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Low(love)-cost holiday . Ie

  • 23-04-2018 12:28pm
    #1
    Ultimate Seduction
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    Any reviews on them? They seem very reasonable, almost too good to be true for an all inclusive holiday to Spain.

    If I pay the deposit and am paying them weekly, if they went bust do I just lose my money? Anything to watch out for with them in general


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  • #2
    vicwatson
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    I thought they had gone bust


  • #3
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    They did. Big thread on here about it.


  • #4
    Ultimate Seduction
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    When? They are still taking bookings online..


  • #5
    StreetLight
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    It's automatically forwarding to Loveholidays.ie


  • #6
    Ultimate Seduction
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    Yeah, it's love holidays ie is what I meant to start the thread about, not low cost, sorry.

    Are loveholidays . Ie realiable or could I end up losing my money if they go boom


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  • #7
    Eponymous
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    On their website it says they're bonded by the CAR, so in theory you should get your money back should they go bust, but in practice you've lost your holiday and it could be a while before you get refunded. If you're away when it happens it's probably exceptionally stressful figuring out how you get home.

    At the time they went bust a couple of years ago, there were stories of travellers arriving at their destination to find that their accommodation booking wasn't honoured or that they were asked to pay for it again, despite having paid for it through Low Cost Holidays. That's because LCH didn't pay up front for the hotels, just the flights.

    I prefer to book holidays directly myself, booking the flights and accommodation separately. While I wouldn't dissuade anyone from using a tour operator such as TUI or Sunway, for example, I would be reluctant to use an online tour operator who is linked with LCH (or who thinks redirecting from the LCH website is a good idea).


  • #8
    Ultimate Seduction
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,464 ✭✭✭Ultimate Seduction


    Eponymous wrote: »
    On their website it says they're bonded by the CAR, so in theory you should get your money back should they go bust, but in practice you've lost your holiday and it could be a while before you get refunded. If you're away when it happens it's probably exceptionally stressful figuring out how you get home.

    At the time they went bust a couple of years ago, there were stories of travellers arriving at their destination to find that their accommodation booking wasn't honoured or that they were asked to pay for it again, despite having paid for it through Low Cost Holidays. That's because LCH didn't pay up front for the hotels, just the flights.

    I prefer to book holidays directly myself, booking the flights and accommodation separately. While I wouldn't dissuade anyone from using a tour operator such as TUI or Sunway, for example, I would be reluctant to use an online tour operator who is linked with LCH (or who thinks redirecting from the LCH website is a good idea).

    Thanks for that. I do prefer booking everything individually myself for piece of mind, just the prices on that website seem so good. You've turned me off it anyway, don't think it's worth the risk for a 250euro saving


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