Holiday Deposit

[postman44]

What happens if I have paid holiday deposit with ladyfriend and balance is not paid as we are no longer together. Any advice please we were due to go on holiday 21st March 2022. Thank you..

[barry1010]

Depends on the terms of your contract. You may be able to cancel and get some or all of the deposit back, or you may get nothing.

You could go with somebody else but will probably have to pay some sort of administration fee.

[New Judge]

If it's a normal holiday contract and since you are within 12 weeks of departure your deposit will be lost. Depending on the contract you may also be liable for further costs. A holiday that I have currently booked has a sliding scale from 83 days to departure date. In your case you are only 27 days from departure and if your holiday was subject to the same conditions you would be liable for 90% of the total cost. That said, my balance is due twelve weeks before departure and if I don't settle in full the holiday will be cancelled at that point (with loss of deposit). You need to read your holiday's Ts&Cs.

[Hopkirk]

Just write it off.

[bhg481]

You could always go on your own.

[postman44]

Thank you for your kind replies holiday firm are saying they sent confirmation to my ex girlfriend about date balance was due to be paid as she was head name and she did not contact me and we have got to pay 70% of the holiday.

[Hymie]

It may be as head/lead name on the booking, that your ex girlfriend is 100% liable for any cancellation charges – this will almost certainly be the case if you had no input to the booking contract with the holiday firm.

[postman44]

Hymie she is refusing to pay what is owed and emailed the holiday firm saying she did not receive confirmation when balance was due. Received phone call asking for money. If they had phoned her 24 hours earlier would have owed nothing.

[Hymie]

Just because they phoned you does not mean you are on the hook for the cancellation fees – if the booking was made by your ex, you will have no contract with the holiday firm and you can tell them to sling their hook.

But as NJ has said it does depend on the T&Cs of the booking – but I don’t see how a court could hold you liable if you have no contract with them. Having your name on the booking would not mean that you had entered into a contract with the holiday firm.