October Half Term- where to go?

The October Half-Term is a difficult question,
you want to go somewhere with Sun and
decent temperatures, but the Mediterranean
is never a sure bet in late October.

So the question is where should you go that’s
a reasonable distance and cost

I would recommend travelling to the Canaries
in the Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Africa
with temperatures in 26° - 20° range.

Flying time is approximately  4.5 hours away a 
tolerable journey time.

The October Half Term holidays fall on the 
following dates this year

Scotland (Glasgow & Edinburgh)  11-13/10  1 week
North of England (Manchester)     18-20/10  1 week
South of England (London region) 25-27/10  1 week 

I would recommend the following place to find the best
flight prices 

www.skyscanner.net  

www.thomascookairlines.com, 

www.tui.co.uk
www.Flylolo.com,  

Financial protection for Thomas Cook Airlines?

Thomas Cook Airlines.

I have been watching the BBC news channels
regarding the reports of Thomas Cook and
the Chinese investor Fosun with a proposed
investment of £750M.

The BBC was broadcasting that all clients
monies were safe because Thomas Cook has
a CAA ATOL, that is correct, but only for
package holiday clients.  But of course it does
not cover for rearranging  holiday plans, only for
cancelled flights at the value paid.

Anyone that has booked a flight seat only
product with Thomas Cook airlines is
exposed.

Airlines are allowed to sell flight seats with
out financial protection similar to Monarch
Primera, Cobalt and FlyBMI who all went
bust.

There are exceptions like Flylolo.com
have financial protection arrangements
in place under the ATOL as a flight
only operator.

If Thomas Cook Airlines went bust it would
be similar to Monarch and other failed airlines
where passengers lost money, unless they paid
with a Credit Card and the transaction was
over a £100, then there is the protection of the

Consumer Credit Act of 1973, but only if the
funds were paid through a UK merchant account.
I don’t know what arrangements Thomas Cook
have in place so people will have to go into things
with their eyes wide open and use the
precautionary principle.