Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/2302 1317 to in point (a) of Article 7(2), or proposes to increase the price of the package by more than 8 % in accordance with Article 10(2), the traveller may within a reasonable period specified by the organiser: (a) accept the proposed change; or (b) terminate the contract without paying a termination fee. If the traveller terminates the package travel contract, the traveller may accept a substitute package where this is offered by the organiser, if possible of an equivalent or a higher quality. 3. The organiser shall without undue delay inform the traveller in a clear, comprehensible and prominent manner on a durable medium of: (a) the proposed changes referred to in paragraph 2 and, where appropriate in accordance with paragraph 4, their impact on the price of the package; (b) a reasonable period within which the traveller has to inform the organiser of his decision pursuant to paragraph 2; (c) the consequences of the traveller’s failure to respond within the period referred to point (b), in accordance with applicable national law; and (d) where applicable, the offered substitute package and its price. 4. Where the changes to the package travel contract referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 or the substitute package referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 result in a package of lower quality or cost, the traveller shall be entitled to an appropriate price reduction. 5. If the package travel contract is terminated pursuant to point (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article, and the traveller does not accept a substitute package, the organiser shall refund all payments made by or on behalf of the traveller without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days after the contract is terminated. Article14(2),(3),(4),(5)and(6)shallapply mutatismutandis . Article 12 Termination of the package travel contract and the right of withdrawal before the start of the package 1. Member States shall ensure that the traveller may terminate the package travel contract at any time before the start of the package. Where the traveller terminates