Any request for changes to be made must be in writing from the person who made the booking or your travel agent. You will be asked to pay an administration charge of £25 per person, and any further cost we incur in making this alteration. You should be aware that these costs could increase the closer to the departure date that changes are made and you should contact us as soon as possible. Note: Certain travel arrangements (e.g. Apex Tickets) may not be changeable after a reservation has been made and any alteration request could incur a cancellation charge of up to 100% of that part of the arrangements.

If You Cancel Your Holiday

You, or any member of your party, may cancel your travel arrangements at any time. Written notification from the person who made the booking or your travel agent must be received by THG Holidays. Since we incur costs in cancelling your travel arrangements, you will have to pay the charges as follows:

Period before departure in which you notify us	Cancellation charge
More than 84 days	Full deposit
55 days to 83 days	Full deposit plus 30% of holiday cost
30 days to 54 days	Full deposit plus 50% of holiday cost
15 days to 29 days	Full deposit plus 75% of holiday cost
Within 14 days of Departure	100% of holiday cost

The full amount of deposit includes all non-refundable non-changeable elements booked where THG Holidays have already incurred the cost or charges. Some flight tickets are non- refundable and any change requested after booking will incur a 100% cancellation charge for these tickets. Failure to arrive at departure point will incur 100% cancellation charges.

If you do cancel your travel arrangements a cancellation invoice will be issued detailing cancellation charges incurred.

Note: If the reason for your cancellation is covered under the terms of your insurance policy, you may be able to reclaim these charges.

Curtailment

If you decide to curtail your holiday for any reason then this will be treated as a cancellation and full charges will apply.

If We Change or Cancel Your Holiday

As we plan your holiday arrangements many months in advance we may occasionally have to make changes or cancel your booking and we reserve the right to do so at any time.

Changes

We reserve the right to alter the prices of any of the holidays shown in our Brochure or on our Web site. You will be advised of the current price of the holiday that you wish to book at booking stage and before your contract is confirmed.
Cancellation

We will not cancel your travel arrangements less than 12 weeks before your departure date, except for reasons of force majeure or failure by you to pay the final balance. We may cancel your holiday before this date if, e.g., the minimum number of clients required for a travel arrangement is not reached. If your holiday is cancelled you can either have a refund of all monies paid or accept an offer of alternative travel arrangements of comparable standard from us, if available (we will refund any price difference if the alternative is of a lower value). In some cases, we will pay compensation (see below).

If we cancel or make a major change and you accept a refund, we will provide a full refund of your travel insurance premiums if you paid them to us and can show that you are unable to transfer or reuse your policy.
Compensation

We reserve the right to alter the prices of any of the holidays shown in our Brochure or on our Web site. You will be advised of the current price of the holiday that you wish to book at booking stage and before your contract is confirmed.

Changes

If we cancel or make a major change we will pay compensation as detailed below except where the major change or cancellation arises due to reasons of force majeure. The compensation that we offer does not exclude you from claiming more if you are entitled to do so.

Period before departure in which we notify you	Amount you will receive from us
More than 84 days	Nil
More than 28 days	£10 per person
More than 15 days	£20 per person
More than 01 day	£40 per person
Less than one day	£50 per person

Force Majeure

We will not pay you compensation if we have to cancel or change your travel arrangements in any way because of unusual or unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control. These can include, for example, war, riot, industrial dispute, terrorist activity and its consequences, natural or nuclear disaster, fire, adverse weather conditions, epidemics and pandemics, unavoidable technical problems with transport. If your holiday has to be extended as a direct consequence of a Force Majeure event then we will cover 50% of costs incurred up to a maximum of £150 per booking. All other costs will need to be covered by you.

Passport, Visa and Immigration Requirements

Your specific passport and visa requirements, and other immigration requirements are your responsibility and you should confirm these with the relevant Embassies and/or Consulates. We do not accept any responsibility if you cannot travel because you have not complied with any passport, visa or immigration requirements. Further information can be obtained at
https://www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports
https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration

All passengers travelling to the USA will be required to apply for an esta way in advance of departure Further information can be obtained at
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta
Pre-Travel advice

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) travel advice unit may have issued information about your holiday destination. You are advised to check this information on the internet at www.fco.gov.uk. it is our company policy to follow FCO advice pertaining to your destination It is also your responsibility to check if your require any vaccinations or medical advice for the destination your intend to visit.
Travel insurance

We strongly suggest that you arrange adequate travel insurance cover for you and your party from the time of booking.

ABTA Sure (Citybound) can provide a comprehensive range of travel insurance offering high levels of cover for medical emergency, repatriation, personal baggage, cancellation and much more.

They can provide single trip policies with no upper age limit, annual multi trip policies up to age 85, long stay policies for trips up to 12 months and gap year policies for trips up to 18 months.

All their policies offer the option to include existing medical conditions as well as, automatic cover for participation in over 100 sports and activities.

As a customer of THG Holidays you will be entitled to a 10% reduction off the cost of any policy taken out through ABTA sure for further information contact their call center on 0333 207 0603 or alternatively please visit their website by clicking on this link:

https://www.abtasure.co.uk/?intcode=Y6433

When you purchase insurance you and all members of your party must read the insurance schedule of cover carefully as the policy main contain a number of restrictions of cover. Please remember to take your insurance schedule on holiday which will be provided by your independent insurance company.

For the latest independent information please visit the following website:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/foreign-travel-insurance
Accuracy

The information in our brochures and web sites are prepared many months in advance, however every effort has been made to ensure that the accuracy of the description, information and prices are correct. Whenever a service advertised has changed or has been withdrawn where practical we will advise you as we are reliant on hoteliers proving us with updated information.
If You Have a Complaint

If you have a problem during your holiday, please inform the relevant supplier (e.g. your hotelier, car rental company or Airline) If you are unable to resolve this to your satisfaction you must call our Customer service Team on 01792482432 during U.K working hours if you need assistance outside these hours please call our out of hours support team on 07973 371221. If your complaint is not resolved locally, please follow this up within 28 days of your return home by writing to our Customer Services Department at THG HOLIDAYS, First Floor,3/4 Brynhyfryd Square, Swansea SA5 9EB. giving your booking reference and all other relevant information. Please keep your letter concise and to the point. It is strongly recommended that you communicate any complaint to the supplier of the services in resort. If you fail to follow this simple procedure we will have been deprived of the opportunity to investigate and rectify your complaint whilst you were1 in resort and this may affect your rights under this contract. Please also see clause 4 above on ABTA.
1. Our Liability to You
  
  If the contract we have with you is not performed or is improperly performed by us or our suppliers we will pay you appropriate compensation if this has affected the enjoyment of your travel arrangements. However, we will not be liable where any failure in the performance of the contract is due to: you; or a third party unconnected with the provision of the travel arrangements and where the failure is unforeseeable or unavoidable; or unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised; or an event which we or our suppliers, even with all due care, could not foresee or forestall. Our liability, except in cases involving death, injury or illness, shall be limited to a maximum of twice your holiday cost. Our liability will also be limited in accordance with and/or in an identical manner to
  1. The contractual terms of the companies that provide the transportation for your travel arrangements. These terms are incorporated into this contract; and
  2. Any relevant international convention, for example the Montreal Convention in respect of travel by air, the Athens Convention in respect of travel by sea, the Berne Convention in respect of travel by rail and the Paris Convention in respect of the provision of accommodation, which limit the amount of compensation that you can claim for death, injury, delay to passengers and loss, damage and delay to luggage. We are to be regarded as having all benefit of any limitation of compensation contained in these or any conventions.
  You can ask for copies of the transport contractual terms, or the international conventions, from THG Holidays Upper Floor,3-4 Brynhyfryd Square, Swansea SA59EB Under EU law (Regulation 261/2004) you have rights in some circumstances to refunds and/or compensation from your airline in cases of denied boarding, cancellation or delay to flights. Full details will be publicised at EU airports and available from airlines. However, reimbursement in such cases will not automatically entitle you to a refund of your holiday cost from us. Your right to a refund and/or compensation from us is set out in clause 9. If any payments to you are due from us, any payment made to you by the airline will be deducted.
  
  NB this clause does not apply to any separate contracts that you may enter into for excursions or activities whilst on holiday.
2. Prompt assistance in resort
  
  If the contract we have with you is not performed or is improperly performed as a result of failures attributable to a third party unconnected with the provision of the services, or as a result of failures due to unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond our control, the consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all due care had been exercised, or an event which we or our suppliers, even with all due care, could not foresee or forestall, and you suffer an injury or other material loss, we will offer you such prompt assistance as is reasonable in the circumstances.
3. Excursions
  
  Excursions or other tours that you may choose to book or pay for whilst you are on holiday are not part of your package holiday provided by us. For any excursion or other tour that you book, your contract will be with the operator of the excursion or tour and not with us. We are not responsible for the provision of the excursion or tour or for anything that happens during the course of its provision by the operator.
4. Weather
  
  Global weather patterns are becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable we cannot be held responsible for disruption to your holiday plans due to unusual or bad weather conditions

Terms & Conditions

Your holiday contract

Booking confirmation and Documents

Your financial protection

ABTA

Holiday Price, Price guarantee and Payments.

Special Requirements

If You Change Your Booking

If You Cancel Your Holiday

Curtailment

If We Change or Cancel Your Holiday

Changes

Cancellation

Compensation

Changes

Force Majeure

Passport, Visa and Immigration Requirements

Pre-Travel advice

Travel insurance

Accuracy

If You Have a Complaint

Our Liability to You

Prompt assistance in resort

Excursions

Weather