the northeren & shell building,number 10 lower thames street London EC3R 6 EN,send by recoreded delivery and give them 14 days from the time they recieve the letter, i was generous and gave them about 18 days,i recieved a denial letter that they were not responsible for the failure to give me a cruise,just ignore this and go online to the small claims,it really is simple..i think its INVALID URL the guidance that you get from these is great,dont worry about "blind allys" PLEASE PLEASE dont give up,i dont know of anyone who is on this forum that has gone to court,its usually settled before then,oh and get a single supplement cruise price and post this when you eventually fill in the forms for the court...help is at hand also look through the forum theres some great advice in here!
good luck keep me/us posted
bao-lou

Hi Andrew,
Even after all this time, you can still go for what is RIGHTFULLY yours. You will get all the support you need from this forum!!! There are several hundred of us who are very thankful for the existence of Holiday Truths, without whom it is unlikely that so many would have received their cruises. I personally cannot help with how to go about raising a 'small claim' but there are many here who can. Do go for it! The latest award was just a few short weeks ago! I would suggest that you read back quite a way and if necessary, you can send a PM to those who successfully raised a 'small claim action' (none of which ever reached a court!!!) The result will be worth it!!! Good Luck

ahh success,i have now received my payment from the DE,i hope that Andrew doesnt give up,
good luck and keep us posted
bao-lou

Great that you have received your money BL. Now you can start to plan in earnest! Good luck with your planned trip!

Keep chasing Andrew!!!

I've only just caught up with this and I'm delighted that Bao-lou has now got his money. Many congratulations and may it spur on any others who are still fighting the good fight. It does surprise me that the DE is still wasting money trying to fight an unwinnable battle - they must know by now that anyone who's still fighting has no intention whatsoever in giving up (especially when they have so much support from HT.:roll:)

thanks for all the support,I really should also mention the great support that was received from the small claims court and the mediator that made the whole process so much easier,the money has now been invested and will go toward a round the world trip that is in the early planning stage,very sweet
xx bao-lou

And I don't mean really to bump this, but there are so many more people out there who still haven't had their cruises, and perhaps need to see that it's still not too late to be pursueing what is theirs by right!!!!

yes i fully agree,as i was one of those latecomers that had put this to bed a long time ago,i wondered what happened to "Andrew"?I do hope that he hasn't just "given"up

I can't believe this thread is still on-going! I just checked in out of curiosity. I eventually got my cruise last year by threatening them with the small claims court.

All I can say is "don't give up" - and contact anyone you know who might have already. This is one fight that is definitely winnable.

Yes it's still going strong 3-1/2 years later and that's despite two previous, equally long, topics being removed due to threats from interested parties.

There can't be many left that are still interested enough to fight for what is theirs by right, but as long as there is an outside chance this topic will remain open.

luci

Good for you Luci!

I am sure everyone will agree with me when I say you have done a tremendous job since the topic first really got off the ground over four years ago now. During the period January to September 2005 in particular, I feel sure you must have felt monitoring this thread was a full time job in itself!!! There are very many of us who appreciate your contribution (and that of HT of course) to our winning fight. The biggest shame was that more applicants didn't find the forum and consequently many will have lost the fight for their cruise, more's the pity. Undoubtedly there are thousands of people out there who didn't sail. I often wonder just how many people won the day out of the original over 40,000 applicants. Personally I would be quite surprised if the final number hit 3000!!! I was lucky enough to be one of the incredible HT fighting family who won and I know for certain that I would have given up had it not been for the forum, so thank you HT and special thanks to you Luci for your patience and support!

Aw thanks Magsy!
It was like a full-time job at times at its busiest, made so much more difficult only being a part-time volunteer mod as I couldn't be here all the time to monitor posts, although the rest of the team were also keeping an eye on it as it was such a hot potato.

It was all worth it to see so many people get what was rightfully theirs.

luci

Luci, you've been a star and we all love you to bits.

I can only fully agree with everything thats been said for HT and of course Luci and everybody who made this all possible for the late comers and winners like me,yes, for certain there is probably thousands out there who have also let this go to bed,if only they too could discover HT

I have just logged on to check out some information and I am astounded to see that this is still a live topic.
What are the DE playing at.
I had my cruise way back in May 2005 after many phone calls .
It was a bit of a fight but well worth it.
Please please dont give up the fight for what is rightfully yours.
After all this time you deserve a cruise and compensation so keep the pressure up on the DE.

IS it worth spreading the net with a few posts out in the wider world?

Did MSE pick up the issue if not perhaps a post on the the MSE travel board might pick up a few that had given up, there are a few of us here that hang out there.

Anywhere else?

I personally believe it would be worth spreading the word but profess my ignorance Windjammer, MSE is?

If I could afford it I would take out ads in all the dailys because I STILL believe there are thousands upon thousands of people who didn't get anywhere. I wonder if the Express would accept a double page ad, just like the original offer?

I am surprised that Private Eye never ran this story in their "Street Of Shame" section.

Go for it Trisantona!