Highlights - Package travel and linked travel arrangements - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

On 14 April, the Commission presented the report on the application of the Package Travel Directive.

It follows a first report published in June 2019 focusing only on the provisions applying to online bookings made at different points of sale ('click-through' bookings) and provides an overview of the main elements of the directive. The report looks at the challenges faced during the transposition period and the first years of application of the directive and refers in particular to rules on insolvency protection and problems created for travelers and travel operators due to the Thomas Cook bankruptcy and the Covid-19 pandemic. It acknowledges that the abovementioned issues and their practical consequences require further analysis and that the full impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the sector and the level of consumer protection should be further evaluated.