150,00 UK travellers now have no way home as Thomas Cook shuts down.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/thomas-cook-travel-1.5293193
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/thomas-cook-travel-1.5293193
First major Brexit casualty - Thomas Cook
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It's an international travel Booker.
The internet killed it. Expedia, Airbnb, Hotwire, and direct booking did it in. Who needs a travel agent now except for some package deals?
Anyone have travel insurance with Le Lloyd's du France?
https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-damaged-city-of-london-2018-11
https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-damaged-city-of-london-2018-11
Read this quote:
Since this Brexit turmoil, do you know what the value of the British Pound sterling has dropped down to and how it is affecting the travel plans for the British citizens??
Many more to come. Even this right wing media has cautious warnings for travellers with respect to their costs abroad!!
https://www.express.co.uk/travel/ar...-gbp-brexit-news-latest-holidays-travel-money
The Pound Sterling now stands at $1.24 American, it was at $1.73 when David Cameron won his majority.
Cameron decided to call this whole referendum when he used it as a trigger for him to get re-elected. So he had to live up to his promise and have the referendum. It was a shock to all the more mature Conservative politicians who claimed that this whole notion to have a referendum as part of his election campaign was done with absolutely no consultation with his colleagues in the Conservative party!!
Most British citizens will only visit Canada as it is not as expensive for them to do so in comparison to the USA.
Most British citizens will only visit Canada as it is not as expensive for them to do so in comparison to the USA.
Insanely high debt levels killed Thomas Cook.
And as others have said, the internet (and I agree) has killed the whole travel agency thing
I didn't even know that they were still around.
And as others have said, the internet (and I agree) has killed the whole travel agency thing
I didn't even know that they were still around.
That's idiotic.
They most certainly have a way home. It's as easy as pulling out your credit card and booking a flight home. (They just don't want to pay again. Sorry, but you picked Thomas Cook, it was your choice, it's your responsibility to get home on your own. You shouldn't be expecting the government to bail you out. Take some fucking responsibility for yourself.)
I agree that Brexit is killing the travel agencies in the UK, as the internet has not done so on such a scale as the UK!!
The travel insurance is a British Government Insurance policy. That is why those who bought it and that includes almost all the tourists, will be able to be funded through this insurance policy. Their rates that the British pay is not as high as we do with the private insurance companies!!
I'm surprised Sunwing hasn't gone down yet based on their totally shit service. Only a matter of time though.
Brexit caused the pound to tank, raising Thomas Cook's costs and scaring more Brits into staying home.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/business/thomas-cook-collapse/index.html
Isn't that the free market you guys have been craving?
Nonsense, its obligations were foreign currencies and the pound has been POUNDED, also who is gonna book not knowing what chaos is gonna happen on Oct 31st. Cashflow went dry and Thomas Cook was COOKED.
Boris is done, his prorogue has been ruled illegal by the supreme court and parliament ordered to resume sitting.
Yup it essentially said he lied to the effin queen. I think the law still says he gets horse hanged, drawn and quartered..lol
