It was announced by EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs Meglena Kuneva  that the EU Commission is planning to increase protection for consumers who book holidays online.

She said that" there will be a major overhaul of the EU's protection of consumer rights for holiday makers "starting in the Autumn of this year.

Kuneva said EU law did not reflect the changes in recent years that has seen millions of consumers by pass tour operators and use the web to organise their holidays.

"For Irish consumer it must seem incomprehensible when two people sitting next to each other on the same plane, even going to the same hotel, find they have totally different levels of consumer protection when something goes wrong, simply because the bookings were made in a different way," she said.

Commissioner Kuneva chats about her plans on a recent trip to Galway.

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