What is the Air Travel Trust?

The purpose of the Air Travel Trust is to manage and apply the Trust Fund for the benefit of customers of failed tour operators. Each year it produces its report and financial accounts. The Air Travel Trust Fund (“ATT”) is the primary source of funding when an ATOL holder fails.

What is a travel Trust Fund?

On one hand, you want to provide financial safety and security for your family. This innovative family trust program allows parents and grandparents to place tax-exempt gifts into a family trust. The Trust funds can be used for enriching travel experiences today and in the future.

How is ATOL funded?

ATOL is funded by travel businesses, which are required to pay a fee of £2.50 for each traveller. This is held in a fund managed by the Air Travel Trust which is used to refund, repatriate or reimburse travellers for the cost of repaying for the affected parts of their trip.

How do I get a claim form from ATOL?

How do I get in touch with ATOL?

1. Emailing at [email protected], always providing your claim reference number (if following up) and your personal information details.
2. Calling at the following number : +44 (0) 333 103 6350.

What is covered under Atol?

ATOL cover means you are protected if you book a holiday with a single travel firm that includes: flights and accommodation (including on a cruise), or flights and car hire, or flights, accommodation and car hire.

How do I contact CAA?

With CAA’s network of over 35,000 road service vehicles throughout Canada and the United States, CAA Members are never far from a helping hand. Call 1.888. 222.4357 or request assistance online.

How does a Travel Trust Account work?

Every Travel Trust Association member deposits your money into the trust account. A trust account is a bank account designated to hold the customers’ money. Your money remains in the trust account and is supervised by an appointed trustee who is either a banker, chartered or certified accountant or a solicitor.

What is the difference between ABTA and TTA?

What is the difference between the Travel Trust Association and ABTA? ABTA ended its consumer promise in 2006. If the arrangements are not automatically protected, an ABTA should offer suitable insurance to cover you. If you book with a TTA member your money is 100% financially protected, automatically.

What does an ATOL certificate cover you for?

ATOL covers package holidays that include flights, and some flight only sales. ATOL cover means that if the ATOL protected company fails and your holiday can no longer go ahead you will be entitled to a refund if you are yet to travel, and hotel costs and flights home if you are abroad.

What’s the difference between ATOL and ABTA?

What is the difference between ABTA and ATOL? ATOL (Air Travel Organiser’s Licensing) sits alongside ABTA but is specifically designed to cover people who fly. Whereas ABTA covers rail, road, or sea travel holidays. Many ABTA tour operators also provide bonds to the Civil Aviation Authority under the ATOL scheme.

How long do I have to make an ATOL claim?

We aim to acknowledge claims within 5 working days of receipt. If your claim is fully completed and we do not require any additional information or evidence, we aim to process your claim in a timely manner. Under normal circumstances, we estimate this to be 28 working days from receipt of your completed claim.

Will I get my money back from Sta?

It is the airline’s responsibility to provide you with the flight, or refund you. Contract law and agency law dictate that the airline is responsible to you, if you have paid STA as its agent. The airline should refund you even if it has already refunded STA.

What is the purpose of the Air Travel Trust?

About the Air Travel Trust. The purpose of the Air Travel Trust is to manage and apply the Trust Fund for the benefit of customers of failed tour operators. Each year it produces its report and financial accounts. The Air Travel Trust Fund (“ATT”) is the primary source of funding when an ATOL holder fails.

When was the Air Travel Trust in deficit?

The Fund was established in the 1970’s by way of a levy on tour operators’ holidays. The levy ceased in 1978, after which the Fund’s only income came from investments while it remained in surplus. Following a number of large calls during the early 1990s the Fund had been in deficit since 1996.

Can a person act as a trustee of a charity?

Charities can make use of official registers which record the names of people who are disqualified from acting as charity trustees. The Individual Insolvency Register maintained by the Insolvency Service, which contains details of current and recent bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements.

Who is the trustee of the TFL pension fund?

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