Holiday firms demand cash for trips that look set to be cancelled

Anxious holidaymakers are being ‘bullied’ into handing over thousands of pounds for trips that are unlikely to go ahead. Countless holidays have been cancelled since the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel in March.  With no end date in sight, and the Government now looking to enforce a 14-day quarantine period for travellers … Read more

Travel firms try to charge fees and taxes over cancelled holidays

Desperate travel firms are attempting to claw money back from holidaymakers by charging ‘monstrous’ cancellation fees. Others are claiming their small print means part of the holiday is ‘non-refundable’, even when the customer is entitled to a full refund by law. Last week Money Mail exposed how airlines and travel agents are using underhand tactics … Read more

Love Island 2020 CANCELLED: ITV bosses scrap summer series

Love Island 2020 has officially been cancelled. ITV bosses have pulled the plug on the summer series of the reality show, revealing it was a logistical impossibility to safeguard ‘the wellbeing of everyone involved’ amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.  Fans have been assured the dating programme, which was due to begin filming in June, … Read more

Love Island 2020 CANCELLED: ITV bosses scrap summer series

Love Island 2020 has officially been cancelled. ITV bosses have pulled the plug on the summer series of the reality show, revealing it was a logistical impossibility to safeguard ‘the wellbeing of everyone involved’ amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.  Fans have been assured the dating programme, which was due to begin filming in June, … Read more

Couple whose dream wedding was cancelled due to coronavirus get married on Facebook Live

A couple have got married on Facebook Live from their living room – after their dream wedding was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Daphne Goujon, 25, and husband Chris, 35, both from Orlando, were devastated when they realised their dream outdoor wedding in Florida, wouldn’t be able to go ahead on April 11 due … Read more

Woman transforms her bathroom for less than £400 after her professional refit was cancelled

A woman has transformed her tired bathroom for less than £400 after her professional refit was cancelled due to the UK’s lockdown – and she claims she’s saved over £1,500. Blogger Hayley Rubery, 29, from Essex, was scheduled to have a complete refit of her bathroom – costing around an estimated £2,000 in June 2020. But with the … Read more

Travel agencies face legal action after blocking up to £7billion of refunds for cancelled holidays

Travel firms which have failed to refund customers after holidays were cancelled during the coronavirus crisis will face legal action, it was announced today. The Competition and Markets Authority said it will take companies to court after it was revealed thousands of British holidaymakers are owed up to £7billion from companies refusing to reimburse customers.   … Read more

Thousands of tourists are unable to get money back for trips cancelled due to Covid

Thousands of British holidaymakers are owed £7billion for trips cancelled because of the global coronavirus pandemic with banks and airlines flouting the law by refusing refunds, it was revealed today. There is growing anger that the Government has not intervened when lenders and travel firms are illegally withholding cash that should be paid within a week for flights … Read more

Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday Spitfire flypast is CANCELLED

A Spitfire flypast to celebrate Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday has been cancelled after the Department of Transport cited concerns over whether it would encourage crowds to form amid coronavirus lockdown. The Mark 9 Spitfire, named The Spirit Of Kent, was supposed to fly over Cpt Tom’s home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, at 8pm on … Read more

Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday Spitfire flypast is CANCELLED

A Spitfire flypast to celebrate Captain Tom Moore’s 100th birthday has been cancelled after the Department of Transport cited concerns over whether it would encourage crowds to form amid coronavirus lockdown. The Mark 9 Spitfire, named The Spirit Of Kent, was supposed to fly over Cpt Tom’s home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, at 8pm on … Read more