Sustainable Tourism Law

NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS) 605 a) do not account for a significant proportion of the value of the combination and are not advertised as and do not otherwise represent an essential feature of the combination; or b) are selected and purchased only after the performance of a travel service as referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of point 1 has started”. Art. 3.5 establishes what is meant by linked travel arrangement. In this sense, it means at least two different types of travel services purchased for the purpose of the same trip or holiday, not constituting a package, resulting in the conclusion of separate contracts with the individual travel service providers, if a trader facilitates the situation as specified by Directive (EU) 2015/2302: a) on the occasion of a single visit or contact with his point of sale, the separate selection and separate payment of each travel service by travellers; or b) in a targeted manner, the procurement of at least one additional travel service from another trader where a contract with such other trader is concluded at the latest 24 hours after the confirmation of the booking of the first travel service. However, as the Directive (EU) 2015/2302 warns: “Where not more than one type of travel service as referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of point 1 and one or more tourist services as referred to in point (d) of point 1 are purchased, they do not constitute a linked travel arrangement if the latter services do not account for a significant proportion of the combined value of the services and are not advertised as, and do not otherwise represent, an essential feature of the trip or holiday”. Therefore, according to the doctrine 3 , it is understood that are included within this concept: 3 See, GONZÁLEZ CABRERA, Inmaculada: «¿Estamos ante el mismo producto si se adquiere en línea un viaje combinado o distintos servicios de viaje vinculados?», Revista de Derecho civil , vol. 3, núm. 3, julio-septiembre, 2016, pág. 140. Available at: http://www.nreg.es/ojs/index.php/RDC/article/view/220/171 (Accessed on 23 October 2017). She explains it with a very illustrative example: “Pongamos por caso, que se ha contratado un vuelo con una compañía aérea cuya página web permite la contratación del alojamiento dentro de los hoteles con los que opere o tenga convenio, así como el alquiler de un vehículo sin conductor. Si estas prestaciones se contratan de forma sucesiva en el momento de la celebración del contrato de transporte o dentro de las 24 horas siguientes a la reserva de aquél constituirán, a efectos de la Directiva, servicios de viaje vinculados”.