Holiday accident claims
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Taking a holiday abroad is one of the great escapes from the grind and drudgery of working life. Sun and sand, snow and skies, restaurants and wine whatever takes your fancy they all form part of the enjoyment and adventure of a holiday on foreign soil. However, being in a foreign place can make you open to new and entirely unforeseen dangers and sometimes this can result in personal injury and a holiday accident claim.
We are all familiar with the nightmare scenarios of holiday accident claims resulting from skiing accidents, car crashes and the contraction of illness and disease.
Against this background the possibility of other kinds of holiday accident claims is often forgotten.
Not knowing potential holiday accident claim hotspots
If you live in a big city then you will be aware of the dangerous parts of the city that are best avoided. However, when you are on a holiday, unless you have had very good advice you could find yourself in a tricky, aggressive situation facing possible personal injury and a potential holiday accident claim.
David, from Essex in the UK, went on holiday to Prague in the Czech Republic. His tour operator organised his accommodation but neglected to tell him that he was just two minutes walk from a drugs and dangerous crime hotspot, "I went out to buy some cheese and wine in the evening. My wife and I were just going to have a quiet one. I followed the tour operator's map which took me right into a notorious crime zone."
What happened next left David needing to spend two weeks in hospital. He was mugged, beaten and left for dead on the roadside. "I'd had my holiday ruined, my ribs and collarbone broken and been too injured to return to work. The husband of my wife's best friend is a no win, no fee solicitor and he advised me to make a holiday accident claim. He thinks I may be due compensation, we're just waiting for the no win, no fee claim to go to court."
Cultural/language problems and holiday accident claims
While cultural and linguistic misunderstandings are at the heart of some memorable comedy sketches such as the double act of Basil and Manuel in Fawlty Towers, they can also have very serious consequences and sometimes can even result in a holiday accident claim.
To illustrate this point there are a number of reported cases of tourists who have found themselves embroiled in messy situations because of language difficulties encountered in the paying for goods or services.
One Yorkshire family recently experienced the pitfalls of this scenario while holidaying in Turkey. Frank, a 48-year-old father of two explains, "We decided that what we all really needed was a break. A simple break, you know. Nothing too difficult. It's what I call safe-tourism. We wanted safe hotels and impeccable English wherever we went. Not adventurous, I know. But we explained all this to the travel agent."
However, it was the language barrier that ultimately proved to be the family holiday's downfall, "We hired a boat one day but the tour operator had failed to properly explain that the disengage system on the engine was malfunctioning and needed to be turned off in an unusual way. We ran aground on the shore and I cut my leg very badly when trying to get us all safely out of there. Thank goodness we were able to make a holiday accident claim otherwise that trip really would have cost us. The no win, no fee solicitors we used were brilliant."
Making a no win, no fee holiday accident claim
Whether you've suffered a skiing accident, a slip or trip, a car accident, food-poisoning or another less common holiday accident, you may be entitled to make a holiday accident claim for compensation.
Here at YouClaim our relationship with our panel of no win, no fee solicitors has yielded us an enviable success rate in dealing with holiday accident claims. So we are more than ready to fight your claim once we have established its validity.
The best thing about this is that all our expertise comes to you at absolutely no cost. Win or lose, you are at no risk of paying a penny. If you win you keep 100% of your compensation claim cheque and if you lose you pay nothing either as we will take out an insurance policy on your behalf to guard against any outcome.
Personal injury solicitors often stress the importance of speed when making a holiday accident claim; generally speaking the sooner you make your compensation claim the greater its chances of success. So why not get in touch with us today?
You can contact us from one of three options. Fill out an online claim form, request a call back at a time suitable to you or call us now on 0800 10 757 95.
