Travel Agent Terms and Conditions
Be VERY careful to read and FULLY understand the terms and conditions when booking your next holiday through a travel agent. We booked flights and a cruise through TripDeal and paid an initial payment of A$4,349.We had an unavoidable reason to cancel this trip 267 days BEFORE the departure date. Even so, TripaDeal insisted we provided specialist medical reasons for cancelling the trip, which we did.
We received a refund of A$1679.54 only. So cancelling cost us A$2,669.46, or 61% of our initial payment.
To date, we have not received any information from TripaDeal why this amount is so high.
I have checked the websites of both carriers, and under the circumstances, we would have been able to claim 100% refunds from both of them