Package Travel Rules: UK Government Consults On Reforms

Holidays are usually a significant expense for UK consumers and ONS figures have indicated that UK spending on package holidays is rising again after a dip caused by the pandemic.

The Package Travel Regulations

With this in mind, the UK government is consulting on proposed reforms to the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 (PTRs). The PTRs include a series of requirements for organisers of package holidays which aim to provide bespoke protections for travellers.

The PTRs can be enforced directly by the Competition and Markets Authority using their new enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. We've blogged a lot about these new powers (see our Consumer Law Hub), which enable the CMA to levy penalties of up to 10% of a business' annual global turnover for breaching consumer law.