Holidays
Summer Holidays 2023 – Last-Minute Consumer Advice
Read about your rights before you hit the road … Irish tourists are embarking on their summer getaways abroad this August, a favoured period to
Air Travel
European Tourism from Ireland in 2021
According to Eurostat, 72% Irish people went on a holiday in 2021, with the Irish coming in fifth in a tourism survey behind the Netherlands
Air Travel
World Tourism Day 2022 Comes With A Warning
Holiday more expensive than expected? You are not the only one. Rising energy and supplier products prices top the list of main worries across Europe
Accommodation
Things to Remember If You Holiday in Europe This Summer 2022
Travel is back with a vengeance this summer. But so are cancellations. Many Irish consumers will travel for a sun holiday abroad this summer – it
Holidays
How to deal with event cancellations
Niamh Condell, Dispute Resolution Advisor with the European Consumer Centre Ireland shares her advice on how to read the Terms and Conditions of pre-purchased tickets
Accommodation
DOs and DONTs of Booking A Holiday Abroad in 2021
With the arrival of vaccines though, more and more people are confident they can book and actually travel for a sun holiday in late summer, autumn and winter this year, with all the caveats that this entails.
Accommodation
Quick Guide to Third-Party Booking Websites: OTAs, Metasearch, Multimodals
Online (third-party) booking sites or intermediaries are proving an increasingly popular option among consumers when purchasing travel products, package holidays in particular. They allow consumers
Accommodation
COVID-19: May 2020 busiest month on record
PRESS RELEASE 9 May 2020 This year’s Europe Day on the 9th of May commemorates 70 years since the Schuman Declaration. Normally a joyous occasion,
Accommodation
Airbnb Accommodation Bookings
In 2019, the European Commission announced that accommodation platform Airbnb improved and fully clarified the way it presents offers to consumers so that it is
