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Travellers forced to cancel holidays to avoid ash cloud chaos

budgetplaces.com offers free re-booking and cancellation service to affected holidaymakers

UK - April 21, 2010

Thousands of holidaymakers across Europe have been forced to cancel or rearrange holidays planned for the immediate future due to air travel restrictions caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

Leading budget accommodation website budgetplaces.com has re-booked or cancelled more than a thousand hotel and apartment reservations since airspace was restricted last week. The company has also taken a raft of last minute enquires from tourists still unable to return home, with Barcelona, London and Madrid seeing as much as a 200 per cent increase in same day bookings.

For those unable to make their holiday, the firm is cancelling or rearranging bookings free of charge, a policy that applies to all trips due to take place before June 2, 2010.

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“Even though restrictions have been lifted across much of Europe, the challenge remains of getting the long haul passengers home, many of whom still have no idea when they will be able to travel. We’re finding that many people who have not left their home country yet are looking to make alternative arrangements for their time off work,” said John Erceg, founder and managing director of budgetplaces.com.

“Holiday time is precious, so it’s no wonder travellers are making a proactive decision to perhaps look closer to home. Our aim is to make this as easy as possible by waiving any cancellation fees that may apply.”

About the company

About budgetplaces.com (http://www.budgetplaces.com)
Budgetplaces.com, part of the EnGrande network, is an on-line booking platform for centrally located quality accommodation at budget rates. The Barcelona based company offers more than 4,000 establishments of different categories in over 70 destinations. This means 60,000 hotel beds are available at very reasonable rates in the most popular tourist destinations including Barcelona, London, Paris and Madrid.

Budgetplaces.com aims for a target rate of 30 Euros per person, per night, saving travellers an estimated 37 per cent compared to the European average daily accommodation rate (ADR). Budgetplaces.com is expanding rapidly, adding more establishments every day and opening up new destinations regularly. More than 16,000 reservations are processed every month and EnGrande websites register more than 1.2 million hits per month. The forecast turnover for 2010 is 60 million Euros.

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