ABTA Avis 

I went to ABTA after a clear issue with Jet2 following a misleading advert for a holiday we booked only to find out that ABTA have no real responsibility to you. They will ask for a response from the member, this will inevitably be the same one that you have already recieved and as they are not an ombudsman service will then want to charge you for an arbitration service. I thought that they were regulators that took holiday descriptions and mis-selling seriously but I was wrong. Check your holiday details before you go as you will end up dissapointed once you get back.

Helped me resolve an issues with a small refund.
Timely communication throughout.

Appalling.
I have made a complaint against ABTA member RIU Hotels & Resorts ABTA number: V5126 that carried out fraudulent transaction. After waiting over 3 months for response I finally received one stating this - " Unfortunately, the company you are in contract with, Hotel Riu Tikida Dunas., does not appear to be a member of ABTA, which means we’re unable to offer any assistance." Hotel Riu Tikida Dunas was booked from Riu Hotels and resorts website and all invoices are from Riu Hotels and resorts. Its just a joke, what a waste of space, Watchdog should definitely investigate

Unfortunately, I had to make a claim for compensation under ABTA/Travel Arbitration Hunt ADR, concerning a spoiled holiday that I had booked with Jet2 Holidays. My claim was successful, and Jet 2 was informed that they have to compensate me. They were given 21 days to comply, but the time has well exceeded 21 days, and Jet2 have not complied.
I have tried to make contact with Hunt ADR, to inform them about the situation, through email, and telephone several times, and they don't answer the emails, or messages left on the phone, impossible to get this resolved.
Apparently, I have to get in touch with ABTA, so they can chase Jet 2 for payment. No updates as yet.

It was a very simple process to lodge my claim.it made tui actually acknowledge they had provided a poor holiday.instead of an insulting £90 offer,they quickly settled the full amount of the claim £364.it is a pity tui were not initially honourable,but involving your office made them listen .thankyou.

Had a dispute with TUI following an awful holiday. TUI customer service were unmovable on their stance, despite assurances from the representative on site. Raised the issue with ABTA, they contacted TUI and I received a telephone call within the week and the issue was fully resolved. Without ABTAs help i don’t think this would have been resolved without going down the legal route

Lovely mediator. Explained the process and was prompt on all the calls. Whilst the resolution was not perfect the ABTA component was excellent

ABTA really helped us out over a dispute with a travel agent, who had booked a single sofa bed with a pull out cot for two people who had mobility issues . We thought the issue was so obvious as we had booked in store , visible with walking aids , and we’re so surprised when they didn’t refund us the extra that was charged for a room with two beds . Thanks to ABTA we received the amount that was charged to us to be moved to another room . Am so grateful for ABTA s help as money is so tight these days and their swiftness in dealing with the issue .
Many thanks
GManuel

If i had not asked ABTA to take up my complaint against Awaze vacations,i would not of recieved the full refund i got.This awful company will never be used by us again,Awaze Vacations have no compassion or flexibility when there is a very legitimate reason to ask to rebook a holiday or recieve a full refund,considering we had a bereavment in the family.They initially gave us £12.75 back,from a total of £305,disgusted by this.I would urge people to be extremly careful when booking with this terrible company,in fact i would advise people to boycott them,there appalling so called customer service,there terms&conditions are atrocius.ABTA did us proud,never expected to be succesful obtaining a full refund from this greedy company,check out feedback on them&then you will understand what i mean,BIG thankyou to ABTA.

Nothing was too much bother . They explained everything, that was necessary and I was able to understand exactly what was happening. Lana was excellent regarding everything.

The speed in which my complaint was dealt with very impressed.

Following a poor response to our complaint by easyJet holidays who failed to investigate properly and belittled the problems we had experienced I approached ABTA. Subsequently easyJet settled our claim in full.

I wanted to ask a question about the timing of final payments for holidays booked but ABTA make it impossible to get through to them unless you have a registered complaint!!!!
I don't have a complaint, I have a question relative to rules about final payments if there are any.
Thanks for nothing!!!!!!!!

ABTA did contact me following my review and provided the answer to my question so I've given them 3 stars now.

ABTA helped me to resolve my issue with Easyjet holidays where the hotel that we stayed in in April 2025 was undergoing some serious construction works and lots of areas were not available for us to enjoy during our stay.

We took a villa holiday with Jet2, villa a was not up to the standard we expected for the price we paid, we had 4 days which were more like Faulty Towers, lack of cleanliness, bedding that did not fit the beds (duvet cover) as bottom sheet which did not fit the bed, cracked window, windows where double glazing had blown, dirty washing machine full of wet towels and bedding, Air Fryer with previous occupants food in it, filthy kitchen bin with rancid food in the bottom. We had to clean the floors as we had a toddler with us and couldn't risk her picking up bits off the floor. BBQ area had not been cleaned and pool area had discarded plastic cups, newspaper and dirty rags. Cleaner was called back to sort out the outside, not with much effect, after she left we had no hot water, after contacting Solmar Villers, we were told to look to see if the cleaner had removed the plug for the water heater, she had, but had plugged the vacume cleaner plug back in instead of the water heater, so no hot water for rest of the day and over night. We then had a flood in the kitchen, plumber was called, septic tank was full and had backed up the water causing the flood. So on the hot afternoon the day after we were subjected to the unpleasant task of having the tank emptied, not pleasant. We contacted Jet2 on our return, they offered £400, on a holiday costing over £17,000. We contacted ABTA filled out the forms last October, they contacted me in January asking for all correspondence received from Jet2 which I sent to them, since then I have heard nothing, I messaged them about 3 weeks ago, still nothing back, what a waste of time, August 10th 2025 will be 12 months since our holiday.

We complained repeatedly to TUI regarding our hotel not being ready (family travelling 2 days prior had already been contacted with options due to major building works not being completed in time). TUI kept insisting the hotel would be ready, and they would update us with any issues. They could not give a date of the "update", and refused to change our holiday, despite dated photographs and videos of the major building work. I filed a dispute with ABTA, and received a call from TUI head office within 48 hours allowing us to move our holiday. The hotel reopening dates have been changed again (to after our holiday). Thanks to ABTA it saved us a few days of stress, as we have had a few days to prepare for our new holiday instead of a last minute panic like the other holiday makers going to this hotel. They are only giving people a few days notice on a week by week basis. (Up to date information on the hotel facebook group).

ABTA only had to fire a warning shot to our travel company Travel house, and our complaint was resolved very quickly after years of delay. Thanks ABTA.

The travel company, Cunard / P&O continually tried to argue that the our benefit did no apply inless we bought another product. With ABTA Help this was negated.

I approached ABTA under 298661 in good faith for help with a dispute involving Thomas Cook after my holiday was booked as All Inclusive but wrongly confirmed as Half Board. Despite providing clear evidence, including screenshots, email threads, and details of the issue from the time of booking (17 March 2025), I feel like my complaint wasn’t handled with the seriousness it deserved.

Thomas Cook gave a vague response that essentially blamed me for a website “refresh,” despite them also acknowledging there could have been multiple interactions between the time of the screenshot and confirmation — which to me indicates a possible fault on their end. ABTA accepted their explanation without challenging it further or properly investigating my side.

After weeks of stress and correspondence, ABTA sided with the company, and now I’m left with a holiday I didn’t book, no accountability from the travel agent, and no real consumer protection.

I’m so disheartened and expected more from a body that promotes itself as protecting holidaymakers.

We had 2 suitcases damaged on a cruise on Feb past. One case had a hole in it and a wheel missing, other one had three cracked wheels. Contacted customer service cruise company were only prepared to offer £100 to replace the 2 cases. After speaking to customer service again to say I felt this was not enough, as the cases were of a set of luggage which I cannot match up, and will have to buy a whole new set of luggage, the answer was still the same £100. I decided to take the matter to ABTA who accepted to look at the case for me. I am pleased to say the case has been resolved in a satisfactory manner. Only for ABTA’s intervention this would not have happened. Thank You very much ABTA