Rejected petition Allow people to cancel holidays abroad this year. Refund/rebook within 12 months

Ask Airlines & travel companies to allow for refund or re-book with no charges within a 12 month period.

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There are many people who booked their holidays abroad for 2020 before knowing the situation we would ever be in due to Covid-19. There are many people now with health concerns & concerns of further spreads of Covid-19 & do not feel continuing with their holiday this year is the safe thing to do. We are asking that anyone who has a holiday booked this year & does not feel safe to go be either given a refund or a transfer to a date within 12 months charge free.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Arrangements for refunding, changing or rebooking travel are a civil matter between individual travellers and holiday operators, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Require travel companies & airlines to pay compensation if no refund in 14 days: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/317878

Create a fund to reimburse money lost due to covid-19 travel cancellations: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304912

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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Date submitted 1 July 2020
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