As a member of the Association of Bonded
Travel Organisers Trust Limited (ABTOT), an Association approved by the
Department of Trade and Industry, Ski Amis Ltd has
provided a Bond to meet the requirements of the Package Travel, Package
Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992. These regulations apply
to packages sold in the UK and this Bond provides security for money
paid over by it's UK customers and for their repatriation to the UK in
the event of Ski Amis Ltd's insolvency.
Note: Repatration will only be provided if the travel component of your trip was paid to us.
What this means .....
All tour operators are required by UK
law to provide some form of financial guarantee to the people that book
and pay them in advance, in case they go bankrupt - this is called a
'bond'. There are a large number of small operators who fail to comply
with this legislation - beware of them because if they go bust, you
will lose your money! NEVER be afraid or embarrassed to ask a tour
operator about their bonding .... after all, anyone who provides the
right security to a client will have no problem to tell you about it!
There are a lot of different types of
bonding available depending on the particular operation the tour
operator carries out and the size and type of the company. Some of the
most well known to the public are ABTA and ATOL bonds which generally
apply to larger operators and travel agents but these are not any
'better' or 'more secure' - it depends on what the tour operator offers
in his package. In our case, the most appropriate bond to cover our
activities is provided by ABTOT. Each year we are required to pay for
what is effectively an insurance policy to cover our clients' money and
our financial stability and business activities are scrutinised by
ABTOT before the bond is granted and throughout the year by means of
quarterly reporting. It means for you that if we go bust after we have
taken your money, ABTOT will refund you and if this unlikely event
happens whilst you are actually on holiday with us, the ABTOT will
repatriate you to the UK (as long as the travel element of your holiday
was booked with us)
Our bond only covers the holiday
components you book with us so if you make your own travel arrangements
(for example flights or transfers with another company), these need to
be covered by the company with whom you book them and in the event of
US going bust, THEIR bond will not cover you if you have to cancel as
they are still solvent!
You can verify our bond by checking directly on the ABTOT website if you wish at www.abtot.com
Our current bond certificate can also be viewed as a PDF file by clicking here.
Important Note Concerning Flights
We do not sell or package flights as part of the holidays we offer -
we may offer to assist you by researching options and prices available
through the web or travel agents we work with but you will need to
actually make the booking yourself with the agent or airline
concerned. The assistance we provide in researching options does not
form part of your contract with us and is not covered by our bond |
