This is the time of year when many of us are returning to work with happy holiday memories. However, for some, their vacation will have been spoiled by an accident or illness. Damage to your health is upsetting enough but the difficulties created will be compounded where you don’t speak the local language and are dealing with an unfamiliar health care system. Added to the pain and suffering of your injury is the regret that the money you have spent on your trip has been wasted. If you have been the victim of injury or illness on holiday, can you do anything to recoup your losses? It depends upon the exact circumstances but there are certainly some situations in which you can claim successfully for your physical, emotional and financial loss. Package holidays If, for example, the injury occurred while you were on a package holiday, the focus will be on whether the tour operator is to blame. Tour operators have a legal duty to protect the customers to whom they have sold holidays. Continue Reading