But then again if you book a flight you have to pay for it straight away so booking a package deal is delaying part of the payment of a holiday as a whole whereas in normal circumstances a hotel bill is paid for at the end of the holiday.
I look at it like this, as long as you know where you stand when you have booked your holiday and paid your deposit then no problem. I see the 10 weeks or 12 weeks or however long after the balance is paid as time to sort out the spends. It all swings in roundabouts really. If you have less time between balance payment and departure then that's less time to get your spending money together. If you have a stash in a holiday fund that allows you to book up and pay (whether last minute or not) then that's great too.
All it all says to me is check your travel documents so you know exactly when things need paying by. It does surprise me time and again how many people just don't read these things - I have to out of pure excitement that I've got another holiday booked!
thomson is 10 weeks before travel. but some times they will allow you to go up to 8 weeks. never heard of it being 12 weeks at all. on my details its says 10 weeks before i travel and i book with them every year.
On the 12 weeks that is 3 months, there is not another product that you would have to pay 3 months in advance or quater of a year. When its put that term of time it does deem excessive.
When you book, you are actually purchasing that product. You are taking it off the shelf so to speak, no-one else can have what you bought. Those two airline seats, that room in the hotel is yours. You are choosing though not to 'take delivery' of that product for X months.
You could choose to 'take delivery' of it next week if you really wanted to, just book at the last minute. If I understand correctly, I have never seen a Tour Op forcing anyone to book a holiday a long way in advance. They do it to get cheaper prices, and to secure the holiday they want.
When you book, you are actually purchasing that product. You are taking it off the shelf so to speak, no-one else can have what you bought. Those two airline seats, that room in the hotel is yours. You are choosing though not to 'take delivery' of that product for X months.
You could choose to 'take delivery' of it next week if you really wanted to, just book at the last minute. If I understand correctly, I have never seen a Tour Op forcing anyone to book a holiday a long way in advance. They do it to get cheaper prices, and to secure the holiday they want.
That sums it up!
fwh
The deposit is not a purchase, its what it says it is a deposit, and it reserves the holiday for you, you do not purchase the product until you pay the balance. Even then the tour op could cancel the holiday and give you your money back.
I cannot agree with that. A *deposit* is simply 'security' paid on a product to reserve it. Whatever the product might be, you do not actually purchase it or own it until you have paid the full amount. In much the same way as you do not technically own your house until you have paid off your mortgage.When you book, you are actually purchasing that product
And most deposits are non-refundable.
We've used Eclipse (First Choice) for the past 6 years & it's always been 12 weeks.
It's even 12 weeks for Center Parcs!!
It's even 12 weeks for Center Parcs!!
i have always had to have my full amount payed up with in 12 weeks too
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