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Story: Ehic may not be valid in no-deal Brexit The government should be reminded that most customers bought insurance back when agents were entrusted to sell it. Following intervention from the interfering fingers of bureaucracy, this system collapsed, leaving many travellers exposed. We need less government and regulation, not more.
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A hard Brexit would see travel sector in despair
Story: ‘Expect a Brexit deal and date change’ God forbid we end up with a hard Brexit. The way things are going, we could end up that way – and the travel world will put its hands to its face in despair. I am sending my prayers up to Saint Jude: after all, he is the patron saint of lost causes.
PATRICK DOYLE
Regulatory interference dents insurance take-up
Visas are now a money-spinning bandwagon Story: Wendy Wu T
ours given permission to process new China visa
Travellers would be wise to check visa costs and visitor taxes before booking any destination these days. Governments have jumped on this money-spinning bandwagon, ignoring the fact that tourists, just by visiting, are contributing to their economy. China is a case in point: a couple planning to visit must now pay around £400 for their visas (previously £304). Go elsewhere!
MIKE NEWCOMB
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Emma Savage @TCEmmaSavage (Travel Counsellors) Working on a Florida trip for clients who so loved what I arranged last year, they want a repeat
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Loss of spending power will hit travel
Story: No-deal Brexit ‘threatens 700,000 jobs’ While the World Travel & Tourism Council figures are pure speculation, there is no doubt that there will be problems for many business sectors, including travel. Nissan has moved an order to Japan, stating Brexit as one of the reasons. And
Barclays, along with other businesses, have made plans to set up elsewhere in the EU if necessary. All this will mean inevitable job losses if the situation is not sorted satisfactorily. This will affect spending power – and the holiday market will suffer. Did those who voted ‘Leave’ realise that they could be voting to lose their
jobs? Of course they didn’t. They were given a pack of lies with no negative outcomes. The man in the street thought we were going to ‘walk away and be better off’, no strings attached. The politicians are now compounding the problem with so
many having their own agendas. The more they delay, the more the public will worry about the repercussions. GEOFF DOUSE
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“Are we doing enough to cater for non-nuclear families? It’s time to consider how well we serve
single-parent families in terms of value.”
JACQUELINE DOBSON, president, Barrhead Travel › Comment, page 21
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