Xmas Holidays Cancelled As Firm Collapses
3:01pm UK, Saturday December 19, 2009
Thousands of Christmas holidaymakers face disappointment after a Hertfordshire-based travel group went into administration.
About 100 Allbury customers are currently abroad
The Allbury Travel Group - which traded as Libra Holidays, Argo Holidays and JetLife - ceased trading at midnight.
About 100 customers were currently abroad and some 4,000 people had forward bookings, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.
The firm offered air package holidays and flights out of Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leeds Bradford airports to Greece, Cyprus and Egypt.
Laura Tardelli, 35, from Walthamstow, east London, found out her holiday to Egypt had been cancelled when she arrived at Gatwick airport.
Allbury customer Laura TardelliI feel totally miffed... There's been no emails, no letters, nothing from them to let us know.
"My friend and I turned up at the check-in desk to be told there was a problem," she said.
"We at first thought it was to do with the weather but the lady explained that the company had gone into administration at midnight.
"I feel totally miffed. The company must have known before midnight that it was going into administration.
"There's been no emails, no letters, nothing from them to let us know.
"There's a recession on, it's Christmas, and we've booked time off work and now we won't be going away."
:: The Allbury Travel Group's website was out of service, but the CAA is offering help to customers here.
