Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

CONTENTS 29 Critical Issues in German Travel Law after the Implementation of the Package Travel Directive Germany, Ernst Führich 823 I. Implementation of the Package Travel Directive in Germany: 1. Litigation; 2. Scope; A) Legal nature; B) Package travel contract; C) Travel service provider; D) Travel agent or retailer; E) Exceptions of the scope; F) Student school programs abroad; G) No analogy for single travel services; II. Summary of the New Travel Law; 1. Package travel contract; 2. Online booking process; 3. Pre-contractual information; 4. Alteration of the price; 5. Withdrawal; 6. Lack of conformity; 7. Determination; 8. Limit compensation; 9. Assistance; 10. Insolvency protection; 11. Information by retailer; 12. Linked travel arrangements; 13. Booking errors; 14. Imperative nature; III. Five critical issues of the new Reiserecht; 1. Trader or organizer; A) Objective criteria of booking; B) Separate bills; 2. Linked online booking processes; 3. “Gewillkürte Pauschalreise”; A) Confusion in tourism industry; B) Full harmonisation of the Directive;