What confused me when I read about ATOL and PTR was the overlap ie what scheme applies when both sets of regulation applies? The table below summarises what applies to each type of booking -
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Type of Booking
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European Travel Regulation Applies?
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ATOL applies?
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Single item, not a flight
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No
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No
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Flight only
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No
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Yes
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Package including a flight
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Yes
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Yes
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Package without a flight
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Yes
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No
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The implications are that
- Single item bookings that are not a flight are not covered by either set of regulation. You will not need to provide a guarantee.
- If you sell flights then you will need an ATOL (or T-ATOL from TTA) or be the retail agent of an ATOL holder. The ATOL will not provide the guarantee for failures on packages which did not include a flight.
- If you sell packages without a flight, you will need a separate guarantee from the ATOL (again the TTA membership also covers this as standard).