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Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« on: 22 September 2019, 23:04:37 »
Hardly a surprise following their issues earlier this year...

But is now official*.

*According to The Unindependent.
« Last Edit: 22 September 2019, 23:09:57 by Doctor Gollum »
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #1 on: 22 September 2019, 23:11:35 »
Lady on my team landed back from her TC holiday about 2 weeks ago. Lucky Girl!

Feel sorry for those effectively being confined to their hotels by business owners looking for money out of them.
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #2 on: 22 September 2019, 23:22:45 »
Quote from: jimmy944 on 22 September 2019, 23:11:35
Lady on my team landed back from her TC holiday about 2 weeks ago. Lucky Girl!

Feel sorry for those effectively being confined to their hotels by business owners looking for money out of them.
The Tunisians have form for that. Completely illegal behaviour.
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #3 on: 23 September 2019, 02:20:21 »
Thats a shame they had some really cheap Holiday Package Deals to Hong Kong ay the mo  :-X
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #4 on: 23 September 2019, 07:08:41 »
I was about to book my flights with them for October until a work colleague told me about their impending demise. Phew, disaster averted. Kids would have been devastated  8)
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« Reply #5 on: 23 September 2019, 08:17:35 »
Huge repatriation effort . Not just British holidaymakers.
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #6 on: 23 September 2019, 11:21:05 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 22 September 2019, 23:22:45
Quote from: jimmy944 on 22 September 2019, 23:11:35
Lady on my team landed back from her TC holiday about 2 weeks ago. Lucky Girl!

Feel sorry for those effectively being confined to their hotels by business owners looking for money out of them.
The Tunisians have form for that. Completely illegal behaviour.

Yes, not somewhere I would go on holiday, for a host of reasons  :-X

Turns out another member of my team is going on holiday on Saturday, or at least he was... :(
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #7 on: 23 September 2019, 12:01:54 »
My eldest daughter and her boyfriend are in Turkey at the moment , no drama getting them home by the looks of it , due to come home the same day as planned , although they might not get back to their original Airport 
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #8 on: 23 September 2019, 13:17:53 »
Quote from: redelitev6 on 23 September 2019, 12:01:54
My eldest daughter and her boyfriend are in Turkey at the moment , no drama getting them home by the looks of it , due to come home the same day as planned , although they might not get back to their original Airport
This is a side effect of combining flights. They will probably be bussed to the original airport foc, although this isn't guaranteed.

Media is already blaming Brexit, but fail to appreciate that most of the routes that they operate are to non EU destinations... :-X
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #9 on: 23 September 2019, 13:26:23 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 23 September 2019, 13:17:53
Quote from: redelitev6 on 23 September 2019, 12:01:54
My eldest daughter and her boyfriend are in Turkey at the moment , no drama getting them home by the looks of it , due to come home the same day as planned , although they might not get back to their original Airport
This is a side effect of combining flights. They will probably be bussed to the original airport foc, although this isn't guaranteed.

Media is already blaming Brexit, but fail to appreciate that most of the routes that they operate are to non EU destinations... :-X

I suspect its more down to exchange rates, given their poor state I doubt they hedged much and the pound crashing in recent months plus fuel rises are likely to be big contributors
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #10 on: 23 September 2019, 13:28:43 »
The company has been in dire trouble for quite a few years.
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #11 on: 23 September 2019, 13:41:42 »
Quote from: redelitev6 on 23 September 2019, 12:01:54
My eldest daughter and her boyfriend are in Turkey at the moment , no drama getting them home by the looks of it , due to come home the same day as planned , although they might not get back to their original Airport
Apparently they've just been told they have to organise their own transport to the Airport
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #12 on: 23 September 2019, 13:52:40 »
Yes lets blame it on Brexit. 

We have been doing mitre joints this morning , the ones that went wrong were down to Brexit.

Being serious though, the knock on effect for economies of destination countries will be problematic.  Might be an opportunity for TUI to snap up Thomas Cook next year pre booked hotels  capacity. Airline slots, planes, pilots..... There will be quite a few ramifications.
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #13 on: 23 September 2019, 13:58:34 »
Quote from: redelitev6 on 23 September 2019, 13:41:42
Quote from: redelitev6 on 23 September 2019, 12:01:54
My eldest daughter and her boyfriend are in Turkey at the moment , no drama getting them home by the looks of it , due to come home the same day as planned , although they might not get back to their original Airport
Apparently they've just been told they have to organise their own transport to the Airport
Some advice on that... https://www.holidaytaxis.com/blog/en/important-information-thomas-cook-customers-holidaytaxis-bookings/

If they need to rearrange as booked as part of TC package, then I can personally recommend these guys:

https://www.holidaytaxis.com/en/

Alternatively, look at getting a taxi from the resort and sharing with another couple on the same flight. A little haggle goes along way :y
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Re: Thomas Cook no longer trading.
« Reply #14 on: 23 September 2019, 14:01:36 »
The local cabbies must be rubbing their hands!  ;D
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