Package Holiday Injury & Illness Claims

If you were travelling as part of an organised package holiday, you can bring legal action against the tour operator if your accident or injury was caused by health and safety breaches during your transfer; in the hotel or resort where you were staying; or during an organised excursion to a visitor attraction.

If you were travelling as part of a larger group, you can undertake a group action or group litigation that combines the experiences of your whole party into a single claim. This allows similar complaints to work together in building a case against the negligent party, for example, in the case of many guests becoming ill as a result of food poisoning at a single hotel or being injured in a coach crash.

For your claim to be successful, our solicitors need to be able to prove who was liable for your accident or injury and that the incident was caused by negligence, failure to follow health and safety procedures, a criminal act, or a breach of foreign law.

If you’re unsure whether your circumstances mean you’re eligible to make a claim, our solicitors can help.

Our travel litigators deal with many types of accident and injury abroad claims, so no matter what your circumstances, it’s worth speaking to one of our experienced solicitors to find out if you’re eligible to make a claim.

Below, we’ve listed some of the circumstances in which you may be able to claim compensation for accidents or injuries abroad:

• Slips and trips which should have been avoided, either in a hotel, on a cruise ship, or during an excursion.
• Poorly maintained or inadequate facilities.
• Poorly managed and instructed sports and leisure activities, resulting in avoidable injuries.

This isn’t an exhaustive list, so please contact our dedicated travel litigation team for a free, no-obligation consultation about your circumstances.

If you’re on a package holiday, report your accident to the holiday organiser or their resort representative. You should also:

• Take photos of the accident scene and your injuries.
• Get contact details of any witnesses to your accident.
• Keep medical evidence or request notes from a doctor or hospital abroad.
• Record evidence of financial harm or loss, such as payslips if you suffered a loss of earnings.
• Medical evidence, such as a doctor’s notes.

Sometimes further expenses can be incurred in order to receive essential rehabilitation.

We would advise speaking to one of our travel claims solicitors that specialises in this area of law as soon as possible to find out if they’re able to help you.

The amount of compensation you can claim for accidents and injuries abroad depends on several different factors. If we accept your case, we’ll assess the following when calculating how much your claim is worth:

• The severity of your injuries and your condition at the time of the claim as well as the outlook of your health going forward.
• Any psychological trauma caused by an accident abroad, and how this could impact your life in the future.
• Pain, suffering, and trauma experienced by you or a family member.
• Past, current, and future loss of earnings due to time off work following an accident or injury abroad.
• Your rehabilitative care and support needs, both now and in the future.
• Medical expenses you may have paid abroad or in the UK.
• Mobility aids and modifications to your home.
• The loss of enjoyment you’ve experienced after your holiday was cut short by an unexpected accident or injury.
• Other financial loss.

To start your claim, call our team today and benefit from a free, no-obligation consultation about the circumstances of your case.

The time in which you can make an accident or injury abroad claim can vary depending on which country you were in at the time of the incident.

For accidents that occur in the UK, you usually have up to three years from the date of the accident or injury to bring a claim. However, this time limit can be much shorter in other countries and our travel law experts can advise you with regards to your case.

We’d always recommend starting a claim as soon as possible after the incident so that we can begin the process and work towards securing the compensation you deserve.