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Lowcost customers turn to public donations to fund their holidays

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Tom Parry
22 July 2016

Holidaymakers hit by the collapse of Lowcosttravelgroup have turned to internet donations in attempts to fund their getaways.

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Several GoFundMe pages, which ask the public to contribute money to a certain cause, have been set-up to try and gather cash following the demise of the OTA last week.

At the time of the company’s collapse, administrators confirmed the group had 27,000 customers in resort with a further 110,000 booked to travel.

Lowcosttravelgroup had placed a bond with Spanish regulators but this only totalled £1.09 million, meaning consumers would be left with a minimal compensation.

Group boss Paul Evans quit the CAA’s Atol scheme in 2013, moving his package holiday business to Majorca.