Petition · past parliament

Make travel/airline companies give refunds if you don’t want to holiday in 2020

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it compulsory that during the pandemic of covid19 if holidaymakers don’t want to travel they can have a full refund from the travel agent/airline provider or change the date of there holiday free of charge we personally are set to loose £4000 which has been saved for the past 2yrs
People are hit hard already by covid19 and think given the choice the majority of holidaymakers would rather stay home and help build the economy in the uk aswell as try to get back on track with household bills. we personally are set to loose £4000 of our hard earned cash which has been saved for the past 2yrs because we don’t want to subject our children to the uncertainty of traveling and frightening sights of people all wearing masks as well as the wellbeing of us all

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Arrangements for refunding, changing or rebooking travel are a civil matter between individual travellers and holiday operators, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

Timeline

10 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
20 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Jul 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.