The increase in holidaymakers arranging their own flights and accommodation and buying tickets online has made it a problem for tens of thousands of Britons stranded abroad by the collapse of a series of airlines last year.
The 3600 flight-only passengers who booked with their winter holiday to the sun direct with Flyglobespan and now have to find and pay for flights home following the company’s collapse are the latest unfortunate travellers to fall through a travel insurance loophole.
The increase in holidaymakers arranging their own flights and accommodation and buying tickets online has made it a problem for tens of thousands of Britons stranded abroad by the collapse of a series of airlines last year.