Thomas Cook’s collapse makes ordinary holiday makers out of pocket and anxious – all because of corporate greed
We will all have to pay for the travel company’s incompetent manager as Atol refuses to meet the full £500m cost of reimbursing stranded travellers
Let’s not forget the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people stranded by the Thomas Cook debacle.
They might have slipped down the news agenda, but many are still waiting for return flights – even having to dig into their own pockets to pay for accommodation and food, and will have to wait to be reimbursed when they return.
The fallout has spread to customers with Tui and First Choice, tour operators forced to cancel holidays which were scheduled to use Thomas Cook aircraft. These travellers are ordinary working people and their holiday bookings represent a huge slice of their annual income. They are not the frequent fliers the eco-activists want to tax.
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