Some tourists who had already booked a summer holiday travel package with TUI will have to spend a little more money than expected due to the dramatic increase in fuel prices. Only those who had subscribed to the “Fuel Protection System” will escape it, said Thursday the spokesperson for the tour operator Piet Demeyere. Additional charges for departures in June are 72 euros for Spain, 96 euros for Greece and 320 euros for the Caribbean.
Most other tour operators don’t have to charge extra for holidays that have already been paid for, as they still run on fuels purchased in quantity in the past, and therefore before the price explosion following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. .
At TUI, fuel prices are not fixed in advance and can therefore vary from the initial invoice. To protect against this, the group offers the “Fuel Protection System”. He offered it for free to his customers until January 15 and claims that 70% of his current customers have chosen it and therefore do not have to worry about the price increase for their next trip.
Travelers who are given an 8% increase in the original price can cancel their vacation free of charge.