Mulderrigs are the experts in claims for “Package Tour” Accidents.

If you are injured as a result of an accident on a package holiday, it may be possible to claim compensation if you can show that your tour operator should be held legally responsible.

The “Package Tour Regulations” (The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992) have applied to all package holidays since 1992.

These regulations enable you to claim against the tour operator if certain conditions are met.

You can claim under these regulations if you were injured at the hotel (or on the cruise ship) included in the package, or if you were injured on an excursion or tour organised by your tour operator.

If your claim is successful, you can recover compensation for your injuries, for any financial losses and for the loss of enjoyment of your holiday.

Even if you did not travel as part of a package holiday, it may still be possible to bring a package holiday compensation claim against the person or the organisation that caused your injury or illness.

The same regulations that protect you in relation to an accident may also enable you to claim compensation if you become ill on a package holiday, where the illness is caused by poorly prepared food or poorly maintained facilities at the hotel.

These are the “Package Tour Regulations” (The Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992), which have applied to all package holidays since 1992.

Norovirus

Norovirus affects lots of package tour holidaymakers each year, and the source can often be traced to contaminated or poorly prepared food. The virus can cause very unpleasant sickness in sufferers. Many people begin to recover after two or three days, but some people have symptoms long after they return from holiday.

Legionnaires’

Legionnaires’ is a type of pneumonia or lung infection, which can cause serious illness and can sometimes even prove fatal. The germs which cause the disease can sometimes be traced to the cooling systems or showers in hotels that have been provided as part of a package tour.

We have represented lots of holidaymakers who have suffered these illnesses whilst in hotels and also acted for clients who have suffered illness on board cruise ships.

We will be able to tell you very quickly, and free of charge, whether or not your claim for a “Package Tour” accident is worth pursuing.

If we agree to investigate your case we will suggest an early face-to-face meeting, so that we can get full details of what has happened.

All sides in a serious holiday claim have to abide by the rules of a pre-action protocol, which encourages the parties to settle the claim without ever getting involved in court proceedings.

If court proceedings are needed, we will arrange a meeting with a specialist barrister so that we can discuss all the evidence in the case carefully before any proceedings begin.

Do try to get hold of the names and addresses of any witnesses. This can be very important in the case of an accident on a foreign holiday, where witnesses can be harder to trace as time goes by.

Do take pictures of the scene of the accident, or ask your friends or companions whether they have any.

Do start gathering whatever documents you can to help prove your losses – the receipt for the holiday – receipts for medical treatment – wage slips and so on.

Do get in touch with Mulderrigs for some free initial advice.