Covid-19 Refunds

This refund request form is only to be used if your booking has been cancelled as a result of Covid-19

Please note that if we do not already hold valid credit or debit card details for you (e.g. because your credit or debit card has expired, or the original payment was made more than 12 months ago), you will need to provide us with your current bank account details so that we are able to make the refund payment by BACS transfer.

If this is required, we will use the details we have on our records to contact you to obtain your current bank account details.

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Explanation of CMA undertakings 25 May 2021


The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact upon the travel industry. The various restrictions on travel has meant that we had to cancel huge numbers of package holiday bookings. Ordinarily, we would have refunded these package holidays within 14 days but the scale of the cancellations and the failure of certain airlines to refund us the flight cost meant that we were not able to do so. We are very sorry for this.

We have been in consultation with the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) on this issue and are pleased to say that we have agreed the following timetable which will allow us to finish refunding all our customers whose package holidays were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.


A. Customers to be paid full cash refunds

We will use all reasonable endeavours to pay full cash refunds the following categories of customers whose package holidays were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic:

1. Customers who were not issued with a Refund Credit Note by 24 May 2021

2. Customers who received a Refund Credit Note and have asked for a cash refund by 24 May 2021

3. Customers who received a Refund Credit Note, which has not been redeemed but has expired as at 24 May 2021; and

4. Customers who do not fall within paragraphs 1 to 3 above but have been informed by us that they will receive a cash refund and have been waiting for more than 14 days as at 24 May 2021.


B. Customers to be paid a balancing cash payment

We will use all reasonable endeavours to make balancing payments of outstanding amounts due to the following customers whose package holidays were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and where the customer has asked for this:

1. Customers who have been paid a partial cash refund as at 24 May 2021.

2. Customers who received a Refund Credit Note for the full value of their original booking and have partially redeemed it as at 24 May 2021; and

3. Customers who have received a Refund Credit Note for an amount less than the full value of their original booking and have fully or partially redeemed it as at 24 May 2021.


C. Other customers holding Refund Credit Notes

For customers holding Refund Credit Notes which do not fall within sections A and B above, you will be offered an option to receive a cash refund instead of your Refund Credit Note. If you chose to receive a cash refund, or if you do not respond within 14 days, we will use all reasonable endeavours to pay a cash refund to you (and the Refund Credit Note will no longer be valid).


D. Deductions from the value of refunds paid to our customers

We will reduce the value of the cash refund payable to you to reflect the value of what you have received from your service provider (e.g. the airline or accommodation provider) in the following circumstances:

1. Where you have received a cash refund from the service provider;

2. Where you have rebooked or amended directly with the service provider (e.g. the airline has offered you an opportunity to amend your flight and you have chosen to accept this option); or

3. Where you have received a voucher from the service provider and you have chosen to accept this instead of a cash refund from us and you have informed us of this choice. Please note that unless you have already used the voucher, you are not obliged to accept a voucher from a service provider and may reject a voucher in favour of an equivalent cash refund from us.


E. Timetable for the payment of refunds

We will use all reasonable endeavours to pay the refunds described above in accordance with the following timetable:

Date on which your package holiday was cancelledDeadline for payment
Before 31 July 202030 June 2021
Between 1 August 2020 and 31 October 202031 July 2021
Between 1 November 2020 and 24 May 202131 August 2021

Please note that we may not be able to pay you within these deadlines if:

We do not already hold valid credit or debit card details for you (e.g. because your credit or debit card has expired, or the original payment was made more than 12 months ago), you will need to provide us with your current bank account details so that we are able to make the refund payment by BACS transfer.

If this is required, we will use the details we have on our records to contact you to obtain your current bank account details.


F. Refunds for holidays cancelled on or after 25 May 2021

For customers whose package holidays are cancelled on or after 25 May 2021, we will pay any refunds due to you within 14 days of cancellation of your package holiday.


G. Our complaints procedure

If you feel that payment of your refund has been delayed beyond the dates given above, then please contact us by sending an email to covidrefunds@trulytravel.com.

The team will review your concerns and respond to you either by phone or by e-mail.


Covid-19 Refunds: Update as at 14 September 2021


As a result of the unprecedented impact of Covid-19 on travel, Truly Holdings Ltd had to cancel many of our customers’ package holidays.

We have worked hard to refund those customers due refunds under the terms of the CMA undertakings described above. As at the date of this update, we can provide the following update on the refunds paid to customers:

Date of cancellation of package holidayRefunds owedRefunds paid (as at 14 September 2021)Amount outstanding% Outstanding
On or before 31 July 2020£4,313,886£4,140,173£173,7134.03%
Between 1 August 2020 and 31 October 2020 (inclusive)£1,756,576£1,601,741£154,8358.81%
Between 1 November 2020 and 24 May 2021 (inclusive)£1,726,958£1,464,985£261,97315.17%
Total£7,797,420£7,206,899£590,5217.57%

The remaining customers have not been refunded because they have not provided us with their bank details. We would invite customers who believe they are due refunds under the undertakings to come forward and provide us with their bank details. We ask that you contact us using the webform above, or alternatively by emailing us from your registered email address (i.e. the email address which was used to make your booking) at: covidwebform@trulytravel.com. Please ensure that you provide us with your booking reference number so that we can process your refund. We would like to assure our customers that, once the necessary details are received, the refunds will be paid.

Last updated: 14 September 2021

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