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The ABTOT travel bond is a straightforward and cost-effective option for travel organisers to comply with their obligations under the Package Travel Regulations.
ABTOT is recognised by the Travel Industry as a practical and efficent way of complying with the regulations and offering customers holiday protection.
We are here to offer you a guiding hand as we know you’ll want to focus your energies on making a success of your business. We have the experience and expertise to lead you through the regulatory maze.
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Advice for customers of ESOC Limited t/as The Exploration Society
We are sorry to confirm that ESOC Limited trading under the following name The Exploration Society has ceased trading on 23 July 2020.
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NEW Become an ABTOT Associate
Work with us and our ABTOT members. If you are an organisation providing specialist services to niche tour operators.
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NEW ABTOT ATOL Franchise
Opening the door to cover for licensable and non-licensable turnover
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Committed to success?
We’re right by your side.ABTOT membership opens the door to:
As an established travel trade association, we’ve been helping specialist, professional travel organisers, plus charities and associations big and small, meet their regulatory requirements for package holidays since 1993.
We are an approved Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) body, and today, we continue to lead the way with a range of financial protection options, and member benefits.
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Pointing travel organisers in the right direction
Choosing the ABTOT bonding route for financial protection is:
What will membership mean for you?
What our members say
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We chose to bond with ABTOT because of the helpful, friendly and knowledgeable service received from the Membership Secretary and the team at Travel & General. As a start-up, it was comforting to know from the very beginning that we had assistance that we could rely on throughout the application process, and guidance to ensure that the protection we were applying for was right for our kind of business, and that the protection we were acquiring was absolutely right for our customers’ peace of mind.
Ollie DonovanDirector, Starling Study Trips -
As members of AiTO we are required to bond 100% of our client’s money. ABTOT offer us a competitive solution, for our non-licensable turnover, which is why we’ve stayed with them over the years.
Francis Burdett-CouttsSailing Holidays Limited -
Scuba Travel have been working with ABTOT for a number of years now, enabling us to meet our requirements for our non-flight package holidays. At first the renewal process can seem a bit daunting, however our experience of all the ABTOT team are that they are always willing to listen and point you in the right direction whenever you need it. The quarterly submission process is straight forward and the ABTOT team come back very quickly on any question you may have. We enjoy working with ABTOT they seem to really understand our business and there is always a helpful voice at the end of the phone. We would certainly recommend them to any operator looking to bond their holidays.
Angela NordinManaging Director, Scuba Travel -
The team at ABTOT and Travel and General have been professional, efficient, proactive and helpful from the initial application to the quarterly returns and ongoing renewals. In a world of ever increasing bureaucracy they are always available to answer any questions and offer advice on the protection for our customers; their approach and assistance has been both re-assuring and refreshing.
Rory PilkingtonBailey Robinson -
We have worked with ABTOT for the last eight years and are very pleased indeed with the professionalism and certainty that being a member brings to our long-established business. Our previous consumer protection arrangements were not up to the job of covering all our requirements as a highly specialist, yet globally-operating, travel business and, after extensive diligence, we found ABTOT to fill the gap admirably. It is critical that we offer our clients complete financial certainly; ABTOT are the ideal organisation to help us achieve this comprehensive aim.Working with ABTOT is, for us, a professional-yet-understanding rapport within which discussions, ideas, problems and successes can all be aired and, if necessary, solved. ABTOT’s network of partner/affiliate businesses are useful contacts and their franchise arrangement with the UK CAA for ATOL administration is also very useful. Reporting, which is required, is relatively straightforward and most business systems should be adaptable to cope.
We would happily be available to discuss the overview with any potential ABTOT member and look forward to a continued expansion of ABTOT’s services in the future.
Jonathan DrewAfrican Explorations -
The reason we bonded with ABTOT was for ease of use with the fantastic franchised ATOL scheme which for a company of our size reduces our stress levels and saves on application fees.
Chris WredeOasis Overland Limited -
We’ve been ABTOT members since 2015, we like that they ‘get’ us: as a specialist adventure/activity travel organiser they understand our business and ensure we are compliant with the Regulations but let us get on with running and growing our business. We have recently applied for our first ATOL under their Franchise and found the support and the assistance invaluable – as an ABTOT member we did not have to meet any increased financial conditions for the ATOL as we would had we gone to the CAA direct, and the membership team helped us with the online application.
Jamie RobinsonClassic Grand Touring -
Tucan Travel has been working with the ABTOT association since 2010 for our bonding requirements. In 2017, we signed up for their ABTOT ATOL Franchise which took the burden of having to bond licensable and non-licensable travel packages through separate associations. I have always found the staff at ABTOT to be friendly and efficient and they are always ready to answer any questions quickly. They have a great understanding of the travel industry and its requirements and I would highly recommend them to any prospective travel company looking for similar services.
Matt GannanTucan Travel -
We joined ABTOT in 2018 having previously used other organisations to comply with the package holiday regulations and ATOL requirements…in all honesty, I wish we had switched to ABTOT earlier. As well as finding that we have saved some money, they made the switch completely painless and we have always found the whole team to be efficient, friendly and helpful. The quarterly returns process is very straight forward, our renewal was completed without a hitch and with plenty of assistance form the team, and they are always a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended
Paul CampbellOwner, Travel Butlers -
This year ABTOT has been incredibly helpful, our renewal process now glides through near effortlessly.
John TelferExplore WorldWide Limited
Graeme and Kay Mitchell