Thomas Cook

Pipe & Slippers · 10 Oct 2019 at 12:14

jpaul said:
Will no one think of the ~~children~~pension-fund ? or .. guess, they have avoided that liability by engaging now.

Imagine the double whammy if the pension fund owned the shops

jpaul · 12 Oct 2019 at 07:48

Any risk that Turkey becomes unsafe to travel to, and those with holidays booked there will need ABTA rescue;
can't but see that, like had happened to Egypt, Erdogan's behaviour in Turkey won't have significant repercussions, lots of TV tourist adds atm fot it.

b0rn2sk8 · 12 Oct 2019 at 08:03

You have to remember Turkey is a huge country geographically. The places tourists go in Turkey isn’t close to the boarder, the country has been a bit iffy for years and still hasn’t really put people off.

Diagro · 12 Oct 2019 at 09:01

Tbh, I feel the highstreet agents are still useful.

Last year we went to Thailand, via virgin.

We were able to book online sure, but we wanted a human to confirm everything and make sure every single thing was in line.

The agent at the store dealt with everything. And we also got further discounts that we wouldn't have got online.

This was a £11k holiday though... Probably helped heh

Nitefly · 12 Oct 2019 at 09:02

Diagro said:
Tbh, I feel the highstreet agents are still useful.

Last year we went to Thailand, via virgin.

We were able to book online sure, but we wanted a human to confirm everything and make sure every single thing was in line.

The agent at the store dealt with everything. And we also got further discounts that we wouldn't have got online.

This was a £11k holiday though... Probably helped heh

£11k to go to Thailand!! :eek:

Hedge · 12 Oct 2019 at 09:36

Nitefly said:
£11k to go to Thailand!!

We went for ten days and and it cost us about 1300 quid. £11k must have got something quite spectacular. Eek.

Dr House · 12 Oct 2019 at 10:22

Probably 4 to 5k in flights ?

Azza · 12 Oct 2019 at 10:51

Nitefly said:
£11k to go to Thailand!!

Amanpuri starts at just under £1k a night. :eek:

A week there and business class flights ~ £11k.

Diagro · 12 Oct 2019 at 13:22

Nitefly said:
£11k to go to Thailand!!

Was 4 adults, two children and a baby.
Flights were £1350 each. Summer holiday prices cus 3 adults are teachers.

Ahleckz · 12 Oct 2019 at 15:50

Diagro said:
Was 4 adults, two children and a baby.
Flights were £1350 each. Summer holiday prices cus 3 adults are teachers.

And you paid the travel agent markup. Definitely don’t need to pay that much for flights.
What did they actually provide you that you couldn’t have done yourself?
Doubt the agent had ever been to where you were going anyway.

Cryfreeman · 12 Oct 2019 at 16:30

Guessing £1350 wasn’t Economy? Flew for around £600 or so direct in July with Thai.

StriderX · 12 Oct 2019 at 17:24

Still don't get why going abroad is seemingly "necessary" for some.

robj20 · 12 Oct 2019 at 18:24

StriderX said:
Still don't get why going abroad is seemingly "necessary" for some.

Well for us it is, at least once a year. I don't see why having a fancy car is seemingly necessary for some.

StriderX · 12 Oct 2019 at 18:34

robj20 said:
Well for us it is, at least once a year. I don't see why having a fancy car is seemingly necessary for some.

Why have fancy anything? Surely it would be more prudent to spend on tangible assets.

robj20 · 12 Oct 2019 at 18:34

StriderX said:
Why have fancy anything? Surely it would be more prudent to spend on tangible assets.

How so? Why do you want assets.

Captain · 12 Oct 2019 at 18:42

StriderX said:
Still don't get why going abroad is seemingly "necessary" for some.

People like to get away in the sun as a family, what’s hard to understand?

StriderX · 12 Oct 2019 at 18:46

Clov!s said:
People like to get away in the sun as a family, what’s hard to understand?

No sun is worth almost half the median wage, just go outside, wont be long until that's not even a choice either.

Yes, i get the UK or indeed much of Europe is drab and a bit samey and people like getting as far as possible from it, wasn't so long ago that this was an immense luxury.

robj20 · 12 Oct 2019 at 18:46

Clov!s said:
People like to get away in the sun as a family, what’s hard to understand?

Silly isn't it.

We place experiencing other cultures, food, history high up on our list of things to do.
We even travel the UK a lot to see new places.

Others prefer to spend that money on a more expensive car, house, electronics. All comes down to what you want to do with your money.

Diagro · 12 Oct 2019 at 21:08

Ahleckz said:
And you paid the travel agent markup. Definitely don’t need to pay that much for flights.
What did they actually provide you that you couldn’t have done yourself?
Doubt the agent had ever been to where you were going anyway.

Was cheaper than online actually..

Diagro · 12 Oct 2019 at 21:09

Cryfreeman said:
Guessing £1350 wasn’t Economy? Flew for around £600 or so direct in July with Thai.

When in July?
We flew on the 26th and returned on the 16th.
If we went early to mid July we would have saved over £500 each per flight -.-

Was eco via Qatar