Holiday Compensation Claims Are Increasing
Holiday Compensation Claims Solicitors Simpson Millar LLP are expanding their specialist Holiday Compensation Department to cope with the increasing number of enquiries they are receiving from holidaymakers wishing to claim holiday compensation following outbreaks of illness at hotels abroad.
Simpson Millar’s Nick Harris said: “This year the major tour operators have expanded their all-inclusive programmes. Coincidentally outbreaks of hotel illness abroad are being more frequently reported”.
“We have had lots of reports from holidaymakers complaining and wanting to make a holiday compensation claim after their all-inclusive holiday has been ruined by illness – or the phantom ‘airborne virus’!”
“The tour operators appear to be making all sorts of excuses telling anyone reporting sickness at hotels abroad that their illness was probably caused by:
- A change in the climate
- The oils used abroad to cook foods
- Over indulgence
- An ‘airborne virus’
- A bug brought in by UK tourists”
“In reality when we are speaking to people we are finding that in truth the likeliest cause of their illness was a combination of poor food handling practices and bad hygiene practices.”
“I am listening to an increasing number of angry holidaymakers complaining that they were ill because:
- Food at their hotel such as chicken was not being cooked thoroughly and being served pink and bloody – a cause of salmonella food poisoning
- The hot buffet food was always cold – a breeding ground for bacteria in hot climates
- Food handlers touched the foods and there clothing was dirty – the most common means of transferring the norovirus bug
- Food was re-used with left over food served at breakfast then being turned into something else by lunchtime – again a common breeding ground for bacteria
- Wild birds, cats and other germ spreading animals being allowed to contaminated places where people were supposed to eat their meals – spreading bacterial infections such as campylobacter”
“My team specialise in winning holiday compensation and our experience means we inevitably get to the truth.”
Nick Harris anticipates that his Holiday Compensation Department will receive an unprecedented number of enquiries this summer as holidaymakers head off to destinations such as Egypt – Turkey and other exotic destinations such as the Dominican Republic – Mexico and Cuba where historically the number of holidaymakers falling ill has been high.
If you have been ill on holiday due to food poisoning or poor hotel standards then speak to Simpson Millar’s Holiday Compensation Team today on:
Freephone: 08081293329 or drop us a line using the form above.