Although widely anticipated, the government made a formal commitment to re-examine package travel in Tuesday’s Queen’s Speech (10 May), including measures to ensure more businesses comply with the law and improve protection for non-flight packages.
Elsewhere, the government wants to give the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) greater power to address breaches of consumer law, and introduce a US Esta-style border scheme.
The UK’s current package travel rules are enshrined in the Package Travel Regulations (PTRs), the UK’s interpretation of the EU Package Travel Directive (PTD).
