One man lost the $37,250 he spent on a last-chance family trip to France; his ageing father is now less mobile and the opportunity has passed.
Customers whose overseas trips were cancelled in the early days of the pandemic are still struggling to get tens of thousands of dollars in airfares and accommodation refunded by major travel brands.
It went out of business with $1.2 million debt, including $635,468 in refunds owed to customers, $104,339 to the Helloworld franchise parent company, and $49,621 to business loan specialist Prospa. Adam Glezer from Consumer Champion, who has contacted Helloworld on Bouronikos’ behalf, said: “I’m of the strong belief that if a customer books through a Helloworld franchise that goes bust, Helloworld head office should be taking some responsibility for it, but they just direct customers to the administrator.”
Bowman said it was not disclosed at any time that the booking would actually be held by Helloworld, let alone a Helloworld franchise in suburban Melbourne, and he would not have booked if he had known that to be the case.have copies of email correspondence between Bowman and his travel agency representatives who were using a Member Benefits Australia email address. In one case the email was from [email protected].
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Australian rapper leaves thousands of fans fuming after concert cancellationFootage uploaded to social media shows boos ring out from Rod Laver Arena after it was announced Kid Laroi had cancelled his show 40 minutes after he was due to take the stage.
Read more »
NSW takes extra $5b from property price explosion amid pandemicRising house prices fuel surge in stamp duty revenue, but economists call for the tax on property transactions to be abolished.
Read more »
‘Unprecedented’ delays at Australian passport office prompt fears of cancelled travel plansPeople planning an overseas trip may face cancelled or delayed travel arrangements as waiting times balloon out
Read more »
Neighbours wraps up amid dispute over crew being denied redundancy paymentsExclusive: Union says production company Fremantle is refusing to pay out long-serving staff of cancelled Australian soap
Read more »
The Kid Laroi apologises to fans for cancelling Melbourne show 40 minutes after start timeGrammy award-nominated Australian rapper The Kid Laroi apologises to fans after cancelling his Melbourne show at the last minute due to illness.
Read more »
‘Address genuine skills shortages’: New aged care minister’s migration focusAnika Wells will begin looking at the prospect of using migration to help fill tens of thousands of vacancies across the embattled sector.
Read more »