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Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects

TA-10-2026-0085 · P10_TA(2026)0085 · PE768.075

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Parliament's amended version of the proposed directive amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements. It updates rules to strengthen traveller protection and simplify certain aspects. The text lays down revised rules on insolvency protection, pre-contractual information, and liability for package travel, aiming to make protections more effective and clarify obligations for traders.

Key points

  1. Requires organisers and traders to provide clearer pre-contractual information, including on essential characteristics and prices, to help travellers make informed choices.
  2. Strengthens insolvency protection requirements, ensuring travellers are effectively protected if the organiser or retailer becomes insolvent, including for linked travel arrangements.
  3. Clarifies liability rules for package travel, specifying that organisers are responsible for the performance of travel services and must provide assistance to travellers in difficulty.
  4. Sets out rules on price revisions, allowing increases only under specific conditions and requiring decreases to be passed on to travellers.
  5. Defines circumstances under which travellers may terminate a package travel contract without paying a termination fee, including unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances.
  6. Requires member states to ensure effective enforcement of the directive, including through adequate penalties for infringements.

Who is affected

  • Travellers buying package travel or linked travel arrangements, who gain clearer information and stronger protection in case of insolvency.
  • Organisers, retailers and traders offering package travel, who face updated obligations on information, liability and insolvency protection.
  • Member states, which must enforce the new rules and apply penalties for non-compliance.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union