 ATOL PROTECTION
We are ATOL protected. ATOL is a protection scheme for flights and air holidays, managed by the Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”). Most companies who sell air travel in the UK are required by law to hold a licence called an Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (“ATOL ”). The Globe Travel Centre, trading name India Travel Centre holds such a licence no. 9474. The air holiday packages shown on the website are ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 9474. Please see our booking condition for more information. When you book a complete air holiday package or just a flight, ATOL protects you from losing money or being stranded abroad if the tour operator goes out of business. All licensed firms, as with ourselves have to lodge bonds with the CAA so that if we were to go out of business, the CAA can give refunds to people who cannot travel and arrange for people abroad to finish their holidays and fly home. There is also a Government-backed fund called the Air Travel Trust that steps in if any ATOL bond is not enough to look after everyone affected by the failure. An ATOL offers protection to those people who book a holiday which includes air travel and accommodation. The price of our holiday packages includes the amount of £1 per person as part of the ATOL Protection Contribution (APC) we pay to the CAA. This charge is included in our advertised prices. Please note that ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services on this website. Please ask us to confirm what protection may apply to your booking. USE OF SCHEDULED AIRLINE CARRIERS INSTEAD OF CHARTERS You will find that the more recent closure of XL holidays and other travel companies have been majorly due to two factors; 1.The economic meltdown owing to which lesser people chose to travel 2. Rise in fuel prices. With fuel prices skyrocketing and lesser number of people travelling, even XL who was the UK’s third largest tour operator could not sustain the financial pressure, since they operate their own charter aircrafts. Similarly First Choice cancelled all its holidays to India for the coming year for exactly the same reason as above (despite the ever growing popularity of India). At the India Travel Centre, we only use scheduled airline carriers for your holiday and do not rely on our own or other charter aircraft carriers. This means that we are under no financial pressure as far as your flights are concerned. The airlines we use include major carriers such as Emirates, Qatar and Jet airways who are financially sound companies and who apart from being financially sound do not have to rely on holiday makers to fill seats. | 
