Benidorm Thomas Cook hotel ‘boots Brit families out and demands £885’ following travel firm’s collapse
FURIOUS Brits tourists claim Spanish hotel bosses forced them out on the street after demanding £885 in the wake of the Thomas Cook collapse. Dylan Hutchison, 24, and his partner Charrelle, 25, were enjoying a week-long break in Benidorm with their lad Leo, five, when the giant holiday firm went under. The were holidaying with […]
FURIOUS Brits tourists claim Spanish hotel bosses forced them out on the street after demanding £885 in the wake of the Thomas Cook collapse.
Dylan Hutchison, 24, and his partner Charrelle, 25, were enjoying a week-long break in Benidorm with their lad Leo, five, when the giant holiday firm went under.
The were holidaying with pals Leigh Crombie, 36, and partner Vicki Buthchart, 32, and their tot Archie in the sunshine resort.
The two couples had to spend the last of their cash on cheaper digs or face sleeping in the street with their young children.
“On Monday morning when I heard about what had happened to Thomas Cook I went down to the hotel reception to find out what was happening.
“I was told by the head of reception we had to get out of our rooms by 10.30am or pay an extra 1000 Euros per couple for the last two days of our holiday.
KICKED OUT
“We then had to pay 350 Euros for rent and 350 Euros as a damage deposit which left us with no money for food or water due to us now being self catering.
“I am so disappointed we ended up having to book a self-catering apartment to live in until we fly home on Wednesday.”
Fed-up Dylan, his family and friends now face a worrying wait to see if their flights back to Scotland today will go ahead as planned.
He added: “I’ve been told the flights should be okay, they are with EasyJet but we booked the whole package through Thomas Cook.
“We are due to fly out on Wednesday to get back to Edinburgh airport.”
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Thomas Cook’s collapse on Monday left 150,000 Brit tourists stranded abroad.
We told you yesterday how a devastated couple, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, were forced to abandon their dream wedding in Cyprus after the firm folded — leaving them £14,000 out of pocket.
Kevin Russell, 28, and Natasha Marshall, 25, have had their flights and hotels cancelled just three weeks before they were due to tie the knot.
The bride and groom-to-be revealed 19 of their pals who had booked to join them through the crisis-hit travel firm have also lost out.
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