What to do if holiday affected, according to experts

In some parts of Europe, it has been a scorching summer so far, and it has been warnings of fires and more.

Mainland Greece, some Greek islands, Türkiye, France and the Balkans It was impressed in recent weeks. This came next to a heat wave – 50.5C in Silopi, 44C in Türkiye and both Athens and Cyprus in late July.

So, if you have a reservation for one of these destinations, what should you do?

Most importantly, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is safe to travel All – for now.

However, if you’re worried that your holiday may still be exposed to delays or cancellations – or if you’re thinking of canceling yourself – BBC News spoke to a series of experts to look at where you stop.

If you are worried that your planned getaway may be prone to forest fires and you don’t want to go anymore – let’s say, even if it hasn’t been damaged directly, you may have a forest fire near your facility – you may have options.

Some travel insurance providers allow you to purchase additional scope in case of natural disasters such as fires if they take place near your holiday, as in a radius of 20 km.

However, if you haven’t paid for this additional cover and you don’t want to travel anymore or you don’t want to come home early, and if the Foreign Ministry says it’s safe to travel, you will probably not demand cancellation costs through insurance.

“There should be reasonable evidence of why he can’t go [or need to leave]”Rhys Jones explains.” I think unrest or unhappiness about the country [isn’t enough]. “

During Rhodes Wildfires in 2023Jet2 and Tui canceled a series of flights, but Ryanir, Easyjet and British Airways continued to run to a great extent. Some airlines canceled their package holidays, but canceled their flights.

In this case – and with similar situations this summer – usual advice is to chat to your airline and hotel as it is applicable, because it can be presented for your conditions.

According to the European Commission data, there has been an increase of 13% since last week, which was burned by forest fires, and more than 290,000 hectacres have been burned in Europe this year – more than twice the figure.

If you have a travel insurance, he says that most deductions should be within the scope of your standard policy during your trip caused by forest fires.

“As a result of forest fires – if you cannot travel to your goal or when you need to come home early – it must be covered by the abbreviation or cancellation of any trip.”

Authorized, evacuation, displacement or medical costs such as other emergency measures applied to the costs should be included, he added. At the beginning of last month, 5,000 people in Crete, many tourists, were temporarily evacuated during fires.

Within the scope of a standard policy, Mr. Jones usually says that there must be official advice to avoid traveling from the Foreign Office or another authority to request a successful insurance for a cancellation.

However, some travel insurance providers will cover you if you decide to start your trip before you give such advice, which is a travel expert Jo Rhodes?

“For example, if the travel is broken or if you are affected, the best thing to do is to communicate with the insurer to check where you stop and make sure you do it before you cancel any reservation.”

According to research published by the Travel Association (ABTA) in May, one of the four British who went on a overseas holiday in the last 12 months did this without travel insurance.

“If you do not have any insurance other than your holiday provider or airline canceled reservations, you may be entitled to receive repayment from these companies.” Says.

Holidaymakers usually pay attention to the package holidays that are protected by air -travel organizers (ATOL) – but this is not a kind of travel insurance.

The ATOL scheme protects you only if the company that provides your holiday exploses. If you are already on a flight, they will help you go home or if you haven’t traveled yet, they will request a refund.

The scheme does not allow you to request compensation for a canceled journey or flight or delays caused by fires.

If you are leaving the UK airport in any airline or coming to the EU in a UK airline, you are within the scope of the UK law, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says.

This means that if the airlines are postponed for two or three hours depending on the distance for two or three hours, if they are delayed for two or three hours, including food and beverage coupons and if necessary, if necessary, if they are delayed for two or three hours, including reimbursement.

And CAA explains that if your flight is canceled and planned to another day, your airline should provide accommodation and transport.

However, you are unlikely to get compensation for forest fire or over -heat disruptions, because this will probably be considered as a “extraordinary condition”, so it will not be classified as airline error.

According to CAA, if you are delayed for more than five hours and do not want to travel anymore, you can get a repayment from your airline.

If your body, your flight is canceled, you may have to wait for a while, but it clearly reveals that your airline should take you to your target.