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Government's package travel reforms draw mixed reaction as ministers swerve wholesale change

Government
James Chapple
3 December 2025

Government proposals to reform the rules governing package travel have drawn mixed reactions from the trade, with one body accusing ministers of kicking "the more fundamental issues" at stake further down the road.

L-R: Luke Petherbridge (Abta), Samantha Bradbury (Abtot) and Christina Brazier (Aito)

L-R: Luke Petherbridge (Abta), Samantha Bradbury (Abtot) and Christina Brazier (Aito)

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) on Tuesday (2 December) published its intentions after a lengthy period of consultation, which essentially boil down to two key interventions – widening the scope for businesses to recover costs from suppliers, and scrapping linked travel arrangements (LTAs).

Several other issues on which the DBT consulted, which included exempting domestic packages from the Package Travel Regulations, providing more flexibility around insolvency protection and relaxing territorial restrictions on insurance cover, will not be taken forward.